February 25, 2008 is a significant day of national celebration when the Honorable Lee Myung Bak is inaugurated as the 17th President of the Republic of Korea.

The new government led by President Lee Myung Bak will endeavor to serve the nation by attaining economic revival and national harmony. The new government is dedicated to taking the nation a step forward towards standing among the advanced nations of the world.

The new government led by President Lee Myung Bak aims to form a ‘practical government' that serves the nation through hard work. Based on economic revival and national harmony, the new government is dedicated to taking the nation a step forward towards standing among the advanced nations of the world.

Korea Post issues a commemorative postage stamp reflecting the hopes of the nation that the people will strive in high spirits and that the Republic of Korea will take a great leap forward in the days of the new administration.

With ‘global Korea' and the Korean National flag, Taegeukgi as the backdrop, the stamp shows the ‘working President' who is endeavoring to generate future-oriented strategies for the nation's development. And against the backdrop of a broad vision represented by the color of blue that symbolizes hope, the souvenir sheet expresses the image of the “strong Korea” that forges a quantum leap into a better future.

The commemorative stamp pack contains not only the souvenir sheet and pane but also the My Own Stamp that embodies, through 15 appealing characters, the image of a compassionate and “familiar President” who always stands for the nation's people, as well as the First Day Cover that shows “the President who is assiduously reflecting” about the nation's future.

In June 2008, 1,500 significant personages such as ministers from 37 countries, global entrepreneurs, those representing international agencies and citizen groups, etc. will gather in Seoul to discuss the future of the Internet economy.

Today, the Internet has become an indispensable part of our lives and is becoming an important prop to almost every aspect of our society such as the economy, education, environment, hygiene, etc. In particular, with regard to economic activities, the need is growing to go beyond national borders and various interests to discuss and agree on policies related to the Internet economy. Such discussion will focus on implementation methods, with emphasis placed on both the benefits Internet brings to our economic activities, the accompanying obstacles and the possible solutions, as well as on growth, development and evolution in the Internet environment that will unfold in the future. This round of OECD ministerial meeting on the future of the Internet economy will serve as an important opportunity to present the outline of Internet-related policies that will be pursed by countries around the world over the next 10 years.

Following the previous meeting held 10 years ago in Ottawa, Canada, on the subject of electronic commerce, the 2008 meeting marks both the second ministerial meeting to be organized by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) concerning the field of information and communication as well as being the first OECD ministerial meeting to be held in Asia.

In the wish that this OECD ministerial meeting on the future of the Internet economy, through effective and constructive discussions, will be productive in coming up with an astute roadmap that will spur the growth of the global Internet economy, a new stamp is issued, featuring “Korea -- the Hub of the Internet.”