Eugene-Chinju Sister City Committee Eugene, Oregon, USA

Welcome the 2007 Jinju Student Delegation to Eugene!  A team of Jinju high school students of six will be visiting Eugene from January 2nd to 21st.

From left: Ga-yeong Kim, Ji-hyeon Park, Jun-hwa Lee, Jea-sin Lee @UC Berkely	@ Stanford	With Mr. Roh Hoe-Chan (http://www.nanjong.net), a member of The National Assembly of Korea at Golden Gate Bridge	Dinner with Mrs. Rhew, Maggie Lee, Drs. Brian Lee & Miriam Rhew	With Gletchen Thilman, host mom for boys at Eugene airport

The 2005 Eugene Delegation to Jinju (October 3 - 6, 2005) Front - Judge Jack Billings, Councilor Gary Pape', Mayor Kitty Piercy, Jinju Myor Jeong Yeong Seok, David Piercy, Jinju Deputy Mayor Lee Sang Gyun Back - Ruth & Ken Yi, David & Duane Funk, Ki-Won & Youn-Keun Rhew, 4 Jinju officials	Jinju students who had visited Eugene welcomed the 2005 Delegation in the late night of October 4.  Usually they stay in the school until 10:00 P.M.. SooKyung Yoon, Mirae Lee, EunJi Jo, Judge Jack Billings, YeonJu Kim, BooWon Yoon, Duane Funk, Mayor Kitty & David Piercy, HyeJin Lee, MyungSeok Oh, Youn-Keun & Ki-Won Rhew

The citizens of Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A. and Chinju (Jinju), Kyungnam, Republic of Korea have been enjoying their sister city relationship since 1961.  Eugene is the home of the University of Oregon, Fighting Duck.  Chinju is located 250 miles south from Seoul, a cultural and educational center of western Kyungnam Province and the home of Gyeong Sang National University.  

We invite you to visit here often to learn about our two cities and surrounding communities, and join in our programs.  Click Membership to view and print membership application.

Please use bulletin board to post any message to promote friendship between Chinju (Jinju) and Eugene.

Our Mission is to promote intellectual, social, educational, cultural, and other beneficial exchanges between the cities of Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A. and Chinju (Jinju), Republic of Korea.

We are volunteers from Eugene and surrounding community and affiliated with the Sister Cities International and supported by the City of Eugene through the Eugene Sister City Foundation.

Contact Information

Telephone: 541-344-4464

President: Linda DeSpain, desbills@cmc.net

Webmaster: Ki-Won Rhew,  kiwon@rhew.us