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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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Korea could again be Sri Lanka’s top investor
South Korean businesses were the predominate foreign investors in Sri Lanka some 30 years ago before civil war paralyzed the country, leveraging the experience gained there to launch investment forays into other nations, according to Sri Lanka’s top diplomat here.That was a time of peace. From 1983, separatists from the minority Tamil community battled government forces for 26 years until they were finally crushed in 2009.The nation is now finally emerging from that nightmare on a raft of rapid
Nov. 17, 2013
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Panama highlights iconic canal on Independence Day
Panamanian Ambassador to South Korea Aram Cisneros highlighted his nation’s iconic canal by organizing a special seminar ahead of a reception in Seoul on Thursday celebrating 110 years of national independence.The country declared its independence from Colombia on Nov. 3, 1903.Ties with Panama are important for South Korea, whose economy is highly export-led, because it has one of the world’s largest merchant marine fleets.Some 1,000 vessels of the total 9,000 registered in Panama are South Kore
Nov. 17, 2013
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Canadian Embassy hosts forum on Arctic opportunities
The Canadian Embassy and the Korea Polar Research Institute hosted a symposium on economic opportunities in an ever-melting Arctic amid the opening of the region as a transportation corridor due to global warming.The Canada-Korea Arctic Policy Symposium was hosted at the embassy’s chancery on Thursday, as part of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Canada and South Korea. “It will provide an opportunity to deepen mutual understanding and str
Nov. 17, 2013
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Irish Embassy sets deadline for essay contest
The Irish Embassy announced the opening of submissions for this year’s Irish-Korean Essay Competition 2013 for university students. The deadline is Nov. 29.The essay contest is the result of a cooperative partnership between the embassy and the Irish Association of Korea. The topic this year is “Ireland and Korea: A Shared History of Storytelling.”The embassy extends a financial grant to the IKA annually to support the competition. The competition aims to raise awareness about the links between
Nov. 17, 2013
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Malaysian export arm recruits 22 Korean firms for trade fair
The Malaysian Embassy and its trade arm, the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation, have recruited 22 South Korean buyers, the highest number to date, to participate in the 7th International Trade Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur from Nov. 24-28 South Korean buyers will also meet one-on-one with specially paired Malaysian producers and sellers in MATRADE’s Incoming Buying Mission program.South Korean participation in the MATRADE’s IBM program has slowly expanded in the past five years. When th
Nov. 17, 2013
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Kerry says Japan has 'unfinished business' with Korea
U.S. officials tend to avoid making public comments on history and territorial disputes between South Korea and Japan -- two of Washington's key regional allies.But Secretary of State John Kerry appears to be breaking the taboo.Speaking to a group of Japanese and U.S. business leaders this week, he said Japan has "some unfinished business" regarding South Korea."We're all very cognizant of still some unfinished business with respect to the Republic of Korea and the need to move to the future and
Nov. 16, 2013
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Evidence found to indicate Korean uprising at Japanese military base
A government panel said Friday it has found evidence that indicates an uprising of some 700 Koreans at a Japanese military base in the 1940s in protest against their forced labor. The Commission on Verification and Support for the Victims of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Colonialism in Korea, affiliated with the Prime Minister’s Office, said the discovery was based on records of the prison life of Kim Sun-keun, who led the uprising, and testimonies of his family. In August 1943, a 23-year-o
Nov. 15, 2013
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Report on Abe’s derisive remarks angers politicians
The ruling and opposition parties spewed stringent criticism Friday after a news report emerged that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Korea “stupid.” The Shukan Bunshun, a Japanese major weekly, on Thursday cited unnamed sources close to Abe as saying that the nationalist premier told them China is a country that is silly but diplomacy is possible with, whereas Korea is a “simple and stupid” one. A Seoul official told The Korea Herald that the report “can’t be true” and the Foreign Mini
Nov. 15, 2013
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Amb. Kennedy asked to play role between Korea, Japan
Heading to Japan Thursday to take up the post of Washington's new ambassador to Tokyo, Caroline Kennedy has an offbeat plan -- seeking a chance to meet South Korean President Park Geun-hye some day, according to a diplomatic source.The daughter of slain President John F. Kennedy apparently feels sympathetic to Park, whose father was also assassinated while serving as South Korea's president, the source said."Amb. Kennedy was recently told about President Park's story in detail. She expressed hop
Nov. 15, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Rajin-Khasan key project for Seoul, Moscow
The participation of South Korean firms in the development of a railway between North Korea and Russia and a North Korean port is poised to be the centerpiece of renewed cooperation between Seoul and Moscow. President Park Geun-hye and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to cooperate on the project during their summit Wednesday. Seoul’s support for the Rajin-Khasan project reflects President Park Geun-hye’s desire to rebuild relations with Moscow. The Russian-led initiative calls for the ref
Nov. 14, 2013
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[Graphic News] Myeong-dong, world’s 9th highest commercial rental prices
Myeong-dong in central Seoul was ranked ninth on a list of the world’s priciest shopping districts in terms of real estate, according to a survey conducted by Cushman & Wakefield, a global real estate consulting firm. The district’s monthly rental prices posted an average of 750,000 won per square meter. The world’s most expensive retail address was Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay.
Nov. 14, 2013
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Park suggests joint history textbook for Northeast Asia
South Korean President Park Geun-hye suggested Thursday that making a joint history textbook among Northeast Asian nations is a good way to promote peace and cooperation in a region riven by history and territorial rows.Park made the remark in an address to an academic conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, saying Northeast Asia should learn from the way European nations tried to heal World War II wounds and bond closely together."As Germany and France,
Nov. 14, 2013
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Korea boosts support for typhoon-hit Philippines
The Korean government, businesses and civic groups are joining forces to provide relief assistance to the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan. The government on Tuesday unveiled plans to provide $5 million of assistance and dispatch a team of 20 medical professionals, 14 rescue workers, four officials from the state aid agency and two diplomats. They are expected to arrive there as early as Thursday.Seoul City said Wednesday it would offer $200,000 to the archipelago country through
Nov. 13, 2013
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Korea, Israel sign working holiday deal
Korea and Israel on Wednesday clinched an agreement to allow their young students to study, work and travel in each other’s country. Under the working holiday program, up to 200 Koreans aged between 18 and 30 can spend as long as one year studying, interning and traveling in Israel. Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou-hyun and his Israeli counterpart Zeev Elkin signed the pact in Seoul. For Korea, Israel will be the 17th country with which it has such a program. The other 16 include the U.S., Japan,
Nov. 13, 2013
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Park to hold summit with Russia's Putin
South Korean President Park Geun-hye was to hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday with a focus on increasing economic cooperation, such as a Russian-led project to develop a North Korean border port as a gateway for exports.Putin arrived earlier Wednesday on a one-day visit for his second summit with Park. They first met in September on the sidelines of a Group of 20 major economies meeting in Russia's second-largest city of St. Petersburg.Like the September summit, We
Nov. 13, 2013
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Former Foreign Minister Park Tong-jin dies at 91
Park Tong-jin, a former foreign minister, died of natural causes Monday at the age of 91, his family said.The longest-serving South Korean foreign minister between 1975 and 1980 under the Park Chung-hee administration, Park Tong-jin also worked as a unification minister, an ambassador to the United States and a two-term lawmaker.He dealt with Seoul’s relations with Washington during the turbulent period of the late 1970s. Then-President Park Chung-hee was assassinated by his intelligence chief a
Nov. 12, 2013
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40 Koreans feared missing after Philippines typhoon
Up to 40 South Koreans are believed to be missing after a Philippine island was ravaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan last week, Seoul officials said Monday. The Korean Embassy in Manila said it has been receiving reports of missing family members and friends on Leyte and Samar islands since Friday. The embassy dispatched two diplomats and an assistant to nearby Cebu island early Monday, while two officials each from Seoul’s Foreign Ministry and the National Emergency Management Agency were scheduled
Nov. 11, 2013
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Envoy eyes Korea ties, future projects
As South Korea expands its interests in Africa, the nations of the region will have to do more to distinguish themselves in order to attract foreign direct investment from global brands such as Samsung, Hyundai and Daewoo, according to Angola’s top diplomat here.“With more cooperation comes more competition. We need to show Korea that Angola could be the best partner in Africa,” Angolan Ambassador to South Korea Albino Malungo said in a special interview with The Korea Herald on Thursday for the
Nov. 10, 2013
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Exhibition highlights gender equality as key to Swedish innovation
The Swedish Embassy and partners are highlighting innovation, a theme routinely emphasized by President Park Geun-hye, in a multi-part exhibition at Ewha Womans University until Nov. 30.Fancy high-tech gadgets come to the fore in the “Innovative Sweden” exhibition, such as wearable cameras and computers you can operate with only your eyes, but the exhibition also underscores gender equality and investment in education as key things for a nation to cultivate in order to be at the cutting edge of
Nov. 10, 2013
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Israeli Embassy brings seven award-winning films to Seoul
The Israeli Embassy is bringing seven award-winning Israeli films to Seoul for screenings starting from Tuesday at the Seoul Art Cinema in Insa-dong.All seven films received accolades at prestigious film festivals from around the world, such as Cannes in France, Berlin in Germany and Sundance in the United States. The films will be shown until Nov. 17.A screening of “Footnote” (2011) will open the series. Directed by Joseph Cedar, the film weaves a tale of rivalry between father and son. Eliezer
Nov. 10, 2013
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