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Heavy snow alerts issued in greater Seoul area, Gangwon Province; over 20 cm of snow seen in Seoul
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Seoul blanketed by heaviest Nov. snow, with more expected
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Seoul snowfall now third heaviest on record
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Samsung shakes up management, commits to reviving chip business
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Heavy snow of up to 40 cm blankets Seoul for 2nd day
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Hybe consolidates chairman Bang Si-hyuk’s regime with leadership changes
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How $70 funeral wreaths became symbol of protest in S. Korea
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Experts denounce Abe gov't for politicizing school textbooks
South Korean experts Monday denounced the Japanese government for politically using school textbooks as it approved texts intensifying Japan's claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo. The Japanese education ministry approved 13 sorts of middle-school level textbooks containing Tokyo's claim that South Korea is illegally occupying Dokdo, three times more than the four that passed Tokyo's regular review in 2011. The move is seen here as the Abe administration's attempt to bolster its
April 6, 2015
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S. Korea protests Japan's Dokdo claim
South Korea on Tuesday protested Japan's foreign policy report that renewed Tokyo's claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo. In the 2015 Diplomatic Bluebook, released earlier in the day, the Shinzo Abe administration argued that the pair of outcroppings in the East Sea is Japanese territory based on historical facts and international law. It came a day after Japan's education ministry irked South Koreans by unveiling the results of its regular review of textbooks for middle school
April 6, 2015
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Turkmen president to visit S. Korea
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit South Korea later this week for talks with President Park Geun-hye on enhancing ties in business and other areas, Park's office said Monday. The Turkmen leader is scheduled to arrive in the country Saturday and attend the opening ceremony of the 7th World Water Forum in the eastern city of Daegu the following day, Cheong Wa Dae said in a press release. During the four-day state visit, the two leaders are to hold summit talks next Monday an
April 6, 2015
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Lippert to return to podium
By Song Sang-hoU.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert has agreed to take to the podium again at a forum to be hosted by the same organization that held a seminar where he was attacked by a leftist extremist a month ago, its senior official and a source said Monday.Saenuri Party Rep. Chang Yoon-seok, who serves as chairman of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, recently met with the top U.S. envoy and requested him to give a lecture, the official said.“(Lippert) has, in pr
April 6, 2015
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No immediate signs of N.K. provocations: Seoul ministry
North Korea is showing no signs yet of any immediate ballistic missile launch, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday, amid growing concerns about the possibility of an additional provocation by the communist nation.On Friday, the North test-fired four short-range missiles presumed to be KN-02 ground-to-ship ones into the West Sea following the test-firing of a single projectile the previous day, according to Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff. "No concrete, specific signs have been detected as I've j
April 6, 2015
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S. Korean businessmen to visit Kaesong
A group of South Korean businessmen with factories in the Kaesong Industrial Complex will visit North Korea this week, with the two Koreas locking horns over Pyongyang's move to raise wages for its workers there, a Seoul ministry said Monday.They plan to cross the border on Tuesday morning for a one-day trip to hold an emergency meeting of the operating committee for the inter-Korean economic cooperation program, according to the unification ministry's spokesman Lim Byeong-cheol.Chung Ki-sup, wh
April 6, 2015
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S. Korea, China hope Japan to join volcano study in N. Korea
State-funded geological institutes of South Korea and China are hoping Japan will join their joint research of a dormant volcano in North Korea, a South Korean research institute said Monday, in what could be a rare bit of cooperation among the three nations on the Korean Peninsula's highest peak, Mt. Baekdu.Volcanologists from the three nations' geological institutes -- the Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, the China Geological Survey and the Japan Geological Survey -- will
April 6, 2015
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Seoul keeping close tabs on Japan's school textbook review
South Korea is closely watching Japan's plans to unveil the results of its review of textbooks for middle school students as they are expected to contain Tokyo's repeated claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, officials said Monday. Later in the day, Japan is set to make public the outcome of an examination of school textbooks that will likely include Tokyo's territorial claim to Dokdo, in what could be another source of tension between the two historical rivals. Japan has long de
April 6, 2015
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S. Korea, Japan to hold series of defense, foreign officials' meetings
Despite their frayed relations, South Korea and Japan are expected to hold a series of defense and foreign affairs officials' meetings bilaterally or trilaterally with the United States later this month, diplomatic sources said Sunday. Deputy minister-level officials from the three countries are scheduled to hold the annual Defense Trilateral Talks in Washington where they are expected to discuss ways to increase cooperation on missile defense, information sharing and other matters. The meetin
April 6, 2015
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KOICA bolsters rural development in Senegal
BELLY NAMARY/THIES, Senegal ― Nariel Sow, a 10-year-old resident of Belly Namary in Senegal’s northwest, had to walk around 3 kilometers several times a day to fetch water for her 14-member family due to a lack of wells in her own village.The daily routine, an obligation for girls in her rural community, posed a major hurdle for developing her knack for French and math at school. With a water tower built by the Korea International Cooperation Agency, she is now able to focus on her study, dreami
April 5, 2015
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KOICA strives to empower women in Ivory Coast
SEGUELA/ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast ― Women chatter away in twos and threes as they lean over their bedsides at the neatly arranged patient rooms in a provincial hospital in Seguela, some 592 kilometers northwest of Abidjan. Months before, most of the 25 patients entered the clinic feeling disgraced by their disease, obstetric fistula, and the resulting cold shoulder given by their family and community. Some were deserted by their husbands, and though the illness is treatable with a brief surgery, many
April 5, 2015
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Romanian exhibition illuminates communist life
A group of Romanian artists is displaying work that delves into life during and after communism, revealing a complex world of creativity and resistance. The “Pocket Revolutions: Romanian Contemporary Art” exhibition at the Korea Foundation Gallery from April 3-18 in Seoul celebrates the silver jubilee of relations this year and pays tribute to the communist legacies of Romania. Photographs, films, sculptures, books and paintings by eight artists reveal a complex reality of the country’s turbulen
April 5, 2015
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German firms glitter at Seoul Motor Show
The German Association of Automotive Industry (VDA) has showcased the latest technology and opened the doors for medium-sized suppliers at a pavilion at the 2015 Seoul Motor Show.With the import of foreign cars steadily rising in Korea, German cars, known for their world-class performance, design and safety, increased sales by 28 percent in 2014 with 143,300 vehicles. Imported car sales overall increased 14 percent in 2014. One in 7 cars sold in Korea last year were imported, with German brands
April 5, 2015
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Colombia, Korea boost cooperation for FTA
The Colombian Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism visited Korea last week to gain assistance from Korean agencies to boost the competitiveness of Colombian industries before a free trade agreement comes into effect, likely this year. Minister Cecilia Alvarez-Correa signed an offset agreement with Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea International Cooperation Agency and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, which would provide technical assistance to Colombia’s automotive
April 5, 2015
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Envoys’ wives to hold charity bazaar for disabled
The Planting Love Charity organization will hold a bazaar Wednesday to mark its 25th anniversary and raise funds for people with disabilities.The event will be held at the Grand Hyatt Regency Room in Seoul from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, and funds will be used to lease a facility for vocational training and psychological treatment for disabled people in Korea. Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill and members of the Ambassador Spouses’ Association of Seoul will participate, selling the country’s traditional d
April 5, 2015
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S. Korea, China to hold joint inspection on illegal fishing in Yellow Sea
South Korea and China will hold a joint inspection of fishing boats operating in their shared waters in the Yellow Sea this week, a move aimed at reducing the number of Chinese ships fishing illegally in South Korean waters, the Seoul government said Sunday.The week-long joint inspection will begin Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.The joint fishing area was set up under the countries' annual fisheries agreement signed in 2001 and is open to any ship from both countrie
April 5, 2015
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Seoul opens interim embassy on warship due to conflicts in Yemen
South Korea said Sunday it has opened an interim diplomatic mission on a Navy destroyer in waters off the Gulf of Aden to help support the safety of Korean residents who opted to stay in conflict-hit Yemen.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that an ad hoc diplomatic office was set up Friday (local time) on the warship named Wang Geon to support the remaining 23 Korean residents in Yemen following Seoul's recent evacuation of its people.It marked the first time that a Korean diplomatic mission was se
April 5, 2015
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S. Korea watches Japan's possible provocations over Dokdo
South Korea is closely watching Japan's plans to unveil its review of school textbooks and an annual diplomatic report as they are expected to contain Tokyo's repeated claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, officials said Sunday.Japan plans to unveil the results of an examination of textbooks for middle school students Monday and publish an annual report on its foreign policy and activities Tuesday, both of which are expected to contain Tokyo's territorial claim to Dokdo.Japan has l
April 5, 2015
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U.S. says Iran deal has no bearing on N. Korean nuclear standoff
WASHINGTON--The breakthrough nuclear deal with Iran has nothing to do with North Korea and does not change the communist nation's obligations to abandon its nuclear program, the State Department said Friday. "These really are very different issues. What Iran chooses to do or not do doesn't have a lot of bearing on whether North Korea lives up to its international obligation," State Department acting spokeswoman Marie Harf said at a regular briefing. On Thursday, six world powers and Iran ann
April 4, 2015
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Carter to reiterate strong U.S. security commitment to S. Korea
WASHINGTON--U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will reiterate Washington's strong security commitment to South Korea when he travels to the Asian ally next week, the Pentagon announced Friday. Carter is scheduled to visit South Korea on April 9-11 for his first face-to-face talks with South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo and other senior officials. He is expected to focus on how to strengthen joint defense capabilities against North Korea. South Korea is the second leg of a two-nation
April 4, 2015
