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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
 [No title]
Respectable citizens of Geumsan and all the visitors of the Geumsan-gun
I wish you and your family the best of health and happiness.
Yun, Jae Ho The Acting Chairman of the Geumsan Council
www.geumsancouncil.go.kr:8080 /eng/member/member_001.html   (73 words)

  
 Jinan - Galbijim
To the north of Jinan is the county of Muju, to the south is the county of Jangsu, to the west is the county of Wanju, to the southwest is the county of [[Imshill], and to the north is the county of Geumsan in the province of Chungcheongnam-do.
On the whole, the population of the county is decreasing.
The county is located in between the Noryeong Mountains and the Sobaek Mountains, and 80.22% of it is mountainous.
wiki.galbijim.com /Jinan   (262 words)

  
 YONHAP NEWS
Geumsan, South Korea, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- There are bad days when the crop is all washed away by heavy rains or devoured overnight by wild boars, but Im Chun-jae, 48, says he is proud of being a ginseng farmer.
His hometown, Geumsan, a hilly county in central South Korea, is where the cultivation of wild ginseng started for the first time in the world, some 1,500 years ago.
According to legend, a gentleman named Gang had been praying for a long time in a mountain cave for the cure of his sick mother when the mountain spirit appeared in his dream to advise him to take a plant with three red fruits on the slope.
english.yna.co.kr /Engnews/20060901/510100000020060901102545EP.html   (806 words)

  
 News-Register.com
The sister county relationship spans a decade and Geumsan County Council Chairman Kil Jun-moo said the delegates would spend part of the visit exploring ways for the relationship to be enhanced.
Geumsan County is a center for ginseng production and has an annual festival in honor of the herb.
County officials explained their government responsibilities and answered numerous questions from the South Korean delegation.
www.newsregister.com /news/story.cfm?story_no=196570   (429 words)

  
 Korean Ginseng   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
GEUMSAN, South Chungcheong ¡ª There was farm music, a marketplace, crop harvesting and folk performances, but what really won over the advance visitors to this ginseng town in a mountainous county in the country's southwest was the vast variety of food items made from ginseng.
The ginseng farms open to tourists at the expo are government-owned and operated by the county specifically for the annual festival.
The county officials estimate that 20 percent of the nation's total ginseng production as well as 80 percent of ginseng-related distribution industry is based here.
djgukfan.proboards107.com /index.cgi?board=cuisine&action=print&thread=1156972991   (2088 words)

  
 KBS WORLD Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It was in a village in Goemokdong, Geoncheon-li, Nami-myon, Geumsan County, South Chungcheong Province that I found myself stranded many years ago in early autumn.
Lying to the east of this mountain is Nami-myon, Geumsan County, South Chungcheong Province.
Unju-myon, Wanju County, North Jeolla Province lies to the west of the mountain.
rki.kbs.co.kr /english/town/town_tour_detail.htm?No=1181   (956 words)

  
 Okcheon - Galbijim
To the south and east is the county of Yeongdong, to the north is the county of Boeun, to the east is the city of Sangju in Gyeongsangbuk-do with the Sobaek Mountains as the border between the two, and to the west is the city of Daejeon as well as the county of Geumsan.
Some mountains in the county include Paleumsan (팔음산, 762m) to the east as the highest peak in the county, Cheongeumsan (천금산, 464m), Cheongwansan (천관산), Dodeokbong (도덕봉, 440m) and Wolisan (월이산, 551m) to the south, and Samseungsan (삼승산, 574m), Geumjeoksan (금적산, 652m) and Deokdaesan (덕대산, 593m) to the north.
54% of the rainfall is the county falls between June and August.
wiki.galbijim.com /Okcheon   (230 words)

  
 Geumsan County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geumsan County (Geumsan-gun) is a county in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.
Later on January 1st of 1963, following the administrative district reorganization according to the law about the change of district boundaries(Law 1172nd) of Seoul-si, do, gun, gu,Geumsan-gun was incorporated into Jeollabuk-do from Chungcheongnam-do.
Famous people from Geumsan include religious leader Jung Myung Seok.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geumsan_County   (413 words)

  
 Enjoy Driving Hankook Tire
Hankook Tire's Geumsan Plant is located in Korea's Chungnam (or South Chungcheon) Province, which handed out awards on June 5 (the 8th World Environment Day to recognize best corporate practices in environmental management.
The Geumsan Plant provided training on integrating ISO 14000-based systems (environment) on the one hand with KOSHA 18001 systems (health and safety) on the other.
Hankook Tire and Geumsan County have teamed up to make children, the company's future customers, more aware of the need to protect the environment.
www.hankooktyre.com.au /eng/about/social_environment.asp   (254 words)

  
 NewsRegister.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Stronger bonds between this country and South Korea were forged last week when 13 officials from Geumsan Province spent three days in Yamhill County, accompanied by four others.
As a result, several wine, grass seed and other agriculture and manufacturing products from this county make their way to South Korea.
They attended a special meeting of the commissioners, where other county officials, including the judges and sheriff, answered their questions about our government.
www.newsregister.com /news/story_print.cfm?story_no=196828   (306 words)

  
 Welocome to Korea Local Authorities Foundation for International Relations.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
10-member delegation of Geumsan-gun visited Aya County in Miyajaki Prefecture, Japan on December 12, 2002 to benchmark their major polices such as forestry and environment preservation.
Geumsan-gun is actively moving toward the current trend of globalization in the public sector and to improve the public administrative services for its residents.
While participating in Korea and Japan International Exchange Conference, mayor Kim, Hang Gi was impressed by the forestry management policy of Aya County and organized the delegation to learn more about the forestry management, waste treatment and theme park operation.
www.klafir.or.kr /inter_news/e_news/view2.php3?uid=800§ion=corp   (155 words)

  
 KBS GLOBAL
A temple bell of the Joseon Dynasty that was originally plundered by the Japanese during their colonial rule of Korea to use as raw materials for weapons, has recently been returned to its original Buddhist temple after 60 years of neglect.
It was instead taken by an antique dealer and has since been kept in the storehouse of Boseok Temple in Geumsan County, South Chungcheong Province.
The inscription on this bell indicates that it was manufactured in 1760.
english.kbs.co.kr /society/news/1348943_11773.html   (330 words)

  
 Invil - Festival
Here in Geumsan, though it is not a open festival like in Gaeseong, there is a ritual named ‘Samjangjae’.
Thus, the administration of Geumsan-gun is trying to develop this ‘Samjangjae’ into a festival for people in the county and as an opportunity to promote the effects and benefits of Ginseng.
As main action body of the festival, from 1981, Geumsan Gingseng Festival is being held up till now.
www.invil.org /english/feast/monthlyFeast/oct/contents.jsp?con_no=371914&page_no=1   (304 words)

  
 In the News : Hello Korea : Korean Wide Web
Geumsan County is a main place to find Korean Insam(Ginseng), boasting about 80% of the volume of trade in Korean Insam.
Thus the Geumsan Insam Festival will let everyone know about Geumsan's well-preserved traditional culture and the wonderful medicinal effects of Insam, one of the world's most important herbs.
The Geumsan County Office Culture and Tourism Division
www.hani.co.kr /section-030900202/2001/08/030900202200108211614001.html   (234 words)

  
 :: 2006 World Ginseng EXPO,Geumsan, Korea ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The theme of the Expo is based on a legend passed down in Geumsan, the host county
The cultural and art performances by the city and the county governments of Chungcheongnam-do province
The traditional folk performance of Geumsan, the host county of the Expo
insamexpo.or.kr /english/02_04_b.html   (215 words)

  
 Korean Ginseng & Sanshin , page #1
Ceremony for the Jin-ak-san San-shin, held at midnight on
Geumsan [Golden Mountain] is a county just south of Daejeon City in South
It claims to be the first place in the world to cultivate ginseng,
san-shin.org /ginseng-1.html   (89 words)

  
 ICLEI Global: our members
ICLEI's growing membership is comprised of 619 cities, towns, counties and their associations, in 67 countries worldwide (for a list of associate members, click here):
Arlington County, VA, U.S.A. Asheville, NC, U.S.A. Ashland, OR, U.S.A. Ashland, WI, U.S.A. Aspen, CO, U.S.A. Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, Finland
Nashua, NH, U.S.A. Nassau County, NY, U.S.A. National Assoc.
www.iclei.org /index.php?id=772   (675 words)

  
 Taipei Times - archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
While it cannot be said to be shadowy, the movement has some similarities with cults.
It was formed by Joshua Jung, who was born in, and developed a retreat at, a secluded village called Wolmyungdong in Geumsan County, a famous ginseng-growing area in central South Korea.
It is said to have the biggest natural rock landscaping park in the country and a "Fountain of Miracles" which some say can heal incurable diseases.
www.taipeitimes.com /News/sport/archives/2002/06/13/140221/print   (601 words)

  
 Korean Ginseng & Sanshin , page #1
Ceremony for the Jin-ak-san San-shin, held at midnight on
Geumsan [Golden Mountain] is a county just south of Daejeon City in South
It claims to be the first place in the world to cultivate ginseng,
www.san-shin.org /ginseng-1.html   (89 words)

  
 Maps of South Korea - Wikimedia Commons
[edit] District and County of Busan Metropolitan City
[edit] District and County of Daegu Metropolitan City
[edit] District and County of Ulsan Metropolitan City
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Maps_of_South_Korea   (131 words)

  
 ICLEI Global: our members
ICLEI's growing membership is comprised of 507 cities, towns, counties and their associations, in 67 countries worldwide (for a list of associate members, click here):
Arlington County, VA, U.S.A. Aspen, CO, U.S.A. Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, Finland
Miami-Dade County, FL, U.S.A. Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A. Miskolc, Hungary
cities21.com /index.php?id=772   (268 words)

  
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folk festival staged in Geumsan will be sure to be born again with the tourists
Under the catch phrase "One day in Geumsan Makes Your Future Brighter”
with [Geumsan Ginseng], the Geumsan Ginseng Festival is
www.geumsancouncil.go.kr:8080 /eng/about/about_002.html   (114 words)

  
 Geumsan: Chungnam at Canadian Content
Canadian Content > Regional: Asia: South_Korea: Chungnam: Geumsan:
Additional Information: Geumsan County is located in the southeasternmost corner of Chungnam province, adjoining the provinces of Chungbuk and Jeonbuk along with the metropolitan city of Daejeon.
Modified by Canadian Content © 1997 - 2005.
www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Regional/Asia/South_Korea/Chungnam/Geumsan   (125 words)

  
 Clean Web Directory » Regional » Asia » South Korea » Chungnam » Geumsan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Clean Web Directory » Regional » Asia » South Korea » Chungnam » Geumsan
Geumsan County - An introduction to this district of southeastern Chungnam.
Make sure your description and title are both well written before you submit your website.
www.capehostpro.com /directory/?c=Regional/Asia/South_Korea/Chungnam/Geumsan   (208 words)

  
 New Sex Cult - SkyscraperCity
I am glad to get out of the group and am happily married, but I worry for all those still in.
He was born in a small village called Wolmyeong-dong, which is located in Geumsan County, South Chungcheong province,
One of seven children, Jung became involved with mysticism as a child and after finishing elementary school spent years at prayer mountains, retreats where people pray and fast.
skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=379348   (2786 words)

  
 Regional Asia South Korea Chungnam Geumsan - Wildswan Directory
Regional Asia South Korea Chungnam Geumsan - Wildswan Directory
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www.wildswan.ws /Directory/Regional/Asia/South_Korea/Chungnam/Geumsan   (61 words)

  
 Regional - Asia - South Korea - Chungnam - Geumsan - Newsletter - News - Reviews - Education - Ratings
Regional - Asia - South Korea - Chungnam - Geumsan - Newsletter - News - Reviews - Education - Ratings
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