Roh Meets Mexico’s Korean Community
President Roh Moo-hyun arrived in Mexico City for a three-day visit on Thursday as part of a trip that will also take him to Costa Rica and the UN General Assembly in New York.
His first order of business was a talk with ethnic Koreans in the Central American country to mark 100 years since 1,033 Koreans with passports issued by the Daehan Empire immigrated to Mexico on Sept. 8, 1905.
Roh was given the passport of one of them, Kim Jin-myeong, who was 26 at the time, by Ko Heung-ryong, who made the historic boat ride from Korea to Mexico inside his mother’s belly. When he was born after his parents’ arrival in Mexico, he became the first of Mexico’s second generation of Koreans. “This is really a precious historical record,” Roh said. “We will preserve it carefully where we keep the nation’s historical records so that the people remember your history.”
The president recalled that the first generation of Korean emigrants to Mexico contributed funds to the Korean independence movement despite facing difficult conditions of their own. He said their efforts were “recorded as a proud moment in Korean history,” and future generations would learn that history.
The president promised to consider a request by the Mexican Koreans to support job training programs for the descendants of Korean immigrants.
On the second day of his visit, Roh will meet with Mexican President Vicente Fox, take part in a brunch discussion with Korean and Mexican business figures and visit the Mexican Senate.
Meanwhile, Roh said there would be no more talk of a coalition for the time being. He told reporters aboard his flight to Mexico that Grand National Party chairwoman Park Geun-hye “said that if I didn’t talk only of a coalition, it would help national affairs.” He added he could not carry on saying the same thing.
The president said he expected the regular parliament to run smoothly but thought debate over the parliamentary election system would continue.
The Uri Party is calling for debate on amending the electoral law during the next session, but the GNP is bitterly opposed.
Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kim Man-soo said the comments meant Roh would not raise the issue of a bipartisan Cabinet or a government of national unity, which he proposed to Park during a rare meeting last week. Another official said, “Because Park also said this, the president will for the time being try to harmonize with her.”
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Roh and North's envoy meet at Mexico City fete
On the third day of his visit here, President Roh Moo-hyun met with local businessmen, toured a South Korean product exhibition, dined with the Mexican president and had a brief, unscheduled encounter with the North Korean envoy to Mexico.
At the dinner on Friday, hosted by Mexico's President Vicente Fox, Mr. Roh chatted with So Jae-myong, the North Korean ambassador, for a few minutes. Mr. So approached Mr. Roh and his wife to introduce himself. Mr. Roh told Mr. So he hoped North-South Korean relations would improve, and Mr. So said he
S.Korean president to visit US, Mexico, Costa Rica
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will visit the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica early next month, Roh's spokesman Kim Man-soo said Monday.
The president will first fly to Mexico City on Sept. 8 for a four-day state visit there, during which Roh will hold summit meeting with his Mexican counterpart Vicente Fox on ways to enhance their comprehensive cooperative relationship in security and trade, said Kim.
Roh will then fly to San Jose on Sept. 11 to meet with Costa Rican President Abel
President Roh Set to Depart for Mexico
President Roh Moo-hyun, accompanied by the First Lady, will depart Korea on Thursday to make state visits to Mexico and Costa Rica and attend the upcoming UN summit in New York. During his two-day stay in Mexico on Friday and Saturday, President Roh will meet with Mexican President Vicente Fox and discuss plans to promote bilateral cooperation. He will also meet with local Koreans to mark the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to Mexico and encourage the descendents of Korean immigrants.
President Roh will spend Sunday and Monday in Costa Rice, meeting with President
South Korea Speeds Up FTA With Mexico
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun’s visit here will likely be a great challenge for the two countries, which are haggling over a free trade agreement (FTA) across the Pacific Ocean.
During the state visit by President Roh to the Central American nation from Sept. 8 to 10, South Korea hopes to speed up negotiations for an economic partnership agreement (EPA), which includes an FTA and other measures for economic cooperation.
The two countries have been in consultation on the matter since May last year when they launched a joint study team for the EPA.
Korea, Mexico Shake Hands on Strategic Partnership
President Roh Moo-hyun and his Mexican counterpart Vincente Fox on Friday (local time) agreed to form, a strategic partnership between their countries.
The two heads of state also agreed to sign a strategic economic complementation agreement (SECA) as soon as possible to facilitate trade and investment between the two nations. A SECA is less extensive than a free trade agreement and requires tariffs on particular items to be lifted through negotiations. Mexico has an FTA with Japan but is reluctant to form one with Korea because it worries it would increase its trade deficit.
Centennial of Korean immigration celebrated, links to motherland strong
On April 4, 1905, 1,033 Koreans boarded a ship in Jaemulpo Port, Incheon and headed towards an unfamiliar land across the Pacific Ocean in search of better jobs.
After an arduous voyage, during which two adults and one child died, they arrived in Merida, southeastern Mexico, marking the beginning of Korea's first immigration into the Central American country.
Children and adults were immediately put under into forced labor at farms producing henequen, a plant used to make ropes, hammocks, and twine for baling hay.
By overcoming many hardships and a lack of
Mexico Seeks to Boost Trade Ties
The top Mexican envoy in Seoul believes that President Roh Moo-hyun’s visit to Mexico will help the two countries establish a ``strategic partnership.’’
``Mexican President Vicente Fox will tackle many bilateral issues with President Roh during the summit meeting in Mexico,’’ Mexican Ambassador to Seoul Leandro Arellano said in a recent interview with The Korea Times. ``Among others, they are going to discuss how to establish a strategic partnership between the two countries.’’
The ambassador said that Mexico and South Korea have developed relations in a remarkable way and it is time to upgrade the level
Mexico T-bill yields seen flat at weekly auction
The yield on Mexicos benchmark one-month T-bills, or Cetes, was expected to remain flat on Tuesday as investors expect the central bank to hold interest rates steady at a meeting this week.
Yields on three- and six-month Cetes were also expected to be nearly unchanged while the 5-year bond yield was expected to decline at the central banks weekly auction, according to a Reuters poll.
Mexicos central bank is seen keeping rates untouched when it meets on Friday, although some analysts believe it will resume cutting rates later in the year.
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