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IPR Group, dubbed as private KOTRA in Korea, is very active in helping out Korea's regional governments for developing their global markets.

The company now assists six governmental agencies in organizing the trade missions to tap the world markets in the second half of the year.

A 13-member trade delegation under the Choongnam TP is already visiting Shanghai for business matchings with Chinese buyers.

All the meetings and networkings have been arranged by the two key staffers - Steven Lee and Karen Kim - who are accompanying the delegation.

They are conducting the event in close collaboration with IPR's Chinese partner in the city. In addition, the convention and marketing team at IPR is working on five other trade delegation projects, including the Daegu Industrial Complex mission heading for Europe in October, the Gumi Electronics & Information Technology Research Institute for India and Malaysia in August and September, the Gwangju Culture Promotion Agency for China in September, the Busan Information Technology Promotion Agency leaving for western China in October and the Korean International Trade Association bound for Indonesia in October.