SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s overseas aid agency said Saturday that the Green Climate Fund (GCF), an international institution on fighting climate change, has approved US$5 million to help bankroll its solar power plant project for the Pacific island country of Fiji. The GCF, headquartered in Songdo of Incheon, west of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s overseas aid agency said Friday it will open 10 percent of senior posts to outsiders and tighten the screening of overseas projects as part of its reform programs. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) announced a set of measures to overhaul its organization and operation, after it [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – For the past two years, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has invested $5 million in Mozambique to put a stop to the vicious cycle of flooding and drought that has plagued the East African nation. The agency formerly known as the Korea Overseas Development Corporation revealed its Mozambique [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the nation’s official development assistance (ODA) agency, has built a special school for students with hearing problems in Jordan, the agency said Tuesday. Construction started in Marka, near the Jordanian capital Amman in 2014 in an ODA project worth US$ 5.2 million. Built [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will extend its support to help upgrade the investigation capabilities of the Philippines’ police force, officials at a state-run international aid agency in Seoul said Friday. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea’s bilateral aid agency, said that it and the Korea National Police Agency will [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has announced its 100th dispatch of Korean nationals overseas through the World Friends KOICA Volunteer program. The recruited volunteers will go through preparatory training at the Yongwol Education Center for 33 days. The 44 volunteers will then be dispatched to 12 assigned countries for two [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO has been actively involved in the rehabilitation of people in Mozambique by teaching agricultural skills based on Saemaul Undong, or New Community Movement, which former President Park Chung-hee introduced in Korea in 1970s. Together with KOICA, it runs the Mozambique Saemaul Agricultural Training Center, which offers instruction in farming [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A state-run economic think tank modeled after the Korea Development Institute will be established in Myanmar as part of an international assistance program initiated by the Korea International Cooperation Agency. KOICA said on September 9 that it signed an agreement with Myanmar government officials at the nation’s capital Naypyitaw. [...]