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NewJeans to terminate contract with Ador
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Korean Air gets European nod to become Northeast Asia’s largest airline
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NewJeans terminates contract with Ador, embarks on new journey
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Seoul snowfall now third heaviest on record
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Chaos unfolds as rare November snowstorm grips Korea for 2nd day
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‘VCHA, Katseye and Dear Alice are not K-pop groups,’ industry experts say
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BOK makes surprise 2nd rate cut to boost growth
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Ador claims exclusive contracts with NewJeans still valid
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Japan will pay for failing to honor promises, minister says
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‘Green aurora’ is Seoul's color of 2025
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Latin America marks anniversary of regional body
The embassies of Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela, in collaboration with the World Culture Open, celebrated the establishment of a regional organization with a promotional event dubbed “Hello! Alba-Latin America” in late November.The Bolivian Alliance for the Peoples of our America, or Alba, was founded by Cuba and Venezuela on Dec. 14, 2004, for the purpose of integrating Latin America and the Caribbean. Since then, Alba has acted as an institutional vanguard for human rights, public h
Dec. 6, 2015
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U.K. firms in Korea mark strong year
The British Chamber of Commerce in Korea finished off a productive year with an annual Christmas luncheon in Seoul that attracted over 440 guests from 110 companies, including Santa Claus.“The party is a combination of British swankiness and waggishness,” Michael Breen, author, journalist and CEO of Insight Communications Consultants, told The Korea Herald, at the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, where the event was held. Santa Claus entertains the participants at the British Chamber of Commerce in Kor
Dec. 6, 2015
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Korean, Czech leaders celebrate partnership upgrade
Although it has been 25 years since South Korea and the Czech Republic forged diplomatic ties, it was only in 2005 that Koreans were introduced to the central European state’s culture, history and food, through the popular Korean drama “Lovers in Prague.”A decade after the hit drama bridged mutual interests in both countries, South Korea and the Czech Republic are now ready to expand their ties in major fields including politics, economy and technology. President Park Geun-hye’s visit to the Cze
Dec. 6, 2015
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S. Korea, V4 open new chapter of ties
Relations between South Korea and a group of four central European nations opened a new chapter on Thursday as they agreed to step up their cooperation in infrastructure development, security, climate change and other areas during their first-ever summit in the Czech Republic. President Park Geun-hye (second from left) and the leaders of the four-nation "Visegrad Group" hold a joint press conference in Prague, the Czech Republic on Thursday. (Yonhap)At the summit with the “Visegrad Group” -- als
Dec. 4, 2015
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South Korea, China exchange 18 fugitives in two years
South Korea and China have exchanged a total of 18 most-wanted fugitives caught in their respective countries since last year, the Korean police said Friday.They were among 80 people on lists exchanged between the police authorities of the two countries since they reached an agreement on law enforcement collaboration in June 2013, according to the National Police Agency.Under the accord, in the first year five Chinese nationals were arrested and sent back to their country, and four fugitives wer
Dec. 4, 2015
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Korea, U.S., Japan agree to work together to deter SLBM, other N.K. provocations
The chief nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Thursday to work together to deter North Korea from submarine-launched ballistic missile tests and other provocations, Seoul's nuclear envoy said.Hwang Joon-kook, Seoul's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, made the remark after trilateral talks with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts -- Amb. Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy; and Kimihiro Ishikane, director-
Dec. 4, 2015
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Park, leaders of Visegrad Group urge N. Korea to halt nuclear program
President Park Geun-hye and the prime ministers of the Czech Republic and three other central European countries pressed North Korea Thursday to stop its nuclear and missile programs and return to the negotiating table.South Korea and the so-called Visegrad Group "urged North Korea to respond to diplomatic efforts to create favorable conditions for the resumption of six-nation talks," according to a joint statement issued after the summit.The Visegrad Group is composed of the Czech Republic, Hun
Dec. 4, 2015
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Park holds talks with Czech prime minister
PRAGUE (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye met with Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka on Thursday for talks on how to boost substantial cooperation in a wide-range of areas.The two leaders are set to adopt an action plan meant to implement a bilateral strategic partnership signed earlier this year.The action plan calls for, among other things, political dialogue, consultations on cybersecurity as well as cooperation in nuclear energy.It marked the second time that Park has met with Sobotka t
Dec. 3, 2015
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AIIB deputy head expects more role from Korea
BEIJING (Yonhap) -- South Korea is expected to "play a more active role" in the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the bank's deputy head was quoted as saying by a Chinese state media service on Thursday.The AIIB's deputy chief, Chen Hun, told state-run China News Service that South Korea would support bonds that will be issued and rated by the new regional lender for the first time. Chen also said the AIIB will hold its opening ceremony in the middle of next month. The remarks b
Dec. 3, 2015
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Park discusses infrastructure plans in Europe
President Park Geun-hye on Thursday held summit talks with the Visegrad Group countries in Prague and sought ways for Korea to make advancements into the middle European countries’ large infrastructure market.The Visegrad Group, also known as the Visegrad Four or V4, comprises the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. They boast high incomes and steady economic growth, with the group combined ranking as the fifth-largest economy in Europe and 12th in the world. All four nations have acti
Dec. 3, 2015
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Korean man suspected in Yasukuni explosion
A South Korean man is suspected of triggering an explosion in a restroom at the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war dead, in Tokyo last month, Japanese news reports said Thursday, citing police officials.Mainichi Shimbun reported that an investigation is underway after the police found that a South Korean man in his 30s appeared in the footage of a surveillance camera installed near the restroom right after an explosion that caused no casualties.In the footage, he was seen wandering aroun
Dec. 3, 2015
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Improved Pyongyang-Beijing ties to help resume six-way talks: Hua
China's "normal and stable" relations with North Korea will be conducive to a resolution to the nuclear issue and regional peace, a senior Chinese official said.Hua Chunying, spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry, admitted that the bilateral relationship was frosty until recently due to a dispute over Pyongyang's continued nuclear development but that it is warming up again.With regard to the matter, she said, China has three unswerving principles--realizing the denuclearization of the Ko
Dec. 3, 2015
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Korea, Czech Republic to boost nuclear energy cooperation
South Korea and the Czech Republic have held a consultative meeting on nuclear energy and signed a memorandum of understanding calling for greater bilateral cooperation in the sector, the government said Thursday.The meeting, held on the sidelines of President Park Geun-hye's visit to the European country on Tuesday, took place as the two nations move to strengthen ties in the atomic energy field, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said. Prague is seeking to build new nuclear power react
Dec. 3, 2015
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S. Korea, Czech Republic agree on nuclear reactor cooperation
South Korea and the Czech Republic agreed to cooperate in the latter’s project to build and maintain additional nuclear power plants during their summit Wednesday, paving the way for Korean firms to join the project estimated to be worth more than 10 trillion won ($8.6 billion).President Park Geun-hye and Czech President Milos Zeman shake hands before their summit talks Wednesday at the Prague Castle in the Czech Republic’s capital. (Yonhap)On the occasion of the summit between President Park Ge
Dec. 2, 2015
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Seoul, Prague discuss nuclear plant cooperation
The leaders of South Korea and the Czech Republic discussed ways to bolster economic cooperation particularly regarding the central European state’s large-scale infrastructure projects including the construction of a nuclear power plant during their summit in Prague on Wednesday. Czech President Milos Zeman(right) greets South Korean President Park Geun-hye during their summit in Prague on Wednesday. (Yonhap)President Park Geun-hye and her Czech counterpart Milos Zeman explored possibilities to
Dec. 2, 2015
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‘Geography critical factor in U.S.-China rivalry’
This is the eighth installment in a series of interviews with scholars and experts on China as a resurgent Asian power that is changing the regional order. This installment looks into China’s military power vis-a-vis that of the U.S. Due to the depth and extent of areas covered in this installment, the interview is published on two consecutive pages to provide an unabridged version. -- Ed. China remains far inferior to the U.S. in terms of aggregate military power, but it would be wrong to und
Dec. 2, 2015
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Korea offers extra $1 mln in aid to Iraqi refugees
South Korea has offered an additional $1 million in aid to Iraqi refugees, bringing the total to $6 million this year, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.Iraq's humanitarian crisis is one of the worst in the world, with some 8.2 million people requiring humanitarian aid as of last month, the ministry said in a release. There are 3.2 million internally displaced persons, and that number is expected to increase.South Korea has offered aid through various international organizations such as UNICEF
Dec. 2, 2015
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Park vows to provide more than $11 mln in aid to African countries
PARIS (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye pledged Tuesday to provide more than $11 million to 10 African countries over the next five years for vocational training, calling education a solution to ending violent extremism and "an integral ingredient" to economic success.South Korea has helped five African countries -- Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- in developing and distributing textbooks under the $10 million project since 2011. The project is set
Dec. 1, 2015
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Park urges Russia to support 6-party talks
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to help revive the long-stalled six-party dialogue on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament.In their summit held on the sidelines of a U.N. climate change forum in Paris, Park stressed the need to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions with “a sense of urgency” and “determination.” “I am asking for Russia’s active role in making North Korea face reality and have a rethink on its nuclear problem in order to resume meani
Dec. 1, 2015
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Citizens, diplomats march for climate talks’ success
A day before the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris kicked off Monday, citizens and diplomats marched across central Seoul to urge the negotiating world leaders to live up to their promises of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and capping the global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius beyond preindustrial levels. Holding banners reading “Our planet, our future, fighting climate change together” and “100 percent renewable energies for you and me,” 18 European Union missions a
Dec. 1, 2015
