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May 18, 2015
PHL EMBASSY JOINS SEOUL FRIENDSHIP FAIR

SEOUL, 7 May 2015 – The Philippine Embassy joined the diplomatic community in South Korea’s capital city in participating at the 18th Seoul Friendship Fair, which staged a comeback on 2-3 May 2015 after it was cancelled last year during an extended mourning period for the victims of the tragic sinking of passenger ferry MV Sewol in April 2014.

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May 13, 2015
TOURISM STUDENTS, FACULTY FROM UST VISIT PHL EMBASSY IN SEOUL

SEOUL, 22 April 2015–Some 110 third-year students and faculty of the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management (CTHM) of the University of Santo Tomas visited the Philippine Embassy in Seoul, Yongsan district on Wednesday, 22 April 2015as part of their three-day cross-cultural tour in the Korean capital ending on 23 April 2015.

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May 13, 2015
FILIPINOS EPS WORKERS CALL ON PHL AMBASSADOR

SEOUL, 7 May 2015 – The officers and members of the Filipino Employment Permit System Workers' Association (FEWA) called on Philippine Ambassador to Korea Raul S. Hernandez on 26 April 2015 at the Philippine Embassy in Seoul.

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May 11, 2015
PNP OFFICIALS CALL ON PHL AMBASSADOR IN SEOUL

SEOUL, 26 April 2015 – Philippine Ambassador to Korea Raul S Hernandez received on Sunday, 26 April 2015, delegates from the Philippine National Police (PNP), who were on a goodwill visit to South Korea to promote the efforts being done by the Philippine Government in securing the safety of Korean Nationals in the Philippines.

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May 10, 2015
FILIPINO EXCHANGE TEACHERS SENT OFF TO KOREAN HOST SCHOOLS

SEOUL, 23 April 2015 – Twenty public school teachers from the Philippines' national capital region (NCR) were welcomed on Thursday, 23 April 2015 at the 2015 Asia-Pacific Teacher Exchange for Global Education (APTE) program with 10 other teachers from Mongolia by their Korean host schools for the fourth straight time since the program was initiated in 2012.

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April 30, 2015
NEW KOREAN CHAMBER PREXY ROSY ABOUT PHL GROWTH PROSPECTS

SEOUL, 26 April 2015 – In a call to Ambassador to Korea Raul S. Hernandez on 23 April 2015, the newly elected President of the Korean Chamber of Commerce Philippines (KCCP) expressed confidence in the continued perspective for economic growth in the Philippines.

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April 28, 2015
LEADING KOREAN POWER CO. EYES PHL RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET

SEOUL, 22 April 2015 – A leading Korean electric power generation company is eyeing the possibility of entering the renewable energy market in the Philippines, its top executive told Philippine Ambassador to Korea Raul S. Hernandez during a call on the latter on Wednesday, 22 April 2015.

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April 21, 2015
EMBASSY, MULTICULTURAL RADIO INK ACCORD TO PUSH PHL ISSUES

SEOUL, 16 April 2015 – Philippine Ambassador to Korea Raul S. Hernandez signed on 15 April 2015 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with award-winning Woongjin Foundation and its partner Digital Skynet Inc. to raise public awareness on Filipino migrant issues, as well as promote Philippine culture to the broader Korean public.

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April 20, 2015
PHL PARTICIPATES IN THE 7TH WORLD WATER FORUM IN S. KOREA

DAEGU, 16 April 2015 – The Philippines joined the international community in calling for urgent action to address global water challenges during the 7th World Water Forum (WWF) that was held in Daegu and Gyeongju from April 12 to 17, 2015.

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April 19, 2015
PHL ENVOY LAUDS LAUNCH OF MULTICULTURAL CUB REPORTER CORPS

SEOUL, 4 April 2015 – Philippine Ambassador Raul S. Hernandez commended the launch of a news-gathering brigade composed of multicultural elementary school children from various countries, including the Philippines, for a youth-oriented Korean-language online newspaper published in collaboration with one of Korea’s biggest media concerns.

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April 13, 2015
PHL TOUTED AS A RETIREMENT HAVEN IN S. KOREA

SEOUL, 31 March 2015 – A Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) delegation, led by its General Manager and CEO Mr. Veredigno P. Atienza, called on Philippine Ambassador to Korea Raul S. Hernandez to inform him of the PRA’s successful participation in the 29th Korea Emigration and Investment Fair held on 28-29 March 2015 at the COEX Convention Center.

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April 13, 2015
PHL EMBASSY GOES TO BUSAN ON TWO-DAY MOBILE CONSULAR MISSION

BUSAN, 29 March 2015 – The Philippine Embassy in South Korea conducted a two-day consular outreach mission in Korea’s second biggest city, 325 kilometers south of Seoul, on 27-28 March 2015, the first such mission for 2015.

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April 08, 2015
PHL PROMOTED AS AN INVESTMENT HAVEN AT ASEAN SEMINAR IN SEOUL

SEOUL, 25 March 2015 – The Philippines attracted the interest of Korean companies at the “Seminar on ASEAN Investment and Market Strategy” organized by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) at the Trade Towers, Seoul on Tuesday, 24 March 2015.

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April 07, 2015
NEW ASEAN-KOREA CENTRE SECGEN CALLS ON PH AMBASSADOR

SEOUL, 24 March 2015 – Philippine Ambassador to Korea Raul S. Hernandez received Ambassador Kim Young-sun, the new Secretary General of the ASEAN-Korea Centre, during the latter’s courtesy call at the Philippine Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday, 23 March 2015.

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April 01, 2015
PH AMBASSADOR CROWNS KOREA’S FIRST MS. MULTICULTURAL

SEOUL, 23 March 2015 – In support of growing multiculturalism in the country, Philippine Ambassador Raul S. Hernandez crowned Korea’s first Ms. Multicultural on Sunday, 22 March 2015 at the Nonghyup Bank Convention Hall in Seoul’s eastern Gangdong-gu.

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