AKCF - ASEAN Korea Cooperation Fund

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2025 ROUND Forum: A Global Platform for Music Collaboration

The 2025 ROUND MUSIC FORUM will be held from October 17 (Fri) to 18 (Sat), 2025 at Lotte World Tower Sky31 and Olympic Park, Seoul. Hosted by KBS, sponsored by the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF), and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea and the ASEAN Secretariat, the forum will be held under the theme of "K-pop and ASEAN Pop: Interaction and the Future." It aims to discuss strategies and the market dynamics of both…

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2025 ASEAN-Korea FIELD Programme Conference in Korea

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Business Planning Workshop for NTFP Social Enterprises in Da Nang, Viet Nam

ASCC

AKCMM 2nd MRC Meeting and Study Tour in the Philippines

The ASEAN-Korea Cooperation for Methane Mitigation (AKCMM) project held the 2nd Methane Reduction Committee (MRC) Meeting in the Philippines on 28 August 2025 in Quezon City, the Philippines. As part of the AKCMM project implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), the MRC meeting serves to oversee the management and supervision of the project at the national level. The half-day meeting discussed updates on the project implementation…

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Conference on Shaping ASEAN’s Critical Mineral Future

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New Students Orientation for ASPP Fall 2025 Intake

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FLY 2025 Marks the Conclusion of the ‘ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator’

The 11th edition of the ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator or FLY 2025 is taking place from 4 to 19 September 2025 in Busan, Korea, marking the programme’s finale this year. FLY is a short film production workshop that aims to strengthen the film talent base in Asia. Each year, young filmmakers from Korea and each ASEAN Member States are selected and gather to co-produce short films. The programme is hosted by Busan Metropolitan City…

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1st In-Situ Training Course on Critical Minerals Management & Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN

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ASPP Short-Term Training 2025

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ASEAN-Korea Cooperation for Methane Mitigation (AKCMM) Project Launched in Malaysia

The ASEAN-Korea Cooperation for Methane Mitigation (AKCMM) Project was officially launched in Langkawi, Malaysia on 31 July 2025, marking the commencement of national implementation activities supported by the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF) and implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). The event was officiated by the Deputy Secretary-General (Environmental Sustainability) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental…

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CASA 3rd Project Steering Committee Meeting

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The 1st Regional Consultative Workshop on the Comprehensive Review of the ASEAN Strategic Plan for Culture and the Arts (2016-2025) and the Development of New Work Plan

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2nd Knowledge Sharing Program on ASEAN-Korea Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management

The 2nd Knowledge Sharing Program on ASEAN-Korea Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management (IMSWM), held from 9 to 13 June 2025 in Bali, Indonesia, marked a key milestone in strengthening regional collaboration on advancing sustainable waste management practices across ASEAN and Korea. The five-day program brought together policymakers and experts from across ASEAN Member States and Korea to explore and share experience on innovative approaches…

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FLY POST LAB 2025

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ASEAN + ROK Conference on Care and Support for Older Persons

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Busan Film Commission x KF ASEAN Culture House Special Exhibition “Brise-Soleil and Rounded Corners”

The Busan Film Commission will present nine short films produced by alumni of the ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator: FLY, as part of the special exhibition “Brise-Soleil and Rounded Corners: Art Deco and Modernist Architecture in Southeast Asia Today.” The exhibition can be viewed free of charge until 9 November at the Special Exhibition Gallery of the KF ASEAN Culture House, located in Haeundae-gu, Busan. “Brise-Soleil and Rounded…

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Building Capacity in Critical Mineral Exploration: 2nd In-Class Training Course

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ASEAN-Korea Music Festival 2025 ROUND in Malaysia Wraps Up with Resounding Success

AEC

Korea-ASEAN Digital Academy Launched in Indonesia

On 5 June 2025, the Korea-ASEAN Digital Academy was officially launched at BPSDM BPPTIK (ICT Training Center) in Cikarang, Indonesia. Following the launch in Lao PDR on April 29, this marks the second launch of Korea-ASEAN Digital Academy in ASEAN Member States. The Korea-ASEAN Digital Academy project aims to develop digital talent and create job-linked opportunities. Over the next year, approximately 200 students will benefit from these…

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Supporting Enhanced Victim Assistance in Viet Nam

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Korea-ASEAN Digital Academy Launched Its First Academy in Lao PDR

AEC

[Project] Korea-ASEAN Digital Academy

Project tittle: Korea-ASEAN Digital Academy Budget: USD 4.5M Proponent: National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA) Period: 2024-2029 Project Description The Korea-ASEAN Digital Academy project aims to bridge the digital education gap in countries, we will provide digital education in ASEAN countries through this digital education initiatives.This project will provide systematic digital education to ICT-related…

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ASPP Students Engage in Technology and Team Spirit Through World IT Show 2025 and SNU Sports Day

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ASEAN-ROK Film Community Programme Concludes Its 11-Year Journey in Busan

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Third Technical & Database Workshops to Advance ASEAN's Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment

As part of the Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN project, the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP) is organising the Third Technical & Database Workshops from 21 to 25 April 2025 in Pattaya, Thailand. The workshops bring together government officials and experts from ASEAN Member States (AMS) to strengthen regional cooperation and capacity in the critical…

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Kickoff Event for Building High-Performance Computing Infrastructure and Capacity in ASEAN

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ASCEND Programme Takes a Step Forward with the 2nd Competency Assessment

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Handover Ceremony of Air Quality Monitoring System to Cambodia

Phnom Penh, 20 February 2025 – The official handover of three Air Quality Monitoring Stations (AQMS) to the Government of Cambodia marked a significant stride towards cleaner air in the ASEAN region. The handover ceremony, held at the Ministry of Environment headquarter in Phnom Penh, represents a key milestone in the “Clean Air for Sustainable ASEAN” (CASA) project, an initiative supported by the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF).…

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Socialisation Workshop on the Implementation Plan for the Framework for CLMV Development

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[Project] Korea-ASEAN AI Development/Startup Competition

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[Project] Building HPC Infrastructure and HPC Capacity for ASEAN Data Utilization

Project tittle: Building HPC Infrastructure and HPC Capacity for ASEAN Data Utilization Budget: USD 10.00M Proponent: Korea Institute of Science and technology Information (KISTI) Period: 2024-2028 Project Description This project is consisted of three activities. i) GPU/NPU-based HPC construction, ii) development of science & technology knowledge platform, iii) digital competence training. The project should consider capturing…

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Celebrating 35 Years of ASEAN-Korea Dialogue Relations with a Spectacular Music Festival in Lao PDR: ROUND in LAO PDR

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The 3rd ASEAN-ROK Children’s Reading Culture Development Committee (AKRCC)

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[Project] Comprehensive Review of the ASEAN Strategic Plan for Culture and the Arts (2016-2025) and Development of a New Work Plan

Project tittle: Comprehensive Review of the ASEAN Strategic Plan for Culture and the Arts (2016-2025) and Development of New Work Plan Budget: USD 0.21M Proponent: The ASEAN Secretariat Period: 2024-2025 Project Description This project aims to evaluate the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Culture and Arts (2016-2025). The evaluation will assess its ongoing relevance and identify gaps and shortcomings. Following this review, a new…

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[Project] ASEAN - Korea Cooperation on methane Mitigation

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[Project] Korea-ASEAN Digital Academy

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[Project] Learning and Development Programme for Community and Corporate Affairs Department

Project tittle: Learning and Development Programme for Community and Corporate Affairs Department Budget: USD 0.88M Proponent: ASEAN Secretariat, Human Resource Division, CCAD (Corporate and Community Affairs Department) Period: 2024-2027 Project Description The Corporate and Community Affairs Department (CCAD) is responsible in providing corporate services to the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) in carrying out its functions. With the expanding expectations…

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[Project] ASEAN-ROK Training Course on Crime Scene Investigation (CSI): Building Capacities for Regional Investigators through Best Practices and Experience Sharing

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[Project Completion] Symposium on ASEAN Identity and Strengthening ASEAN-ROK Cooperation: Now and Beyond

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[Project Completion] KONNECT ASEAN – An ASEAN-ROK Art and Culture Programme

Project: KONNECT ASEAN – An ASEAN-ROK Art and Culture Programme Proponent: ASEAN Foundation Period: 13 July 2020 - 31 January 2024 Project Summary Launched in 2020, KONNECT ASEAN is a program implemented by the ASEAN Foundation, aimed to strengthen the ASEAN Community by promoting the ASEAN Identity through cultural exchanges between ASEAN and Korea. Funded by the ASEAN – Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF), the program aligns with…

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ASEAN – Korea Collaborative Initiative: Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN

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Clean Air Sustainable ASEAN (CASA): The 2nd Technical Meeting

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SEA-PLM 2024 Main Survey rolls out in Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Viet Nam

Bangkok, 31 May 2024 - Following the success of the 2023 Field Trial, the SEA-PLM programme launched its 2024 Main Survey, with Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Vietnam leading the first batch of implementation. More than 20,000 students and parents, along with over a thousand teachers from more than 500 randomly selected schools across these countries, are contributing to the comprehensive monitoring of student learning outcomes in basic education.…

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The 14th SEA-PLM Regional Steering Committee Meeting and related Meetings

AEC

ASEAN Smart City Professional Program

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The 1st Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting of "Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN” Project

Bali, Indonesia - 3 May 2024 The 1st Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting of the project titled “Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN” was held in Bali, Indonesia on 3 May 2024. The PSC was held in a hybrid form and attended by the representatives of Vice-Chair of ASOMM, the Energy and Minerals Division of the ASEAN Secretariat, the Mission of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to ASEAN and…

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[Project] Critical Minerals Management and Strategy for Sustainable Environment in ASEAN

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[Project] ASEAN-Korea Football Interpersonal Exchange and Leadership Development (FIELD) Programme

AEC

[Project] Feasibility Study on Establishment of ASEAN-ROK Regional e-CO Exchange Platform

Project Title: Feasibility Study on Establishment of ASEAN-ROK Regional e-CO Exchange Platform Budget: USD 0.5M Proponent: Customs UNI-PASS International Agency (CUPIA) Period: 2023-2024 Project Description The study was first proposed by the Republic of Korea (ROK) as a part of the East Asia Vision Group II (EAVG II) after ASEAN-ROK Summit in 2013 to contribute for trade facilitation in the region. During the course, the scope of the study…

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[Project] Support for the development of an ASEAN Green Map

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[Project] Digital Transformation: Facilitating ASEAN’s Inclusive and Sustainable Digital Economy

ASCC

[Project] Advancing ASEAN-Korean cooperation in Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management (IMSWM) for Environmentally Sustainable Cities

Project Title: Advancing ASEAN-Korean cooperation in Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management (IMSWM) for Environmentally Sustainable Cities Budget: USD 7.3M Proponent: Green Technology Center, ROK Period:2022-2026 Project Description This proposed project will support ASEAN Member States (AMS) in moving towards a model of resource efficient, circular society with enhanced national and local capacity to implement integrated solid waste management…

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[Project] ASEAN - Korea Music Festival 2023-2024

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[Project] Capacity Building Project for the Data-driven Smart City Planning

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[Project] ASEAN-ROK Film Community Programme 2022-2025

Project Title: ASEAN-ROK Film Community Programme 2022-2025 Budget: USD 2.5M Proponent: Busan Film Commission (BFC) Period: 2022- 2025 Project Description Busan Film Commission (BFC) and Busan Asian Film School (AFiS) planned “ASEAN-ROK Film Community Programme” which is 3-year-programme to support building strategies to actualize the ASEAN-ROK film community by establishing and advancing the foundations of the film industry…

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[Project] ASEAN Cyber Shield (ACS) Project

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[Project] Clean Air for Sustainable ASEAN (CASA)

AEC

[Project] Capacity Building on Enhancing Resilience to Forest Fire, and Local Livelihood and Market Linkages

Project Title: Capacity Building on Enhancing Resilience to Forest Fire, and Local Livelihood and Market Linkage Budget: USD 6.5M Proponent: Asian Forest Cooperation (AFoCO), ROK Period: 2021-2027 Project Description Forests in ASEAN region are being increasingly converted and degraded to accommodate the demands of increasing human populations. These coupled by other drivers of deforestation and degradation including forest fires…

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[Project] Enhancing Digital Economy Participation for ASEAN Women MSMEs

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[Project] ASEAN Children’s Reading Culture Development Project

ASCC

[Project] Monitoring and Developing ASEAN Basic Education: Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) Programme

Project Title: Monitoring and Developing ASEAN Basic Education: Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) Programme Budget: Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) Secretariat Period: 2021-2024 Project Description The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) is a regional learning assessment programme designed to monitor students’ learning outcomes, contributing to equitable and quality education for…

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[Project] ASEAN-IPR TRAINING & CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME

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[Project] Development of ASEAN Open Data Dictionary for ASEAN Connectivity

APSC

[Project]18th East Asia Forum: Strengthening ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation for Economic and Financial Resilience in the face of emerging challenges

The East Asia Forum (EAF) is an annual track 1.5 activity under the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) framework. The APT Leaders have consistently acknowledged the contributions made by the East Asia Forum in fostering an East Asia regional identity and supporting an East Asia community in the long-term. The 18th EAF entitled "Strengthening the ASEAN Plus Three cooperation for economic and financial resilience in the face of emerging challenges" aims…

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[Project]Enhance Victim Assistance Programme in the ASEAN Member States

ASCC

[Project Implementation] The 1st Project Steering Committee Meeting for “ASEAN Standards and Certification for Experts in Disaster Management” (ASCEND)

ASCC

[Project Implementation]Kick-off Meeting of the "Increasing Access to Basic Education in CLMV Countries through Flexible Learning Programmes"

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 – as part of the project titled “Increasing Access to Basic Education in CLMV Countries through Flexible Learning Programmes,” Good Neighbors International (GNI) and UNESCO Bangkok convened the online Project Kick-off Meeting with the key stakeholders of the project. The project, with the support from the ASEAN-ROK Cooperation Fund (AKCF), was initiated and developed to address the needs of OOSC in ASEAN…

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[Project]Disaster risk management Capacity Building Project for AMS

ASCC

[Project] Increasing Access to Basic Education in CLMV Countries through Flexible Learning Programmes

ASCC

[Project] Enhancing the detection capacity for COVID-19 in ASEAN countries

In the Asia Pacific region, outbreaks and public health emergencies caused by emerging infectious diseases continually threaten health security. On December 2019, a pneumonia of unknown cause was detected in Wuhan, China, and it was identified as a novel coronavirus, abbreviated as COVID-19, a week later. As of April 2020, more than 2.4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 has been reported to WHO, including more than 163,000 deaths. There is currently…

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[Project] Capacity Building for Implementing the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and Quality Assurance (QA) in TVET in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam (TEAM Programme Component 3)

ASCC

[Project] ASEAN-ROK Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Mobility Programme (TEAM Programme Component 2)

ASCC

[Project] Enhancing the Competitiveness of ASEAN Human Resources through Responsive TVET curriculum supported by Involvement of Industries and Labor Market (TEAM Programme Component 1)

Project Description Human resource development is one of the strategic objectives of the ASEAN towards achieving a productive and competitive workforce. Investments in human resource development enhance the capacity of the ASEAN workforce through strategic programs that will develop qualified, competent, and well-prepared workers that would benefit from, as well as cope with the challenges of the regional integration. One of the accompanying critical…

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[Project] ASEAN Women's Economic Empowerment through Digital Literacy and e-Business Education

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[Project] Operationalising the ASEAN Standards and Certification for Experts in Disaster Management (ASCEND) (2020-2023)

ASCC

[Project] Higher Education for ASEAN Talents (HEAT): Scholarship Opportunity for ASEAN Faculty Members in the Republic of Korea

The AKCF, in collaboration with the Korean Council for University Education (KCUE), provides a full scholarship opportunity for ASEAN faculty members through its newly-approved programme: Higher Education for ASEAN Talents (HEAT). HEAT is designed to provide higher education in Korea for ASEAN faculty members. The main purpose of this program is to invite faculty members of ASEAN higher education institutions to support their acquisition of…

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[Project Implementation] Model ASEAN-Korea Summit

ASCC

[Project]KONNECT ASEAN – An ASEAN-ROK (Republic of Korea) Arts and Cultural Programme

ASCC

[Project] ASEAN Korea Music Festival (AKMF)

The AKMF aims to enhance exchange of people and understanding between Korea and 10 ASEAN Member States(AMS) in culture and art. In particular, it intends to strengthen fellowship among ASEAN young people through pop music, which is an international language, and to spread a sense of solidarity of One ASEAN-Korea through concert tour. The concert will be held 3 times in total every year, 1 in Korea and 1 in 2 AMS each and will have a tour around…

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[Project] 9th ASEAN-Korea Frontier Forum: ASEAN – ROK Youth Community Initiative

ASCC

[Project] Gender Mainstreaming into Labour and Employment Policies to Promote Decent Work for All

ASCC

[Project] Development of Digital Heritage Contents with UNESCO World Heritage of ASEAN

ASEAN is well known for its outstanding cultural heritage and time-honored traditions and histories. With the aim to digitize the invaluable heritage sites across ASEAN by harnessing the use of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT), the project of Digital Heritage contents of ASEAN was implemented with the support of ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF). This project also serves as one of the way to preserve and promote the ASEAN Cultural…

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