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South Korean president to visit Russia on September 28
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will arrive in Russia on September 28 on a two-day visit to discuss joint projects and international issues, and to attend a business forum, the Kremlin said on Monday.
The works of South Korean governor will be presented at the exhibition in Vladivostok
The work of the governor of the Gangwon province Kim Jin Soon will be presented at the art exhibition of the countries of Northwest Asia that will be opened on Wednesday in Vladivostok. Kim Jin Sonn is not only a politician, the member of the committee on the consolidation of the country’s competitiveness but also a talented photograph and the president of the art council of the country.
N. Korean Top Officials to Visit Russia
North Korea's top officials are to visit Russia later this year, a U.S. radio report said Sunday.
Economics
South Korean shipyard builds supertanker for PRISCO
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has started building an ice-class tanker with deadweight of 104,000 metric tons for the Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO), the Russian company said on Monday.
North Korea-Russia railway reconstruction to be started October, 3
Reconstruction of the railway section between North Korea’s port Rajin and Russia’s station Khasan in the Primorye territory will be launched on October 3, press secretary of the Vladivostok branch of the Far Eastern Railway Alexander Artamonov told
on Tuesday.
Medvedev Looks To Asia Amid Russia-West Tension
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that Moscow would pursue economic cooperation with Asia amid growing tensions between Russia and the West over the conflict in Georgia.
Culture
All comers can watch a football match between the movie stars and the team of governor of Primorye
The residents and guests of the region are invited to a football match where the combined team of governor Sergey Darkin and the combined team of actors – participants of the film festival “Pacific Meridian”.
The Japanese Kabuki theatre is giving its art to the residents of Vladivostok
The citizens will see a dance performance “Fuji-musume”.
The first international film summit “Eurasia” will be held in Vladivostok
The large-scale event will be held during the festival "Pacific Meridian"
Society
Military exercise to be held in Sakhalin, Kuril Islands region
A tactical exercise, Bereg (Coast), will be held in Russia's Far East from September 29 to October 25 as part of the Stability 2008 strategic command-post drill.
The qualified staff is needed at the construction of the objects for the APEC summit
At the construction of the APEC summit infrastructure the qualified technical specialists will be needed. The employment centers of Vladivostok and Ussuriisk informed about that after the analysis of the manpower for the erection of these objects.
Additional means are allocated for the financing of the public health services
Additional 172 million roubles will be allocated from the federal budget for the financing of the regional program on the prevention and fight with the diseases of social character. The according bill was developed by the administration of Primorye and accepted by the legislative assembly in three readings.
Ecology
WWF says walrus deaths in Russian Far East due to natural causes
The World Wildlife Fund said on Monday that over 800 walruses found dead 10 days ago by border officials in Russia's Far Eastern region of Chukotka probably died of natural causes
A bio-techno park will appear in Primorye
The first bio-technological park of Primorye will appear in the Lazovsky area on the shore of the Kievka Bay.
The problems of purity of coastal marine area will be discussed in Vladivostok
The Third International Environmental Forum "Nature without Borders" will focus on effective environmental management.
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