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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Jung's paternity reveal exposes where Korea stands on extramarital babies
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Seoul city opens emergency care centers
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Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
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Samsung entangled in legal risks amid calls for drastic reform
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[Exclusive] Hyundai Mobis eyes closer ties with BYD
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[Herald Review] 'Gangnam B-Side' combines social realism with masterful suspense, performance
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Agency says Jung Woo-sung unsure on awards attendance after lovechild revelations
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[Herald Interview] 'Trump will use tariffs as first line of defense for American manufacturing'
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Why S. Korean refiners are reluctant to import US oil despite Trump’s energy push
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Chung calls for regular dialogue between legislative leaders of Korea, Japan
South Korea's parliamentary speaker Chung Ui-hwa called Tuesday for continuous dialogue between the legislative leaders of South Korea and Japan, stressing the need to expand bilateral exchanges in various areas, including culture, to forge a future-oriented relationship.During a meeting between the parliamentary leaders of the two neighbors, Chung also proposed strengthening exchanges among the two nations' parliamentary organs such as their secretariats, budgetary policy offices and libraries.
May 17, 2016
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Korea to help Mexico, Colombia set up e-governments
A multi-agency group has been dispatched to Mexico and Colombia at their request for the transfer of the South Korean government's know-how on e-government, the Ministry of the Interior here said Tuesday. The team, led by Vice Interior Minister Kim Sung-lyul, consists of officials from the interior ministry, the Ministry of Government Legislation, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the Anti-corruption & Civil Rights Commission and the Korean National Police Agency, the ministry said. Earlier,
May 17, 2016
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Next month's U.S.-Korea-Japan exercises symbolize trilateral cooperation U.S. seeks: Pentagon
Next month's joint military exercises between South Korea, the United States and Japan are representative of the three-way security cooperation the United States wants to have with the two allies, the Pentagon said Monday.The three countries plan to hold the anti-missile exercises in Hawaii next month to better counter North Korea's ever-growing nuclear and missile threats. The maneuvers will take place on the sidelines of the Rim of the Pacific exercise, U.S.-led biennial multinational naval wa
May 17, 2016
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Korean-French minister seeks to cut red tape
Jean-Vincent Place, a Korean adoptee-turned-French minister, was eager to be back in his motherland Monday, despite the painful memories of his years in an orphanage.He was especially glad to be back as the French minister for state reform and simplification, a theme that fits well with the South Korean government's own push to ease regulations and revive its economy.During his three-day stay in Seoul, the 48-year-old minister said he plans to meet with Interior Minister Hong Yun-sik and Seoul M
May 17, 2016
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Seoul, Tehran to sign environmental MOU
South Korea and Iran will sign a memorandum of understanding on environmental cooperation in Seoul later this week, the environment ministry here said Monday. To that end, Iranian Environment Minister Masoumeh Ebtakar will visit the country to sign the MOU at a Seoul hotel on Tuesday, the ministry said. Ebtakar, also the incumbent vice president of Iran, was named one of the seven Champions of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Program as a prominent environmental leader in 2006.The MOU
May 16, 2016
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KOICA supports public health improvement in Ethiopia, Kenya
GURAGE/KITENGELA, Ethiopia/Kenya -- Fatima Surel, 30, walks four hours twice daily to get water, carrying her 2-year-old son Fuad on her back far away from her small village in Adoshe, some 170 kilometers southwest of Addis Ababa. Yet the water that filled her two 1-gallon (3.8 liters) bottles was barely transparent, tainted with red clay, dirt and other indiscernible substances. She knows the water cannot be safe, but it is the only source she can access. “It’s really heavy to carry these, and
May 16, 2016
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Incheon, Weihai named as priority cities for S. Korea-China 'digital silk road'
South Korea's western port city of Incheon and China's eastern port city of Weihai have been chosen as priority cooperative cities to establish the "South Korea-China Digital Silk Road" aimed at cementing cooperation in the information-communications field between the nations, an Incheon city official said Monday. The cities will sign a memorandum of understanding to that effect at the 14th South Korea-China economic ministerial meeting set for May 27 in Seoul, the official said. Named after the
May 16, 2016
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Changes appear inevitable to defense-cost sharing, FTA with U.S. under Trump presidency
Changes appear inevitable to South Korea's defense cost-sharing agreement and free trade pact with the U.S. under a Donald Trump presidency as the businessman-turned-presidential candidate is determined to review the deals from scratch and overhaul them, if necessary, to maximize American interests.Walid Phares, a top foreign policy adviser to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency and Yonhap News Television that Trump wants to "go back to g
May 16, 2016
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Trump won't abandon Korea or let it defend itself: top adviser
A President Donald Trump will neither abandon South Korea nor let the Asian ally defend itself against threats from North Korea, a top foreign policy adviser to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said.Walid Phares, an international relations scholar who serves as Trump's foreign policy brain, made the remark in an interview with Yonhap News Agency and Yonhap News Television, stressing that Trump's remarks, such as his call for Seoul to shoulder all costs for U.S. troop presence, sho
May 16, 2016
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Filipinos vote in national election
As part of this year’s national election to choose the Philippine’s new batch of leaders, one-quarter of all registered Filipino voters in Korea cast their ballots on May 9 at the embassy chancery in Seoul. A total of 3,473 Filipino residents exercised their suffrage rights in the highest turnout in 12 years. It marked the end of the 31-day voting period for overseas polls, with 3,131 voting personally, and 292 travelling to Busan and Daegu in late April to vote. “Overseas Filipinos living in Ko
May 15, 2016
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Latvia to join OECD
On May 11, the Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development unanimously reached a decision to invite Latvia as its 35th member, confirming the Baltic nation has met all conditions for membership. Latvia will sign its accession agreement during the OECD’s annual ministerial council meeting in Paris on June 2, after which it will become a full-fledged member. “We have covered a distance comparable to a marathon and earned our right to belong to ‘the club of best practices,’
May 15, 2016
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‘Poland-Korea relations to drift skyward’
The Polish Embassy celebrated its National Day last week at a reception that highlighted enhancing ties with Korea. In Poland, May 3 commemorates the creation of the world’s second constitution in 1791, after the U.S. constitution written in 1787.“The constitution was a remarkable historical achievement and a modern democratic triumph,” Polish Ambassador Krzysztof Ignacy Majka said at Millennium Seoul Hilton on Wednesday. “Although Poland was occupied and removed from the European map for 123 ye
May 15, 2016
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Transitional justice vital to integration of Korean Peninsula
If North and South Korea unifies, integration will be paramount, say experts, highlighting Germany’s ongoing efforts to bridge identities formerly divided by the Cold War. In North Korea, where the Kim dynasty has ruled with a bloodstained, ironfisted grip for over 70 years, many people have suffered pain and trauma over the years, according to observers. Thus, they note, redressing such physical and psychological baggage will prove more arduous than institutional and financial harmonization. P
May 15, 2016
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Korea looks to give back to Ethiopia for Korean War service
ADDIS ABABA/BOLE -- More than 60 years ago, Kostle flew thousands of kilometers away from his homeland to fight in the Korean War while serving as a young bodyguard of then Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. Until he passed away a year ago after suffering a stroke, he vividly remembered the snowy winter during which the whole world turned sheer white, and how he had developed skills to fix telephone lines amid the chaos. In one heartwarming episode recounted to his son, he gave his rations to oth
May 15, 2016
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Korea to send 16 fire engines to developing countries this year
South Korea plans to send 16 fire engines to developing countries this year as part of its broader national assistance program aimed at promoting global balanced growth, the government said Sunday.The Ministry of Public Safety and Security said it will refurbish retiring firefighting trucks, water tankers and ambulances to Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos and Mongolia.The equipment will be provided for free and will help these countries strengthen their emergency services. South Korea se
May 15, 2016
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Korea, Russia agree to hold regular disaster cooperation meetings
South Korea and Russia agreed to hold regular disaster cooperation meetings to better facilitate the exchange of know-how and technology to cope with disaster situations, the government said Sunday.According to the Ministry of Public Safety and Security, a deal was inked in Moscow last week with Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations that called for policy and overall information sharing on anti-disaster operations.It said the deal signed by Public Safety Minister Park In-yong and his counter
May 15, 2016
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[REPORTER’S COLUMN] Hiroshima, and Japan’s unfinished business
With Japan welcoming U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Hiroshima later this month, a frosty and bitter air has gripped diplomatic and academic circles in Seoul. The White House gave reassurances that there would be no apology for the U.S. nuclear bombing 71 years ago or a major speech during his visit. Yet concerns persist that the stopover itself would be tantamount to indulging a government that has been accused of raising the specter of militarism through its revisionist moves. The Hiros
May 12, 2016
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Korea boosts community-driven rural development in Uganda
KAMPALA/MPIGI/MUGONGO, UGANDA -- “I work first! I serve first! I sacrifice first!”About 35 community leaders of this rural district of Mpigi stood up, clenched their fists and chanted this slogan after mapping out challenges faced by their villages and detailing action plans to tackle them. The leaders, some as young as 25 and up to 70 years old, were handpicked by their own people to spearhead rural development, taking a page from the Saemaul (new village) movement that unfolded in the 1970s in
May 11, 2016
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Traditional Algerian fashion enthralls foreign eyes
Models dressed in colorful traditional clothes walked down the aisle, riveting audiences with their dazzling drapery. The glittery show was a collaboration between Algerian and Korean designers, showcasing the unique identities of both countries’ fashion. Part of a joint cultural program, the event at Coex in Seoul on Thursday featured clothing by Algerian designer Samir Kerzabi and Korean designers Park Hyo-hee and Ham Eun-jeong. A model showcases a newly interpreted traditional dress by Algeri
May 8, 2016
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Arab film festival to woo movie lovers
To mark its fifth anniversary, the Arab film festival will showcase movies this month that will unravel the intricate tapestry of culture and humanity in the Middle East and North Africa. The event will run from May 25-June 1 at the Arthouse Momo in Ewha Women’s University in Seoul and Busan Cinema Center. Tickets are free and first come, first served. Fifteen films encompassing a broad range of genres and subjects will be presented. Most of them premiered last year, and they include: “A Mile in
May 8, 2016
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