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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Yoon's Prague visit sets stage for W24tr nuclear power plant deal
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British envoy hosts holiday charity, W70m goes to needy
Greeting guests with lilting Christmas carols sung by the Seoul Foreign British School senior choir and freshly baked pie, British Ambassador to South Korea Scott Wightman and his wife, Anne, hosted an annual charity event organized by the British Association of Seoul (BASS) at their residence in Seoul on Tuesday. BASS raised about 70 million won for nine charities that provide a variety of services and material support to thousands of people belonging to underserved communities here.The chariti
Dec. 15, 2013
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Envoy celebrates ‘New Russia’ on Constitution Day
Russian Ambassador to South Korea Konstantin V. Vnukov celebrated the 20th anniversary of the constitution of the Russian Federation with foreign envoys, government officials and friends of Russia at the Russian chancery in Seoul on Thursday.Dec. 12, 1993 became the starting point for what some observers describe as the “New Russia.” After the successful public referendum on the constitution, Russians then voted in representatives to the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament.“The consti
Dec. 15, 2013
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Parliamentary committee adopts resolution against Japan's 'collective self-defense'
A South Korean parliamentary committee adopted a resolution on Friday against Japan's push for "collective self-defense," expressing concern over Tokyo's efforts to expand the role of its military beyond its borders.The resolution, adopted by the National Assembly's special committee against the distortion of Northeast Asian history, urges Japan to stop its pursuit of the right to use force against any military attack on its allies.Japan's move has won support from its ally, the United States, b
Dec. 13, 2013
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S. Korea readjusts its overseas aid target
South Korea has practically lowered its goal of future overseas development aid due to budget constraints, the foreign ministry said Friday. The government has vowed to increase its official development assistance (ODA) level to 0.25 percent of the country's gross national income (GNI) by 2015 as part of efforts to give back after receiving help from the international community to rebuild its economy following the 1950-53 Korean War. Under the plan set up in 2010, the government has annually inc
Dec. 13, 2013
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Korea slams Japan’s Dokdo video
South Korea on Thursday condemned Japan for releasing a video in 10 languages challenging its sovereignty over Dokdo, and demanded that Tokyo remove it.“We gravely protest and demand that Japan remove the videos immediately,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young told reporters. “Such provocative behavior casts doubt over Japan’s sincerity regarding the improvement of bilateral ties.” The film, posted Wednesday by the Japanese foreign ministry on its own website and on YouTube, insists the is
Dec. 12, 2013
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Korea vows support to rebuild Syria
South Korea on Thursday expressed its willingness to render financial and other support for Syria to rebuild its economy devastated by a civil war that has raged for more than two and a half years.South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se was responding to a call for international help by the leader of the Syrian opposition forces during an international meeting in Seoul.The Seoul meeting, the third of its kind called by the Working Group on Economic Recovery and Development for Syria, brought
Dec. 12, 2013
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[Newsmaker] GM’s CEO change features cut in Korean unit
In a move both groundbreaking yet also very traditional, General Motors Company CEO Dan Akerson will be replaced by GM “lifer” and global product chief Mary Barra. But GM Korea chief Sergio Rocha has probably just shrugged his shoulders. Though the ranks of top women executives at top global brands gets a bump with Barra’s appointment, not much has changed for GM in South Korea. Barra will surely follow through with the expected downsizing of GM Korea’s presence in South Korea. GM gets about 20
Dec. 11, 2013
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[Photo News] SOFA revision
Dec. 11, 2013
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Seoul, Washington resume talks on defense cost-sharing
South Korea and the United States on Wednesday resumed negotiations on the sharing of the cost for stationing American troops here, with both sides seen as nearing an agreement on the prickly issue.The talks to renew the Special Measure Agreement, which kicked off a day earlier, are expected to last more than two days as the allies are committed to renew the pact on splitting the burden of financing United States Forces Korea, government sources said.Time is ticking for the two allies to come up
Dec. 11, 2013
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S. Korea, U.S. to hold high-level talks on N. Korea, alliance issues
South Korea is preparing to hold high-level talks with the United States this month on major issues of mutual concern, including North Korea and tensions among regional powers, a diplomatic source said Sunday. Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou-hyun plans to visit Washington in mid-December for the strategic dialogue with Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, said the source.It would be their first one-on-one meeting since Kim's visit here in June.To be mainly discussed are ways to restart the si
Dec. 9, 2013
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Korea’s air defense zone expanded to Ieodo, Hongdo
South Korea on Sunday announced the first expansion of its air defense identification zone in 62 years in a tit-for-tat against China’s recent airspace declaration that fueled fresh tension in Northeast Asia. Seoul’s new zone stretches further south to include its submerged rock of Ieodo and areas south of the two islands of Marado and Hongdo, effective as of Dec. 15, Defense Ministry spokesperson Kim Min-seok said. The areas overlap with those of China and Japan.Beijing’s ADIZ in East China Sea
Dec. 8, 2013
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Ecuador to be Korea’s fourth South American FTA partner
Ecuador and South Korea will start talks on a bilateral trade agreement next year, according to its top diplomat here.South Korea agreed to start talks on a trade agreement with Ecuador in the third quarter of 2014, Ecuadorian Ambassador to South Korea Nicolas Trujillo told The Korea Herald at his office in Seoul on Tuesday.“In the three years I have been here, this is the first time we were able to get them the governments to commit to a specific date,” Trujillo said. The two countries had sig
Dec. 8, 2013
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Israeli envoy hosts Hanukkah celebration
Israeli Ambassador to South Korea Uri Gutman hosted members of the Jewish community and their and Korean friends of Israel in a celebration of a religious holiday that is more than 2,000 years old at the Israeli Culture Center in southern Seoul on Nov. 28.It was the second day of Hanukkah. This year, the eight days of Hanukkah were celebrated around the world from Nov. 28 to Dec. 5.“I would like to especially thank the honorary consul of Israel (Bae Jung-hwa) and his wife (Kim Hee-woo) for their
Dec. 8, 2013
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Violin concert highlights Romanian artistic acumen
Romanian Ambassador to South Korea Calin Fabian hosted a concert and reception celebrating Great Union Day, his country’s national day, in Seoul on Tuesday.The highlight of the event was a concert by renowned violinist Alexandru Tomescu, who performed a solo on a Stradivarius violin that belongs to the Romanian government.The violin belonged to Ion Voicu, a well-known Romanian violinist and conductor, and his family donated it to the Romanian government. Some Stradivari ― violins, cellos and oth
Dec. 8, 2013
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Thai envoy celebrates king’s 86th birthday
Political turmoil back home overshadowed Thai Ambassador to South Korea Kittiphong na Ranong’s celebration this year of the 86th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Seoul on Tuesday.The monarch’s birthday is also Thailand’s National Day, which is celebrated in Thailand on Dec. 5. But the king has suffered from poor health for years. It is health could have a huge impact on the outcome of the current crisis, and the current political strife in Thailand was on everyone’s mind at the reception.T
Dec. 8, 2013
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Malaysia proffers ideas at Seoul International Invention Fair
A battalion of inventors brought their new ideas to this year’s Seoul International Invention Fair at Coex from Dec. 12.As many as 135 inventors and more than 170 products from the Southeast Asian nation arrived in Seoul to show that Malaysia has creative new products for the South Korean public, according to MATRADE, the Malaysian Embassy’s trade arm here in South Korea.One invention was the “U9 Xylophone,” a traditional Malaysian instrument simplified so children can easily learn to play it.Un
Dec. 8, 2013
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S. Korea announces air zone expansion to counter Chinese claims
South Korea announced a new air defense zone on Sunday to counter China's unilateral decision to expand its own, bolstering its sovereignty over a reef off the south coast and other islands around the Korean Peninsula.The new air defense and identification zone was designed to have its southern boundary match the country's broader flight information region (FIR), and includes airspace over the South-controlled reef of Ieodo and the islands of Marado and Hongdo, the defense ministry said.Its east
Dec. 8, 2013
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Xi promises support in solving N. Korean nuclear issue
Amid a series of public assassinations in North Korea where leader Kim Jong-un is seeking to consolidate his power, China has once agin vowed to show support in resolving Pyongyang's nuclear issue.Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said he would make aggressive efforts to address North Korea's reticence to denuclearize, and also expressed support for his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye's North Korea policy.Xi made the remarks when South Korea's visiting National Assembly Speaker Kang
Dec. 6, 2013
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Biden reassures Korea of U.S. rebalance to Asia
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed America’s strategic shift to Asia when he met with President Park Geun-hye in Seoul on Friday for talks over regional and global issues including China’s new air defense zone and the North Korean nuclear standoff.During his 80-minute meeting with Park at Cheong Wa Dae, Biden also noted the 60-year evolution of the alliance into a comprehensive partnership, which has contributed to peninsular, regional and global stability.“I want to make one thing absolut
Dec. 6, 2013
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Biden: China air zone raises risk of accidents
TOKYO (AP)— U.S. Vice President Joe Biden voiced strong opposition Tuesday to China's new air defense zone above a set of disputed islands, showing a united front with an anxious Japan as tension in the region simmered.Standing side by side in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Biden said the U.S. is "deeply concerned" about China's attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the East China Sea."This action has raised regional tensions and increased the risk of accidents and mi
Dec. 3, 2013