{"id":8454,"date":"2025-11-27T13:09:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/?p=8454"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:45:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:45:55","slug":"gastfreundschaft-hochtechnologie-und-viele-bleibende-eindruecke-aus-gangwon-do-fzn-besucht-erstmals-partner-in-suedkorea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/gastfreundschaft-hochtechnologie-und-viele-bleibende-eindruecke-aus-gangwon-do-fzn-besucht-erstmals-partner-in-suedkorea\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality and many lasting impressions from Gangwon-do: FZN visits partners in South Korea for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just a few months after FZN and DMT-LB signed a cooperation agreement with the Coal Mining Area Development Support Center of the Gangwon Research Institute, the partnership was already flourishing. FZN not only got to know the province of Gangwon-do in northeastern South Korea, but also saw how this region is preparing for the post-coal mining era.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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During their visit from November 17 to 20, 2025, Prof. Christian Melchers (Head of the Research Center of Post-Mining) and Julia Haske (Head of the Research Focus \"Land Use & Transition\" at the FZN) not only met up again with partners from the delegation visit to Bochum, but also made new contacts with people from politics, science, and administration. In addition to the great hospitality\u2014for which the FZN would like to express its sincere thanks\u2014the dynamism and diversity of South Korea, which was evident throughout, also made a lasting impression.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t

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Great interest in the wealth of knowledge on structural change in the Ruhr region<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This allowed them to experience first-hand the many facets of a country that is both a modern industrial nation and a major player in digital and high technology, but also a country steeped in tradition with a rich culture, great cultural appeal, and huge potential in the field of tourism. With regard to the end of coal mining in South Korea, Prof. Christian Melchers and Julia Haske were able to experience both differences and similarities with the Ruhr region and Germany, but also see what plans South Korea and Gangwon-do Province have for the future after the closure of the coal mines, taking social and economic aspects into account. Even after the end of coal mining there, Gangwon-do is interested in how the Ruhr region is managing structural change and how the region established and promoted science, business, culture, and tourism as important pillars after the end of active coal mining.<\/p>\n

This continued the exchange that began with the visit of the South Korean delegation to the German Mining Museum in Bochum on June 27, 2025, where FZN and DMT-LB ceremoniously signed a cooperation agreement with the Coal Mining Area Development Support Center of the Gangwon Research Institute.<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t

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Amidst great interest from the South Korean media, the visit to the FZN demonstrated the enormous potential of the partnership between Bochum and Gangwon \u2013 and how mutually beneficial the intertwining of science and ideas is for the transformation of former mining areas. This close partnership allows both regions \u2013 despite their geographical distance \u2013 to learn from each other and gain inspiration for successfully shaping the post-mining era.<\/p>\n

Prof. Christian Melchers and Julia Haske would like to express their gratefulness for the memorable days filled with hospitality and lively exchange in South Korea. The FZN looks forward to further strengthening its relationship with the Gangwon Research Institute, as well as with the region in general, and eagerly anticipates future collaborations and projects.<\/p>\n

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The hosts\/participants in Gangwon-do<\/span><\/h3>\n

November 17\u2013November 20, 2025<\/div>

<\/i>List of participants<\/a><\/h3>
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KIM Moo gyeong<\/td>\nHead of Strategic Project Team,Gangwon State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LIM Jae young<\/td>\nDirektor des Coal Mine Area Development Support Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KIM Yeong mi<\/td>\nWiss. Mitarbeiterin, Coal Mine Area Development Support Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BAE Sang Kun<\/td>\nPr\u00e4sident des Gangwon Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CHOI Soon chil<\/td>\nAbandoned Mine Area Support Department, Gangwon State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KWON Yong deok<\/td>\nAlternative Industry Promotion Department, Gangwon State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SIM Won-sub<\/td>\nDirektor des Departments f\u00fcr Zukunftsindustrien, Gangwon State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KIM Kwang-Lae<\/td>\nVize-Gouverneur f\u00fcr Wirtschaft, Gangwon State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KIM Yong-bok<\/td>\nVice Chairman, Gangwon State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KIM Dong-gyun<\/td>\nStellvertretender B\u00fcrgermeister der Stadt Taebaek, Gangwon-Do<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KIM Tae-soo<\/td>\nVertreter des Komitees zur F\u00f6rderung der Registrierung von Welterbe \/ UNESCO-Welterbe der koreanischen Kohleindustrie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KIM Boram<\/td>\nProgramme Specialist, UNESCO Agenda & Policy Center, Korean National Commission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JEON Dae Bok<\/td>\nStellvertretender Gouverneur der Stadt Yeongwol, Gangwon-Do<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LEE Eungoh<\/td>\nDirektor f\u00fcr Klimaneutralit\u00e4t, Taebaek City Hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LEE Yong-gyu<\/td>\nGeneraldirektor, Jeongson Center for Urban Regeneration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LIM Sungjin<\/td>\nManagement Planning Team, Leader of Management Planning Art, high1 Resort, Kangwon Land Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KO Yunjung<\/td>\nRegional Business Team Manager & Curator, high1 Resort, Kangwon Land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
YU Byeong uk<\/td>\nDirektor des Seoul Headquarters \/ The Kang-Won Ilbo (Korea Press Center)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JIN Yong Sun<\/td>\nDirektor des Arirang Archives<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PARK Chang-gyu<\/td>\nPr\u00e4sident der Vereinigung von Hinterbliebenen von Industrieveteranen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KO Chang-won<\/td>\nPr\u00e4sident der Global Conference of Korean guest-workers in Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SCHWERDFEGER So-Hyang<\/td>\nPr\u00e4sidentin des Vereins koreanischer Krankenschwestern und Krankenpflegehelferinnen in Deutschland e.V.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MELCHERS Christian<\/td>\nLeiter Forschungszentrum Nachbergbau & Vizepr\u00e4sident THGA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HASKE Julia<\/td>\nLeiterin Land Use & Transition Department am Forschungszentrum Nachbergbau der THGA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bereits wenige Monate nach der Unterzeichnung des Kooperationsabkommens von FZN und DMT-LB mit dem Coal Mining Area Development Support Center des Gangwon Research Institute wurde die Partnerschaft eindr\u00fccklich mit Leben...","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":8491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[317,310,311,32,41,42,309,318],"class_list":{"0":"post-8454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-neuigkeit","8":"tag-asien","9":"tag-gangwon","10":"tag-kooperation","11":"tag-ruhrgebiet","12":"tag-steinkohle","13":"tag-strukturwandel","14":"tag-suedkorea","15":"tag-tourismus"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8454"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9627,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8454\/revisions\/9627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}