 | | | | South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrives in the Qatari capital of Doha on Feb. 9, 2012, to hold summit talks with Qatar's King Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, on economic cooperation. The two-day visit to Doha also includes a forum with business leaders of the two countries and a meeting with Municipality and Urban Planning Minister Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa Al Thani. (Yonhap)
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| | | | The roll-on-roll-off ship Asia Innovator unloads trucks at Gyeong Port in Incheon on Feb. 9, 2012. The freighter, which departed the Japanese port of Moji in Kitakyushu Prefecture earlier in the day, became the first foreign vessel to enter the new port, which was built as part of the Seoul-Incheon Canal, or "Ara Waterway." The 18-kilometer-long canal connects the Han River, which flows through central Seoul, and the Yellow Sea, enabling seagoing ships to directly enter Seoul. The state-run Water Resources Corp., the operator of the waterway, plans to put more freighters into operation on a pilot basis before the waterway is fully opened in May 2012. (Yonhap)
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| | | | The roll-on-roll-off ship Asia Innovator unloads trucks at Gyeong Port in Incheon on Feb. 9, 2012. The freighter, which departed the Japanese port of Moji in Kitakyushu Prefecture earlier in the day, became the first foreign vessel to enter the new port, which was built as part of the Seoul-Incheon Canal, or "Ara Waterway." The 18-kilometer-long canal connects the Han River, which flows through central Seoul, and the Yellow Sea, enabling seagoing ships to directly enter Seoul. The state-run Water Resources Corp., the operator of the waterway, plans to put more freighters into operation on a pilot basis before the waterway is fully opened in May 2012. (Yonhap)
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| | | | Foreign representatives attending an international meeting for the preparation of the 2012 Expo tour a construction site in the South Korean coastal city of Yeosu on Feb. 9, 2012. The city of Yeosu, some 455 kilometers south of Seoul, will host the global event from May 12 through Aug. 12 under the theme, "The Living Ocean and Coast," with more than 109 nations and international organizations expected to attend. (Yonhap)
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| | | | Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales (L), secretary general of the Paris-based Bureau of International Expositions (BIE), smiles during a visit to a construction site in the South Korean coastal city of Yeosu on Feb. 9, 2012. Loscertales is in South Korea to attend an international meeting to prepare for the 2012 Expo. The city of Yeosu, some 455 kilometers south of Seoul, will host the global event from May 12 through Aug. 12 under the theme, "The Living Ocean and Coast," with more than 109 nations and international organizations expected to attend. (Yonhap)
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