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According to Yonhap News,

North Chungcheong Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology was given the go-ahead to establish a wine research center from the Rural Development Administration (RDA). The institute is required to secure a 50,000 square meter-site and employ additional seven researchers. If completed, it will be the first wine research center in Korea.

The institute will inject a total of 6.03 billion won including 2.9 billion won and 3.13 billion won, to be financed by national and city budgets, respectively, into building the research center by 2014.

The center will be tasked with developing brewing, storing and distributing technology of wine and promoting the brand value of wine produced in north Chungcheong.

"We will take the status of domestic wine to the worldwide level in collaboration with grape research centers in Yeongdong-gun and Youngdong University," said a researcher of Chungnam Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology.

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Source: Yonhap News (June 9, 2011)

** This is an English translation of a Korean news article.