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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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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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NK troops disguised as 'indigenous' people in Far East for combat against Ukraine: report
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Young overseas Korean leaders gather in Seoul
More than 100 young Korean political, business and social leaders from 22 countries launched a four-day meeting in Seoul on Tuesday to share their visions for overseas Korean communities and reinforce their cooperation. Organized by the state-run Overseas Korean Foundation and sponsored by the Foreign Ministry, the 15th Future Leaders’ Conference coincides with the Korean Day on Oct. 5. Since its founding in 1998, the annual event has provided a venue for networking between Korean entrepreneurs
Oct. 2, 2012
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Allies discuss lowering tensions in Northeast Asia
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, Japanese Foreign Minister, Koichiro Gemba and Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, pose for photographers while attending a meeting in New York, on Friday. (AP-Yonhap)The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan opened a three-way meeting here on Friday as Washington apparently seeks to help diffuse tensions between
Sept. 29, 2012
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Seoul raps Tokyo's 'double standards' on territorial issues
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan issued an unusually sharp criticism Thursday of Japan's territorial claims and refusal to offer a sincere apology for its wartime atrocities.On a visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly's annual meeting, the minister made clear there will be "no compromise" on the matters unless Tokyo changes its attitude."Our position has always been firm and th
Sept. 28, 2012
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Minister to confront Japan in speech at U.N. assembly
Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan is expected to raise the issue of Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement Friday at the U.N. General Assembly for the first time.“The minister will refer to the importance of proper recognition of history and women’s human rights during wartime, though details are yet to be confirmed,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young told reporters Thursday.Three Asian powers are engaging in a diplomatic quarrel at the U.N. meeting in New York as Korean and Chinese diplomats ge
Sept. 27, 2012
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Korea to watch China’s drone use for territory claims
Lee calls top security meeting to discuss N.K., regional tensionTerritorial tension is brewing again between Korea and China after Beijing reportedly devised a plan to mobilize drones to monitor areas outside its jurisdiction, including Korea’s island of Ieodo. Ieodo, or Socotra Rock, has often been a source of diplomatic spats in recent years as it lies in the overlapping section of the exclusive economic zones of Korea and China. “We’re currently verifying the news reports. While the U.N. Conv
Sept. 25, 2012
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[Newsmaker] Bomb thrower-state leader riles Israel, West yet again
No stranger to incendiary rhetoric, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad riled Israel and the West once again with his remarks on Monday that the world’s only Jewish-majority state had no roots in the Middle East and would be “eliminated.” Speaking in New York ahead of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Ahmadinejad also dismissed the credibility of Israel’s threats to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, and condemned the “Innocence of Muslims,” the film trailer depicting the prophe
Sept. 25, 2012
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Korea ready to raise history issue at U.N. assembly: minister
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan on Monday stressed the importance of promoting "correct history" at the United Nations.Kim said he discussed history issues in a bilateral meeting here with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi. The ministers are visiting New York to attend the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly."We agreed with the need to publicize history, I mean correct history
Sept. 25, 2012
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S. Korea refutes Japanese PM's remarks on wartime sexual slavery
Japan should resolve a long-standing grievance regarding Korean women forced to serve as sex slaves during World War II through a sincere apology and compensation, a senior Seoul official said Monday, refuting published remarks on the matter by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.The issue of Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of tens of thousands of Korean women for its front-line soldiers is
Sept. 24, 2012
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Ukraine celebrates 21 years of independence
The Embassy of Ukraine in Korea held a reception to celebrate 21 years of independence and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and Ukraine at Shilla Hotel, Thursday. Ukrainian Ambassador to Korea Vasyl Marmazov highlighted the fast pace of bilateral relations between his country and Korea, and the ever growing affinity between the peoples of Korea and Ukraine in his welcome remarks during the reception. Some 20,000 ethnic Koreans, dubbed “Koryo-saram,”
Sept. 23, 2012
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Central America eyes future free trade pact with Korea
Central America encouraged Korea to launch negotiations for a free trade pact with its regional grouping, and pointed to the first half of next year as a target date at a reception on Wednesday celebrating the region’s collective Independence Day. Four of the five Central American nations that observe their independence day on the same date encouraged Korea to act on tying their nations closer with a trade pact as they celebrated 191 years of independence and 50 years of strong diplomatic ties w
Sept. 23, 2012
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N.K. ‘deformed mirror image’ of South
The Seoul Literary Society, a group of Korean literature enthusiasts organized by the Swedish Embassy in Korea, hosted novelist Kim Young-ha at Scandinavian Design House in southern Seoul on Sept. 17.Looking at North Korea “is very much like looking into a deformed mirror which shows your reflection, of the South Korea of the older days,” Kim said, adding “the reason why I wrote the novel, ‘Your Republic Is Calling You’ (2006) is because, in order to understand contemporary Korean society truly,
Sept. 23, 2012
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German lesson on economic democracy
New German envoy sees opportunity for cooperation on social market economy model“Economic democracy,” is a hot phrase in this cycle’s presidential election, with politicians from every political persuasion jumping on the social welfare bandwagon ― even the staunchly conservative Saenuri Party is promising to alleviate the yawning gulf between the nation’s the haves and have-nots.“There may be many opportunities for cooperation since the German model of social market economy seems to be fairly cl
Sept. 23, 2012
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Discover Riyadh
Riyadh is the meeting place for the nation and the capital of the Kingdom. It is characterized by its geographical location since it is located in the central part of the Kingdom. It is home to the government and all governmental divisions and major companies as well as foreign embassies in the Kingdom. Riyadh encompasses the biggest universities and scientific institutes, and is characterized by the hundreds of entertainment centers and historical sites scattered within the area. Riyadh unites
Sept. 23, 2012
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Saudi Arabia celebrates National Day
The following message was contributed by Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ahmad Y. Al Barrak on the occasion of the 82nd National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ― Ed.The 82nd celebration of the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia this year comes while bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Korea are witnessing a qualitative leap and amazing developments that have extended to all aspects of political, economic, cultural, educational and m
Sept. 23, 2012
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Korea’s 1st ASEAN envoy, 2 other diplomats named
South Korea appointed a former senior official of the National Intelligence Service as its new ambassador to Thailand in a regular personnel reshuffle that affected two other ambassadorial posts, officials said Friday.Jeon Jae-man, a seasoned diplomat who recently served as first deputy director of the NIS, was named ambassador to Thailand and Lee Yun-young, a senior trade official, was appointed to head the embassy in Bangladesh, the ministry said in a statement.Baek Seong-taek, a former profes
Sept. 21, 2012
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Seoul-led green growth think tank to become int'l body next month
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has become the third signatory to ratify an agreement to convert a South Korea-established think tank on green growth into an official international organization, Seoul officials said Tuesday.The signatory by Kiribati paves the way for South Korea to officially launch the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) as an international body next month, the foreign min
Sept. 18, 2012
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Subtle differences in N.K. policy not a concern for allies: Bosworth
A former U.S. envoy for North Korea said Tuesday that possible differences between Seoul and Washington over how to deal with Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions would not be much of a concern as they share the common goal of denuclearization.Washington has apparently been handling the North as part of its broader non-proliferation initiative while Seoul focuses on the denuclearization agenda. Some have raised concern that this could be a source of friction, particularly after the elections later this
Sept. 18, 2012
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Dokdo institute sues Japanese rightist activists
The Dokdo Research Institute on Tuesday filed a defamation suit against the three Japanese men who placed poles with slogans claiming the Dokdo islets as Japanese territory The three men placed the poles outside the Northeast Asian History Foundation and the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan in Seoul last month.The police said that it will locate and issue summons for the suspects. The rightwing activists Nobuyuki Suzuki, who was responsible for placing a
Sept. 18, 2012
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Paraguay, Honduras connect through Virgin Mary
The Virgin Mary has at least as many apparitions in the Catholic faith as there are nations in the world. Whether she appears as the Black Madonna of Czestochowa in Poland or the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico who, it is said, appeared as a tanned Aztec princess in 1531, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been venerated at respective locales throughout the history of the Catholic Church.Paraguayan Ambassador to Korea Ceferino Valdez, himself a devout Catholic, said he has collected well over 100 represe
Sept. 16, 2012
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Portugal brings the melancholic sounds of Fado to Seoul
Seoulites can now feel the longing and melancholy of Fado, the traditional music of Portugal, by visiting the exhibition “History of Fado” at the Portuguese Cultural Center in the Portuguese Embassy through Sept. 21.Portuguese Ambassador to Korea Antonio Quinteiro Nobre and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies professor Maria Joao Amaral helped a mixed audience of Koreans and expatriates better understand the soulful tones of the country’s traditional music in an opening ceremony Monday.Fado is
Sept. 16, 2012
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