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President Moon unveils plans for world’s largest wind farm in Jeollanamdo

Posted by Jeonnam_Europeon 8. February 202129. March 2021in 2021, Wind Energy2 Comments

On February 5th, South Korean President Moon Jae-in unveiled the investment agreement to form the world’s largest offshore wind farm in Sinan-gun, Jeollanamdo. The wind farm will be located off the coast of Sinan-gun, a county consisting of over 1000 islands, just west of the coast of Mokpo and Yeongam county. According to President Moon, the city of Mokpo will become the logistics hub, while large manufacturing complexes will be build in Yeongam and Sinan to produce the needed equipment.

The wind farm to be built on the waters off Sinan will be as much as seven times the size of the world’s current largest wind power complex. The 8.2 gigawatts of electricity to be generated here is equivalent to the capacity of six new Korean nuclear power reactors combined. This immense amount of electricity can meet the needs of every household in Seoul and Incheon.
President Moon Jae-in

The agreement includes a 48 trillion Won investment plan as well as a plan to create about 120,000 jobs in Jeollanamdo by 2030. The wind farm is part of the President’s Korean New Deal, a plan to focus investments on technologies which help to move the country towards carbon neutrality by 2050.

Read President Moon Jae-in’s speech in full here.

Further information on the Korean New Deal plan by President Moon Jae-in can be found on the website of the Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Ministry provides a detailed English booklet explaining the Korean New Deal. It can be downloaded here.

Governor Kim Yung-rok meets Einar H. Jensen, Ambassador of Denmark to the Republic of Korea

Posted by Jeonnam_Europeon 28. January 202129. March 2021in 2021, Diplomacy, Jeollanamdo & Europe, Wind EnergyLeave a comment

*Governor Kim Yung-rok greets the Ambassador of Denmark to the Republic of Korea Einar H. Jensen at Jeollanamdo Provincial Office’s reception room on January 26th*

On Tuesday, January 26th, 2021, Kim Yung-rok, Governor of Jeollanamdo held a meeting with Danish ambassador to Korea, Einar Jensen at the Jeollanamdo Provincial Office in Muan. They discussed possible ways to co-operate, especially in the field of the renewable energy industry, including offshore wind power.

In the second meeting since February last year, there was a deeper conversation between the provincial and Danish governments on ways to develop the renewable energy industry as a whole.
Governor Kim also delivered a letter to Jesper Frost Rasmussen, the Mayor of Esbjerg, the center city of the Danish offshore wind power industry, which the Governor inspected in January last year.

COVID-19 Information Guideline on South Korea

Posted by Jeonnam_Europeon 12. January 202129. March 2021in 2021Leave a comment

South Korea is regarded as one of the most successful countries tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently the daily number of new cases varies between 300 – 600. Especially the province Jeollanam-do has very low numbers of new cases. These numbers vary between 0 and 5 per day in Jeollanam-do (as of the beginning of 2021).

Visa Application

The South Korean government has suspended visa-free entry and visa-waiver programs for nationals of countries imposing entry bans on Koreans. Therefore, in order to visit Jeollanam-do and South Korea, regardless of the purpose, one has to obtain a visa through the local Korean embassy.

Upon Arrival

As of January 8^th, 2021, all foreign residents entering Korea, must provide a negative COVID-19 PCR test certificate. A negative COVID-19 PCR test certificate is deemed valid only when issued within 72 hours prior to departure.

Furthermore, all inbound travelers, including Korean citizens, must quarantine themselves for 14 days upon their arrival in Korea.

1. Korean nationals and foreign nationals who reside in Korea will self-quarantine at their place of residence for 14 days.

2. Foreign nationals who are short-term visitors in Korea, Korean nationals and/or foreign residents whose place of residence is deemed not suitable for quarantine, will serve the quarantine at a designated government facility at their own cost (KRW2,100,000 per person).

Exceptions:

1. A-1, A-2 and A-3 visa holders with negative test results from COVID-19 diagnostic testing will be subjected to “Active Monitoring” (instead of 14 days quarantine), which includes daily submission of health status information via the ‘Self Diagnosis App’ and phone calls from health authorities throughout their stay in Korea.

2. Travelers who received Quarantine Exemption Certificate from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea before the trip.

(information provided by Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

How to get to Jeollanam-do

As of June 2020, all direct KTX and express buses from Incheon International Airport to Jeollanam-do are being suspended. If arriving at Incheon International Airport travelers must take a shuttle bus from the airport to Gwangmyeong Station where they can transfer to a KTX to Jeollanam-do. After departing the KTX in Jeollanam-do, one is being directly transferred to the designated quarantine facility.

For further information please visit the official website of the South Korean government providing current status & useful guidelines regarding COVID-19:

http://ncov.mohw.go.kr/en/

For further information on how to apply for a visa for Korea, please contact your local Korean embassy or visit the website of Korea Immigration Service:

https://www.immigration.go.kr/immigration_eng/index.do