GOHEUNG County of South Korea and Bohol have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) expanding the seaweeds project in the province. Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado and Mayor Park Byeong Chong, mayor of Korea 's aerospace capital, signed the MOU in rites held at the Bohol Tropics Resort in Tagbilaran City. Park brought along Ham Chae-Gyu, chair of the Goheung County Council, as well as key county officials on an exploratory mission to Bohol that both parties hope to ripen into a sisterhood pact one year from the signing of the MOU. Goheung is located in one of the southernmost areas of the Korean peninsula. It is surrounded by the ocean on three sides. It has 19 inhabited islands and 152 more that are uninhabited. The sea depth is not that low and its land spreads along the coast so that many shellfish and seaweed industries have developed, making it ideal for the development of seaweeds for bio-ethanol extraction. Goheung earned the moniker of Korea 's Aerospace Capital after its Naro Space Center was completed in 2008. It is operated by the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute .

The space center includes a launch pad , a control tower , rocket assembly and test facilities, facilities for satellite control testing and assembly, a media center, an electric power station, a space experience hall (visitor center) and a landing field. The development of its sea to aerospace had much in common to Bohol 's development of its ridges to reefs. Korean Ambassador Choi Joong-Kyung who left back for Manila on the day the Goheung delegation arrived had said Bohol and Korea have many things in common and are ideal partners for sisterhood. Choi had dropped by on invitation of Aumentado who conferred on him the honor of adopted son of Bohol for bringing into the province the multi-industry clusters (MIC) on seaweeds, agriculture and roads. The MOU, written in Korean and in English, established a “getting to know you” relationship wherein the two local governments will make sincere efforts to promote various types of exchanges under the leaders of both public and private sectors in the fields of natural resources, agriculture, fishery and forestry, among others.

When Goheung-based businesses join and share Biolsystems Co., Ltd., a Seoul-based company that has developed a marine farm in Talibon town and will put up a US$150-million facility for bio-ethanol extraction, biomass power generation and organic fertilizer production, Bohol will assist the former in securing permits and other administrative works including the availment of tax holidays. Goheung will also transfer technology and marine farm skills to Bohol , and even offer shipping boats – to be discussed in detail later. Both governments also agreed to cooperate and facilitate convenience for mutual benefits and equality. Prior to the ceremony, the Goheung delegation visited Biolsystem's marine farm and the proposed Talibon Industrial Special Economic Zone where Biolsystems, as well as the US$2.9 million algae bio-ethanol research center funded as a grant by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) will locate. Aumentado said Korea , with its high technology, is now taking the lead in Asia in “Green Technology” even as the Philippines , with its rich marine and other natural resources, actively participating.