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Welcoming the sunrise near the sea in Pohang meant the beginning of Dokdo Camp for three days. This was my first time to see the sun gradually dye the gray sky with the orange light near the sea. With the sea breeze blowing, my mind was also rising and falling with the surf, and I [...]
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We Make Korea! “A Story of Us and Our Country” The Burj Khalifa in Dubai The Tallest Building in the World Many countries compete to defeat the world’s best. Changsha, China Planning to build the world’s tallest building The Burj Mubarak al-Kabir in Kuwait Expected to become the world’s first building to reach over 1000m [...]
Places to Go

From August 7-9, 2012, 80 members of VANK comprised of employees, middle, high school, and college students traveled to Ulleungdo and Dokdo. I was one of the lucky attendees. The only boat to Ulleungdo left from Pohang at 10am. Our group from Seoul took a bus overnight, making sure we would catch the ferry on [...]
What We Do

VANK and MOFAT(Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) signed Memorandum Of Understadning in last Wednesday. VANK and MOFAT will train Korean teenagers as the Digital Diplomat who introduce Korea to the world by digital devices and the internet. Minister Kim Sung-Hwan and Gitae Park, Director of VANK signed MOU. Minister Kim spoke why he decided [...]
What We Do

In last Monday, about 150 college students gathered at the National Museum of Korea. All students were candidates of Global Korea Travel&Culture Honorary Ambassador. VANK and Visit Korea Commitee has appointed about 4,200 students as Global Korea Travel&Culture Honorary Ambassador who introduce travel and culture information to the world. For this project, VANK and VKC prepared [...]
Peace Issue,Video

Whose territory is this island? Yushandao, China: 287 km Marado, Korea: 147 km This island is twice as close to one of the two countries than it is to the other. Whose territory should it be? One of the two countries has historical records and a legend about this island. “A legend and folk songs [...]
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Educational background, professional background, or money Have you ever given up a dream because you don’t have these specs? The life of young Koreans in the 21st century: Society makes everyone pursue standard qualifications, the so-called ‘specs’. However, VANK wants to suggest a different way to live your life. “A Life of a Master in [...]
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Spec Short for Specifications Korean job seekers refer to the combination of educational background, professional background and English test score as “spec”. Good specs include graduating from a top university, family wealth, fluent English, and international experience. There was a young man who had none of these. His life seemed hopeless. He went to an [...]
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Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) VANK is a South Korean non-governmental organization established in 1999 for the purpose of promoting Korea and cultural exchanges between Koreans and foreigners Hello, I am the person who founded VANK. VANK initially started as a small pen-pal site in 1999. It has steadily grown in size and influence, [...]
Places to Go

It takes about 20 ~ 30 minutes from the museum to this Daereungwon Tomb Complex (Cheonmachong Tomb). Actually this is rear gate of this complex. There are many gates where you can go inside of the complex. Take any gates where you may find. In this complex, there are many tombs of Queens and Kings [...]