Forum to discuss strengthening SKorea-Africa cooperation

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1. Wide pan of talks
2. Close of South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan
3. Close of AU ministers
4. Close of African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Jean Ping
5. Close of participants
6. Wide pan of photo op
7. Tilt up of Yu holding hands with African ministers
8. Ministers clapping
9. Close of sign
10. Wide of forum
11. Medium of South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan sitting in forum
12. Close-up of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade
13. Medium of photographers
14. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Chung Un-chan, South Korean Prime Minister:
"We decided to double our ODA (Official Development Assistance) to Africa over the next three years. Also, we will go beyond the quantitative support and try to improve the quality in development cooperation."
15. Medium of AU delegates
16. Cutaway of media
17. Wide of Yu at podium
18. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Yu Myung-hwan, South Korean Foreign Minister:
"Based on the experience of developing from the world's poorest country to an aid giving country in a very short time, South Korea has been putting effort in to be an idealistic cooperating partner for Africa and we will keep putting effort in to continue that."
19. Medium of participants
20. Wide of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on stage
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese President
"I have to notice that Korea not only is ready to help Africa, but also is to transfer the technology to Africa that is the best way to help."
22. Close of delegates
23. Wide of participants
24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopia Foreign Minister
"Korea's advanced technologies, efficient and affective management expertise and extensive experience in fostering human resource development can create tremendous synergies when combined with the huge human and natural resources of Africa."
25. Wide pan of forum
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South Korea pledged on Tuesday to double aid to African nations over the next three years in an effort to better reach out to the continent rich in energy resources, growth potential and business opportunities.
In the pledge made at a joint South Korea-Africa cooperation forum in Seoul, the government said that by 2012 it would double the 107 (m) million US dollars in annual official development aid it gave in 2008.
Increasing aid to more than 200 (m) million a year by 2012 reflected the growing importance South Korea attached to Africa as an economic partner and a source of energy resources, officials said.
Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said South Korea planned to focus on offering its know-how learned from building Asia's fourth-largest economy from the ashes of the 1950-53 Korean War.
Cabinet ministers and senior officials from 15 African nations, including Nigeria, Senegal and Kenya, attended the one-day forum as representatives of the 53-member African Union, an intergovernmental organisation among African nations.
"Korea's advanced technologies, efficient and affective management expertise and extensive experience in fostering human resource development can create tremendous synergies when combined with the huge human and natural resources of Africa, "Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopia's Foreign Minister said at the forum.
South Korea's outreach comes as neighbouring Japan and China have been trying to woo Africa with similar pledges of massive aid. Earlier this month China promised 10 (b) billion US dollars in new loans to African nations over the next three years.

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