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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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Laotian youth on cultural exchange tour
The Laotian Embassy in South Korea with the help of a local nonprofit organization organized a cultural exchange program here that saw 33 Laotian youth performers travel around Korea for five days from Nov. 1. For some of them, it was the first time they had been outside their rural village of Dan Xang.Facilitated by the Laotian Embassy and the Korea Laos Friendship Association and with financial support from the Sharing Culture and Arts Association, 33 performers of the Laotian Dan Xang Village
Nov. 10, 2013
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Foreign envoys throw their weight behind Korean-Latin American ties
Latin American envoys here joined with top-level representatives from more than a dozen countries to meet their South Korean counterparts during the Sixth High-Level Forum on Korea-Latin America Partnership in Seoul on Tuesday.This year’s high-level forum saw vice-minister and minister level representatives discuss ways to enhance economic cooperation between the two sides in a range of areas, including trade, investment, resources, infrastructure, the environment and development. It has been he
Nov. 10, 2013
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Asia Society’s Korea Center marks 5 years in Seoul
Asia Society’s Korea Center celebrated the fifth anniversary of its founding with a coterie of international and South Korean VIPs, including a healthy contingent from the foreign diplomatic community here, at gala dinner in Seoul on Thursday. With the attendance of about a dozen foreign diplomats, the fete featured a number of lauded personalities outside government in the United States and Asia, including rookie hurler for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ryu Hyun-jin. The left-hander, who spent years
Nov. 8, 2013
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Amb. King to visit Seoul, Pyongyang trip possible
The United States plans to send its special envoy for North Korean human rights to Seoul later this month, a diplomatic source said Thursday, raising expectations that he may also travel to Pyongyang on a mission to negotiate the release of a jailed American man."Amb. Robert King is scheduled to visit South Korea in the week starting on Nov. 18," the source told Yonhap News Agency on the condition of anonymity.The State Department will soon make the announcement of his trip, which may also inclu
Nov. 8, 2013
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Park falls but not hurt
LONDON, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye fell while stepping out of her car upon arrival at the venue for a dinner reception hosted by Lord Mayor of London Roger Gifford Wednesday, but she wasn't hurt, a Seoul official said.Park fell frontward after arriving at Guildhall in London, senior presidential press secretary Lee Jung-hyun said. It appears that she stepped on her hanbok skirt, he said. She was not hurt at all, he said."Dramatic entry!" Park was quoted as telling a
Nov. 7, 2013
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Park arrives in Brussels for summit with Belgian PM, talks with EU leaders
BRUSSELS, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrived in Brussels on Thursday for summit talks with Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo and meetings with top European Union leaders.The two-day trip begins with a visit to a war memorial honoring Belgium's participation in the 1950-53 Korean War. Park will then attend a "creative economy" forum with scientists and business people from the two countries and hold summit talks with Di Rupo.Park plans to use the summit to pitch for expandi
Nov. 7, 2013
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Park wraps up visit to Britain with agreement on trade, financial cooperation
LONDON, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye left for Belgium on Thursday, winding up a four-day state visit to Britain marked by a splendid royal welcome at Buckingham Palace and a summit agreement to bolster trade and financial cooperation.Park's trip to London marked the second-ever state visit to Britain by a South Korean president. The late President Roh Moo-hyun made the first in 2004. Britain invites only two foreign leaders for state visits each year, officials said.On
Nov. 7, 2013
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[Newsmaker]New N.Y. mayor faces battle for equality
Bill de Blasio’s rollicking victory in New York’s mayoral race Tuesday will be welcome relief for Democrats supporting an increasingly embattled and unpopular President Barack Obama.The 52-year-old took more than 70 percent of the vote to become the city’s first Democratic mayor in 20 years, having promised to tackle wealth inequality and what he called a “tale of two cities.”In his victory speech, de Blasio himself acknowledged the task ahead would not be easy.“The challenges we face have been
Nov. 7, 2013
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Senior diplomats from S. Korea, Japan, China agree to boost collaboration
Ranking diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China on Thursday agreed to ramp up their trilateral collaboration in a meeting held amid frayed ties over historical and territorial issues with Tokyo.The meeting brought together Seoul's Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Lee Kyung-soo, China's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Liu Zhenmin and Asia Bureau Director General Shinsuke Sugiyama from Japan's foreign ministry."In the latest meeting, the three countries reaffirmed the importance of the t
Nov. 7, 2013
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[Graphic News] S. Korea among U.S. wiretapping targets: report
Secret 2007 documents of the U.S. National Security Agency released by The New York Times showed that South Korea was designated as one of the focus areas for its wiretapping mission, called SIGINT, on the subjects of foreign policy, foreign intelligence and counterintelligence.
Nov. 5, 2013
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Park arrives in London for state visit
South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrived in London on Monday for a four-day state visit that includes an elaborate ceremonial welcome at Buckingham Palace, meetings with Queen Elizabeth II and summit talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.Park is the second South Korean president to make a state visit to Britain after the late President Roh Moo-hyun in 2004. Britain invites only about two foreign leaders for state visits to the country a year, officials said.A slew of events are set for Tue
Nov. 5, 2013
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Biden to visit S. Korea in early December
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel to South Korea early next month as part of his Northeast Asia swing, the White House announced Monday."The Vice President will travel to Japan, China, and the Republic of Korea the first week of December," it said in a press release. The Republic of Korea is the formal name for South Korea.In Seoul, he will meet with key leaders to "address bilateral, regional and global challenges, including in particular our close cooperation and coordination to addres
Nov. 5, 2013
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Korea, France agree to boost ties in technology, creative industries
President Park Geun-hye held a summit with French President Francois Hollande in Paris on Monday and agreed to boost cooperation in advanced technology and finance for overall expansion of economic ties.The two leaders discussed ways to broaden exchanges by simplifying visa procedures and to enable financial support for advancements by French and Korean companies to third countries such as in Africa.For cooperation in creative industries, the two leaders shared views on projects including the pr
Nov. 4, 2013
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Park seeks to promote Korean culture in Paris
South Korean President Park Geun-hye watched French fans of Korean TV dramas sing and dance to the tunes of theme songs of popular series in the heart of Paris on Sunday as she sought to promote Korean culture on the first full day of her visit to France.The Korean "Drama Party" was meaningful because the French fan club of Korean dramas, named "Bonjour Coree," organized the event voluntarily, officials said. It shows that not only Korean pop music, known was K-pop, but also dramas are gaining p
Nov. 4, 2013
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Paraguay turns to public-private partnerships to modernize nation
South Korea could get a huge portion of the $35 billion worth of Paraguayan infrastructure projects that the landlocked country is embarking on as it looks to transform itself into a logistics and services hub for South America.Following the promise to lift his nation out of poverty by Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes after his inauguration in August and the passage of public-private partnership legislation Tuesday, the South American nation’s top diplomat here declared that his country was n
Nov. 3, 2013
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Ethiopia, five other nations glean Korean development tips
About a dozen government officials from Asian and African countries completed a two-week training program Saturday that focused on economic development strategies, cultural exchange and networking.Sponsored by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, in cooperation with provincial and city governments and foreign embassies, the participants from six nations, including Ethiopia, Malaysia and the Philippines, arrived on Oct. 20 for two weeks of training. The program included three days
Nov. 3, 2013
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Fair to introduce Malaysian food, conference in Kuala Lumpur
Local foodies will soon get a taste of dishes among the most exotic in Southeast Asian cuisine at this year’s Korea Food Week at Coex Convention and Exhibition Center from Nov. 6-9.A Malaysian food and beverage company, Blossom View, will bring edible bird’s nest for tasting on Wednesday.Edible bird’s nest is among the most expensive of animal products, with an average nest selling for $2,500 per kilogram in East Asia. Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation and ASEAN-Korea Center arrang
Nov. 3, 2013
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German Embassy organizes visit to boost high-tech synergy with South Korea
The German Embassy here is facilitating a synergistic alliance between Germany’s science and technology know-how and South Korea’s manufacturing capacity, this time with a delegation of officials from the city of Dresden and the state of Saxony.A delegation of local government officials led by Dresden Deputy Mayor Dirk Hilbert and Barbara Meyer, head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Traffic and Labor in Saxony, came here to promote commercial partnerships and drum up South Korean investmen
Nov. 3, 2013
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Latin American envoys celebrate wine, food and art
Envoys representing the diplomatic missions of as many as 10 Latin American countries commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Latin American Cultural Center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Oct. 25.The celebration highlighted centenary prints of Mexican artists Jose Maria Velasco and Jose Guadalupe Posada, and collections of Mola needlework by Panamanian Cuna Indians, according to the center.The Panamanian Embassy will host a seminar in Seoul on Nov. 14, when it will celebrate its Independence
Nov. 3, 2013
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Putin to visit South Korea later this month
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit South Korea later this month for a summit with President Park Geun-hye about bilateral relations, peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, and other issues of cooperation, her office announced Friday.The Nov. 12-13 visit will mark the second time Park meets with Putin since she took office in February. In September, the two leaders met bilaterally on the sidelines of a Group of 20 major economies meeting in Russia's second-largest city of Saint Pete
Nov. 1, 2013
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