Among the modern machine shop equipment is a shearing machine already being used for metal construction work.
A portable eight-inch suction dredge provided by the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) to help improve the Republic of Korea's rivers and for flood control work has begun test operations at Yoida, an island in the Han River at Seoul. UNKRA purchased the dredge and accessory equipment for the Government from the Ellicott Machine Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland at a total cost of $87,500. Designed especially for land reclamation and channel clearance work, the dredge has an output capacity of from 60 to 120 cubic yards an hour, depending on the material being dredged, and can pump heavy material to a distance of 1,000 feet and lighter materials up to 2,000 feet.
A modern new movie studio and sound stage that will allow the Republic of Korea Office of Public Information to turn out better documentary, educational and information-type films, was dedicated today in Seoul. The new studio, a two-story structure 140 feet long by 40 feet wide was built with the help of the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA), which furnished materials valued at $30,000 as a special project in the $147 million United Nations programme of economic assistance to the Republic of Korea.
Part of the modern X-ray equipment at the new $4.4 million National Medical Center in Seoul, Korea. The Center's modern X-ray department is equipped with eight stationary X-ray machines. It also has four transportable machines like the one shown in the right of the picture. The Center, which was dedicated on 2 October 1958, was established through the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) aid program under a project carried out jointly by UNKRA, the Korean Government and the Governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
One of the six operating rooms at the new $4.4 million National Medical Center in Seoul, Korea. The Center, which was dedicated on 2 October 1958, was established through the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) aid program under a project carried out jointly by UNKRA, the Korean Government and the Governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Aerial view of the Inchon Flat Glass Plant. Also built through the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) aid program, this plant produced its first glass in October 1957, is now turning out flat glass at an annual rate of over 12,000,000 square feet. In addition, it manufactures wire-reinforced and figured glass.
Formal contracts selling two of Korea's biggest industrial plants, the Mungyong Cement Plant and Inchon Flat Glass Plant both of which were built with United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) aid funds, to two private companies were signed in Seoul on 30 April 1959 by the Republic of Korea Government and representatives of the companies. The Mungyong Cement Plant, now Korea's largest cement manufacturer, was constructed at a total cost of $9million in foreign exchange provided by UNKRA and 2,300,000,000 hwan in local currency, while the Inchon Flat Glass Plant, the only one in Korea, cost $3.2 million and 700,000,000 hwan. Shown affixing his seal to the Mungyong Cement Plant sale contract is ROK Minister of Commerce and Industry, Yong Su Koo. Seated from left to right are Mr. Chong Rim Lee, President of the Korea Cement Manufacturing Company, new owner of the plant, Mr. Young Chan Kim, Governor of the Korean Reconstruction Bank, Minister Koo, and Brig. Gen. H. E. Eastwood, USA (Ret.) UNKRA Administrator. Standing from left to right are two officials of the Korea Cement Manufacturing Company, Mr. Murray Gray, UNKRA Legal and Contract Officer, Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry Ui Chang Kim, Mr. Tai Jin Pak of the Korean Reconstruction Bank and Mr. C. H. Perry, UNKRA Executive Officer. Mr. Tai Sup Choi, President of the Hankuk Glass Industry Company signed the contract for the Inchon Flat Glass Plant.