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Often referred to as the ˇ°Land of the Morning Calm,ˇ± Korea has a population of 48.74 million (2009) and a total land area of 100,032 §´ (2008). Located at a major crossroads of Northeast Asia, it has also achieved the ˇ°Miracle of the Han River .ˇ± As early as the 1960s, when the country's five-year economic development plan was first implemented, the Korean economy has relentlessly shown signs of exponential growth.
A global force in a number of significant industries, including automobiles, petro-chemicals, electronics, shipbuilding, textiles, and steel has made the country the 14th largest economy in the world. Korea's semi-conductor industry, in particular, has achieved tremendous growth over the past two decades and is the third largest in the world.
Korea has had a long history dating back to 2,333 B.C and Koreans are primarily from one ethnic family and speak one language. Sharing distinct physical characteristics, they are believed to be descendants of several Mongol tribes that migrated onto the Korean Peninsula from Central Asia. |
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 Local Time |
The official time in Korea throughout the conference is nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT +9)
*Read the graph vertically to compare the time differences between cities from around the world. |
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Time |
Seoul, Tokyo
(Korea Time) |
1:00 |
4:00 |
7:00 |
10:00 |
13:00 |
16:00 |
19:00 |
22:00 |
| Taipei, Manila, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore |
24:00 |
3:00 |
6:00 |
9:00 |
12:00 |
15:00 |
18:00 |
21:00 |
| Bangkok, Jakarta |
23:00 |
2:00 |
5:00 |
8:00 |
11:00 |
14:00 |
17:00 |
20:00 |
| New Delhi, Calcutta |
22:00 |
1:00 |
4:00 |
7:00 |
10:00 |
13:00 |
16:00 |
19:00 |
| Teheran, Kuwait, Jeddah |
19:00 |
22:00 |
1:00 |
4:00 |
7:00 |
10:00 |
13:00 |
16:00 |
| Hamburg, Rome, Paris, Amsterdam |
17:00 |
20:00 |
23:00 |
2:00 |
5:00 |
8:00 |
11:00 |
14:00 |
| London, Madrid |
16:00 |
19:00 |
22:00 |
1:00 |
4:00 |
7:00 |
10:00 |
13:00 |
| Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo |
13:00 |
16:00 |
19:00 |
22:00 |
1:00 |
4:00 |
7:00 |
11:00 |
| New York, Montreal, Bogota, Toronto |
11:00 |
14:00 |
17:00 |
20:00 |
23:00 |
2:00 |
5:00 |
8:00 |
| Chicago, Houston |
10:00 |
13:00 |
16:00 |
19:00 |
22:00 |
1:00 |
4:00 |
7:00 |
| Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco,
Los Angeles |
8:00 |
11:00 |
14:00 |
17:00 |
20:00 |
23:00 |
2:00 |
5:00 |
| Sydney, Melbourne |
2:00 |
5:00 |
8:00 |
11:00 |
14:00 |
17:00 |
20:00 |
23:00 |
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| Electrical Current |
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Outlets for 220V are available in most hotels. Please Check before plugging in |
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| Useful Website |
Korea Tourism Organization: www.visitkorea.or.kr/intro.html
Incheon IntˇŻl Airport: www.airport.or.kr |
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| Korea Currency (as of June 30, 2011) |
1 US Dollar = 1,078.87 Korean Won
1 Korean Won (KRW) = 0.0009269 US Dollar (USD)
Median price = 1,076.77 / 1,078.87 (bid/ask)
Minimum price = 1,071.58 / 1,073.65
Maximum price = 1,081.78 / 1,083.89 |
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