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Korean delegation visits Nome, tours port facilities
The mayor of South Korea’s second-largest city visited Nome Tuesday to discuss opportunities for international cooperation on Arctic infrastructure and trade.
Mayor Park Heong-joon was accompanied by over a dozen people, including an interpreter, delegates from the Korean Consulate in Anchorage and two South Korean media outlets.
The day before the Nome visit, Heong-joon met with Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance to sign a Friendship City" agreement with Alaska’s most populous city. He also met with Governor Mike Dunleavy, an interaction Heong-joon described as “very excellent”.
“This visit will be a good opportunity for promoting our cooperation and the working new projects,” Heong-joon said of his interaction with Gov. Dunleavy.
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