SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) – South Korea plans to expand its official development assistance (ODA) to 50 nations by 2029, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday, a move partly aimed at strengthening the global competitiveness of the country’s agri-food industry. The move comes as part of the government’s five-year plan to bolster the country’s international agriculture [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The government set this year’s budget for official development assistance (ODA) at a record high of 6.3 trillion won (US$4.7 billion) Thursday in line with efforts to take full responsibility and play a leading role as a global leader. The decision was made during a meeting of the government [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will double the annual budget for overseas development grants in the agricultural sector to 500 billion won (US$401.4 million) by 2027, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The government approved the plan to raise the yearly budget for official development assistance (ODA) grants, which was 246.7 billion won [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is planning to spend about 23.2 billion won (US$19.5 million) in next year’s official development assistance (ODA) projects for war-torn Afghanistan, a document showed Wednesday. The Office for Government Policy Coordination under the Prime Minister’s Office said in the document submitted to Rep. Tae Young-ho of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI), a South Korean drone maker, said Thursday that it has signed a preliminary deal with local drone solution provider AIRON Corp. to push for official development assistance (ODA) projects with drones. Under the deal, the two companies plan to provide hydrogen-propelled drones to developing countries [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run research institute has been selected as the main operator of the country’s official development assistance (ODA) project, which could also pave the way for the nation’s LED lighting companies to expand their presence in Myanmar. The Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) announced on Thursday that it was [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s civil society organizations carried out the largest number of their official development assistance (ODA) projects in Cambodia and Vietnam in 2017, a report said Thursday. The nation’s 144 civil society organizations, which were surveyed by the Korea NGO Council for Overseas Development Cooperation (KCOC) and the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 01 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s state-run research institute has lent a helping hand to a developing country to improve the quality of life for its people. The Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute, a research outfit under the Ministry of Environment, held a completion ceremony for a rainwater purification facility at Anawim Elementary School [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education said on October 11 that it would begin the “solar school project” on an experimental basis in efforts to reduce the digital gap in African countries jointly with Samsung Electronics. The solar school project is an international development program to increase opportunities for children [...]