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NewJeans to terminate contract with Ador
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NewJeans terminates contract with Ador, embarks on new journey
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Korean Air gets European nod to become Northeast Asia’s largest airline
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Seoul snowfall now third heaviest on record
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Heavy snow of up to 40 cm blankets Seoul for 2nd day
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Chaos unfolds as rare November snowstorm grips Korea for 2nd day
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BOK makes surprise 2nd rate cut to boost growth
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‘VCHA, Katseye and Dear Alice are not K-pop groups,’ industry experts say
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[Graphic News] South Koreans favor Japan for repeat overseas trips
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Japan will pay for failing to honor promises, minister says
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Japan deputy PM says could 'learn' from Nazis on reforms
TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan's gaffe-prone deputy prime minister has said Tokyo could learn from Nazi Germany when it comes to constitutional reform, prompting a rebuke from a Jewish human rights group.In a statement on its website late Tuesday, the US-based Simon Wiesenthal Center called on Taro Aso to clarify his comments that Tokyo, which is mulling a change to its pacifist constitution, should look to the way the Nazis quietly adopted reforms."First, mass media started to make noises (about Japan's
July 31, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Nationalists further sour Korea-Japan ties
Buoyed by a recent election sweep, high-flying Japanese officials are again churning out inflammatory remarks and backing visits to a controversial war shrine, posing another stumbling block to defrosting relations between Seoul and Tokyo. At a lecture on Monday, Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Taro Aso called for a swift constitutional amendment, citing how the Nazis neutralized Germany’s Weimar Constitution in the 1930s. “It is a mistake to think that crying for a protection of the Constit
July 31, 2013
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Government to conduct worldwide image survey
The government plans to conduct a public image survey of Korea targeting citizens in major countries for the first time, Foreign Affairs Ministry officials said Sunday. More than a thousand citizens of 10 countries in four continents including India, Germany, Canada and Egypt will be asked their impression of Korea over the course of two months. The purpose of the survey is to collect preliminary data for the state’s goal of creating an “attractive Korea trusted by the world” by reflecting the r
July 28, 2013
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Colombian Independence Day event shows region’s rise
The Colombian Embassy here celebrated the country’s 203rd Independence Day with a throng of revelers, including Korean VIPs and foreign envoys, during a reception at a Seoul hotel on July 17.Colombia gained its independence from Spain on July 20, 1810. The dinner reception was enjoyed by hundreds of high-profile guests and Colombian expatriates living and working in Korea, and featured traditional cuisine and a musical performance.The celebration marked South America’s increasingly prominent pro
July 28, 2013
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Mexican Embassy offers scholarships, language classes
The Mexican Embassy announced it was accepting applications for five full scholarships to any of the 69 institutions of high learning in Mexico. A number of seats are also still available for Spanish language classes offered at its chancery in Hannam-dong in Seoul starting Thursday. Graduate and post-graduate students are eligible for the scholarships for studies in medical and other advanced science-oriented areas.Only one Korean student benefited from the scholarships last year due to the limi
July 28, 2013
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France pledges 100,000 euros for Korean War memorial
The French Embassy in Korea committed 100,000 euros to help pay for the maintenance of a recently refurbished war memorial in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, dedicated to French volunteers who fought alongside other United Nations soldiers during the Korean War.The memorial honoring the French military and the support France lent to South Korea during the Korean War was originally built near the place where French troops were stationed during the war in Jangan-gu, on a modest hill close to Yeongdong E
July 28, 2013
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Israeli Embassy brings tender family film to Ewha
Eleven-year-old Igor and his ornithologist father Peter witness the birth of a crane in the wilds of Russia. Igor christens the young hatchling Karl and vows to watch over him. In director Evheny Ruman’s debut film “Igor and the Cranes’ Journey,” the innocent Igor makes an analogous journey of his own when he and his mother migrate from Russia to Israel. Though his parents are divorced, Igor never imagined he would move so far from his father and the cranes. The Israeli Embassy screened this ten
July 28, 2013
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Georgia invites Korean election observers for October presidential poll
The Georgian charge d’affaires here invited Korean election officials to visit the Caucasus country as observers for its presidential election on Oct. 27, during a press briefing at the country’s chancery in Seoul on Friday. “Georgia’s legislature recently enacted a number of political reforms that bolster the country’s democratic institutions and ensure the coming presidential poll would be free and fair,” said Georgian Charge d’Affaires George Khabelashvili.The election commissions of South Ko
July 28, 2013
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Norway honors Korean War veterans
For Norwegian medical officer Gerd Semb, helping the South during the Korean War was a matter of conscience, and caring for thousands of sick and wounded civilians and soldiers was “a call to serve.”Semb, now 93, and four other Norwegian veterans in their 80s traveled once again from the comfort of home to far away South Korea, but this time to take part in a ceremony on Saturday marking the agreement that ended three years of fighting on the peninsula. It was no peace treaty but secured a tenta
July 28, 2013
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Obama issues proclamation on Korean War Armistice anniversary
U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday that his country needs to commemorate the sacrifice of Korean War veterans "with deeds, not just with words."In a proclamation to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the three-year Korean War, Obama described it as a "conflict that defined a generation and decided the fate of a nation."He added, "Most of all, we remember those brave Americans who gave until they had nothing left to give. No monument will ever be worthy of their service, and no memori
July 26, 2013
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Seoul honors 21 Korean War allies
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se honored the 21 countries that fought in the Korean War at an event commemorating the 60th anniversary of the armistice on Wednesday. “We will be ever together,” read the plaque of appreciation that Yun offered the ambassadors and other diplomats from the U.S., Turkey, Australia, the Philippines, Ethiopia and other nations that together sent 2 million troops, supplies and aid as part the U.N. forces. “They sacrificed their youth to defend a country they never knew a
July 25, 2013
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Seoul, Washington start talks on sharing cost of USFK upkeep
South Korea and the U.S. opened tough negotiations Wednesday over how to share costs for the upkeep of American troops here as Washington calls for Seoul to increase its financial support amid North Korean threats and U.S. budget cuts. It is the second round of high-level talks to renew the Special Measures Agreement on burden-sharing for the some 28,500-strong U.S. Forces Korea due to expire at the end of this year. The two-day meeting was led by Hwang Joon-kook, former minister at the South Ko
July 24, 2013
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Obama‘s office says he will attend Korean War ceremony
The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama will join a special ceremony to mark Korean War Armistice Day this weekend."On Saturday, July 27, President Obama will deliver remarks at the Korean War Veterans Memorial to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended the Korean War," the White House said in a press release.Obama would become the first U.S. president to take part in such a formal ceremony to commemorate Armistice Day.The three-year confl
July 23, 2013
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French prime minister due in S. Korea this week
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault plans to visit South Korea later this week for meetings with President Park Geun-hye and other top officials, the nation's embassy here said Monday.During his trip to Seoul on Thursday, Ayrault "will be received by Ms. Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea, and will meet with Mr. Chung Hong-won, Prime Minister," it said in a press release.The French prime minister will also deliver a speech at a business conference with the South Korean and Fre
July 23, 2013
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Cuba calls seized weapons on North Korean ship ‘obsolete’
PANAMA CITY (AP) ― Cuba said military equipment found buried under sacks of sugar on a North Korean ship seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal was obsolete weaponry from the mid-20th century that it had sent to be repaired.Panamanian authorities said it might take a week to search the ship, since so far they have only examined one of its five container sections. They have requested help from United Nations inspectors, along with Colombia and Britain, said Javier Carballo, Panama’s top nar
July 17, 2013
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Ex-president’s aide slams Blue House, state agencies
A loyalist of former President Lee Myung-bak lashed out at the current presidential office and state agencies Wednesday, accusing them of intervening too deeply in domestic political affairs.Lee Jae-oh, a five-term lawmaker of the ruling Saenuri Party, made the remarks at a meeting of senior party officials and lawmakers, referring to recent controversies surrounding the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI).He also expressed outrage at the strong statem
July 17, 2013
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First civilian diplomatic corps launched for public diplomacy
The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday launched diplomatic corps, comprising civilians with diverse backgrounds and non-Koreans as part of efforts to strengthen public diplomacy.The corps with five groups as well as 30 individual adolescents and 20 senior citizens plan to push for diverse projects with the government’s support to improve the national image abroad and to help increase its influence on the international arena.The first-ever civilian diplomatic corps is part of the government’s drive fo
July 17, 2013
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Body recovered from flooded waterworks construction site
Rescue workers on Wednesday retrieved the body of one of the six workers who went missing at a flooded underground waterworks construction site in Seoul two days ago, firefighting authorities said.The body was identified as that of a 48-year-old Chinese worker named Park Myeong-chun and was moved to a nearby hospital, they said.On Monday night, water from the swollen Han River swamped the construction site, killing one worker and leaving six others unaccounted for. Torrential monsoon rains have
July 17, 2013
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Korea’s vice foreign minister to visit Japan for talks
South Korea’s vice foreign minister is expected to visit Japan next week, during which he may possibly discuss a summit between the two countries, diplomatic sources said Saturday.Kim Kyou-hyun, Seoul’s first vice minister for foreign affairs, plans to visit Tokyo for the opening ceremony Thursday of a new building for the South Korean embassy there.Kim is expected to use the occasion to meet with his Japanese counterpart, Akitaka Saiki, and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the sourc
July 14, 2013
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Iraq calls for greater Korean role reconstruction projects
BAGHDAD (Yonhap News) ― Iraq plans to launch reconstruction projects worth $300 billion in the next five years and hopes South Korean companies will take part in all of them, the country’s prime minister was quoted Sunday as saying.Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made the remark during a meeting in Baghdad with South Korea’s visiting National Assembly speaker Kang Chang-hee on Saturday, according to Kang’s spokesman Bae Sung-rye.Should the Iraqi government give South Korea greater opportunities t
July 14, 2013
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