ASEAN Community offers big opportunity for Republic of Korea

The formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community, which is scheduled to unveil by the end of the year, will open up great opportunities for the Republic of Korea (RoK), said an official of the East Asian country.
The formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)Community, which is scheduled to unveil by the end of the year, willopen up great opportunities for the Republic of Korea (RoK), said anofficial of the East Asian country.

The new general secretary of the ASEAN-RoK Centre Kim Young-sun made the remark when he took office in Seoul on May 4.

Kim said developing an extensive network to connect the RoK and ASEANmember countries across fields such as government, politics, economy,education, media or culture is one of his priorities.

The ASEAN is the RoK’s second biggest trade partner with two-waytrade reaching 135 billion USD in 2013, comparing with merely 8.2billion USD in 1989.

The ASEAN-RoK centre wasestablished as an inter-governmental organisation in 2009 with the goalof promoting economic, cultural and social exchanges between the twosides.

The centre has carried out more than 70programmes each year in commerce, culture, tourism and some othersectors to help RoK people enrich their understanding about the ASEAN.-VNA

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