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Stating that the Korean government has built fundamental industries and developed Korea’s economy through foreign loans and foreign direct investment, Choe Yong Jin, Korean Ambassador to Nepal said, “Nepal has one of the largest potentials in generating hydropower. But such great potential can only be materialized into reality through investment. And this investment will be made possible through discussions involving all the stakeholders and decisiveness and strong will of the leaders.”
Envoy Jin expressed hope that the Upper Trishuli One Project, which is being developed by the international consortium NWEDC composed of Korea South-East Power (KOSEP) and IFC, will make significant contribution to increasing total hydropower generation of Nepal.
Heo Yup, CEO of KOSEP, shared Korea’s FDI-funded development story. “Realizing that borrowing foreign funds and inviting FDI were essential for infrastructure development, Korean government took various measures to protect foreign capital and as a result, it attracted large amounts of foreign capital.” As a result, Yup said, Korea was able to build a base for a sharp economic growth that surprised the whole world. “At last, after 30 years of receiving FDI, Korea became one of the top 10 exporting countries in the world, with its export volume of USD 2,000 billion. Now, it is Korean who makes FDI in other countries”, he further explained.
Comparing Nepal and Korea, he said both the countries have similar geography, and that Nepal can learn from Korea’s experience.
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'email' => 'anmaharjan@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => '',
'gender' => '',
'access' => '1',
'phone' => '',
'access_type' => '0',
'activated' => false,
'sortorder' => '0',
'published' => '0',
'created' => '2016-04-04 17:02:17',
'last_login' => '2018-09-17 11:47:56',
'ip' => '202.63.242.112'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'article_id' => '4362',
'hit' => '1581'
)
),
'Slider' => array()
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
$xml = false
simplexml_load_file - [internal], line ??
include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224
View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 391
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
