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Actor Jung Woo-sung admits to being father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child
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Wealthy parents ditch Korean passports to get kids into international school
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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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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
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First discovery of Chinese documents marking Dokdo as Korean territory
A researcher here said Sunday that she found multiple documents published by China in the 1900s that describe South Korea’s ownership of the easternmost islets of Dokdo, which are also claimed by Japan.Yoo Mi-rim, a researcher at the Korea Dokdo and Marine Territory Research Center under the state-run Korea Maritime Institute, published a book with multiple diplomatic documents she found in the archives of the Chinese foreign ministry.The documents were estimated to be written between Korea’s li
Dec. 1, 2013
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Egypt rejects nuke power concerns
Egypt’s new ambassador to South Korea insisted that plans to build a nuclear power plant near the country’s second-largest city of Alexandria were moving ahead, dismissing concerns over political violence.In the five months since the military deposed Egypt’s first democratically elected leader, President Mohammed Morsi, violence has claimed the lives of an estimated 1,300 people in the country, despite a three-month state of emergency that ended Nov. 12. “We are moving gradually toward a stable
Dec. 1, 2013
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South Korea and Canada discuss energy cooperation
Canada and South Korea discussed the future of their cooperation in liquefied natural gas development in British Columbia during a forum in Seoul on Friday.Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick and British Columbian Premier Christy Clark were among those attending the forum, held to outline the two countries’ natural gas priorities and natural gas development projects in British Columbia. The forum was also attended by several high-ranking government officials and key indu
Dec. 1, 2013
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Envoy helps bring Georgian art for local public
The Georgian Embassy in South Korea helped bring 50 works of art by Georgian-born artist Alexander Antadze for a series of exhibitions around the country through February next year.In partnership with local art dealer Gallery SUN Contemporary, the artwork will be on display at a number of venues around the country, including one in Gwangju, and one in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province.Georgian Ambassador to South Korea Nikoloz Apkhazava played an important role in helping to bring Antadze’s collection t
Dec. 1, 2013
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CICI promotes French-Korean friendship in semiannual fete
French Ambassador to South Korea Jerome Pasquier was awarded the Korea CQ Culture Award, during Corea Image and Culture Institute’s CQ 16 graduation party at his residence in Seoul on Tuesday.Tuesday’s reception marked the completion of CICI’s 16th session. France’s top diplomatic representative here joined CICI soon after he presented his credentials in February. Pasquier said that in a sense his association with CICI began long before the organization was founded in 2003, as he and CICI founde
Dec. 1, 2013
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Spouses of foreign envoys hold exhibition of photos of Korea
An association of spouses of foreign envoys posted here showcased its unique perspectives of South Korea in a special art exhibition at Raemian Gallery in Seoul through Dec. 1.Sixteen spouses of foreign ambassadors in South Korea shared with the Korean public a unique mix of their perceptions of South Korea and their individual artistic expressions. Organized by the Association of Spouses of Ambassadors in Korea, the exhibition is free and open to the public.“The synthesis of their own cultural
Dec. 1, 2013
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Malaysian Embassy’s trade arm brings cuisine to Seoul
In contrast to fellow Asian capitals Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo, Seoul is regarded by many expatriates in South Korea as a food desert of sorts for quality international cuisine.Now, the city is taking one cautious step closer to offering world taste buds food that satisfies. For the first time ever, foodies here will have the chance to taste authentic Malaysian cuisine at Malaysian restaurants headed up by Malaysian chefs.The Malaysian Embassy’s trade arm is now flexing its commercial exper
Dec. 1, 2013
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Aide expresses displeasure over Japanese magazine's derision of Park
A presidential official on Thursday expressed displeasure after a Japanese magazine reportedly derided President Park Geun-hye as "imbecile of the week" for taking a tough stance on the former colonial ruler.The latest edition of the weekly Shukan Bunshun carried an article about Park's stance on Tokyo, accusing her of "creating disturbances" with regard to rows over the sovereignty of the South's easternmost islets of Dokdo and Japan's enslavement of Korean women as sex slaves during World War
Nov. 28, 2013
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Indonesia protests to Korea over alleged U.S. spying role
Indonesia has lodged a protest against South Korea’s alleged support of U.S. interception of undersea telecommunications channels across Asia, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Wednesday. Jakarta’s Vice Foreign Minister Wardana called in Seoul’s ambassador Kim Young-sun on Tuesday at the instruction of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. That was apparently to verify news reports that South Korea and Singapore are key “third parties” helping what is called the “Five Eyes” partners ― the U.S., t
Nov. 27, 2013
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Greek president to visit S. Korea next week
Greek President Karolos Papoulias will visit South Korea next week for talks with President Park Geun-hye about enhancing all-round cooperation, Park's office announced Wednesday.Papoulias, who will arrive Monday, will be the first Greek president ever to visit South Korea.The four-day trip inclues talks with Park set for Tuesday that are expected to center on expanding cooperation in trade and investment, shipbuilding and shipping, infrastructure, defense and tourism, presidential spokeswoman K
Nov. 27, 2013
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China's air zone takes aim at Japan over disputed islands
China's declaration of its air control zone over the East China Sea has come under strain to counter the "aggressiveness of Japan" amid an increasingly acrimonious dispute over a set of islands claimed by the two nations, a Chinese expert said Wednesday. The territorial dispute between China and Japan has been escalating since China announced Saturday its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the sea that partly overlaps those of South Korea and Japan. Defying the Chinese move, the U.S. on
Nov. 27, 2013
