South Korea: Canada

South Korea Dept: This comes out the same day South Korea s prime minister was in town, and as Canada and South Korea are trying to restart free trade talks, according to Montreal Gazette. This has included investing taxpayer dollars in Korean cultural groups and other initiatives, as well as appointing Canada s first senator of Korean descent, Yonah Martin and this just in from the Prime Minister s Office: 2013 will be the year of Korea in Canada. This comes alongside a number of other initiatives the Harper government has undertaken to recognize the country s large number of Korean-Canadians, which number 100,000 and are primarily located in Ontario and British Columbia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.