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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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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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Opposition leader awaits perjury trial ruling
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Vietnam ushers in new phase of recovery
Vietnam’s economic policy appears to be bringing about a recovery in growth.With monetary and fiscal tools, the Vietnamese economy performed well in the first half of 2012 while Asian economic growth was slow and European and American economies worsened by the day.Vietnam’s economy appears to have weathered the worst and entered into a positive development trend. GDP rose 4 percent in the first quarter of 2012 and 4.66 percent in the second quarter. Overall, GDP growth for the first six months o
July 16, 2012
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Religion and science
Jerusalem College of Technology President Thierry Dana-Picard (second from right), Israeli Ambassador Tuvia Israeli (right), Kenyan Ambassador Ngovi Kitau (left) and Argentinean Ambassador Carlos Albertos Arganaraz (center) pose before a lecture on science and religion, in Seoul on Tuesday. (Robert Lee/The Korea Herald)
July 16, 2012
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Diplomat in N.Z. suspended for alleged harassment
The Foreign Ministry has suspended a senior diplomat in Auckland from regular duties for alleged ethical lapses, a ministry official said Saturday.The consul general in Auckland, whose name was withheld, was called home on June 15 after being accused of engaging in a scuffle with a fellow Korean official posted in New Zealand and sexually harassing female embassy staff.The ministry will hold a disciplinary committee on Tuesday to decide the level of punishment for the diplomat, the official said
July 15, 2012
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Ukraine honors diplomatic ties through music
The Khmelnytsky Academic Regional Symphony Orchestra performed in Seoul on Wednesday in honor of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Korea.The concert was a joint effort between the Ukrainian Embassy and the Korea International Culture Exchange Association. Professional Korean musicians played alongside the Ukrainian orchestra. According to the Ukrainian Embassy the concert kicks off a series of cultural events called the Days of Culture of Ukraine held in Korea this
July 15, 2012
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Colombia celebrates national day, ties
The Colombian Embassy celebrated its national day, which coincided with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Korea, in Seoul on Monday.Colombian Ambassador Jaime Cabal applauded the growing relationship between Korea and Colombia, citing recent events that have cemented the two nation’s bilateral relations.On June 25, Korea and Colombia signed a bilateral free trade agreement during President Lee Myung-bak’s visit to the Latin American country.Cabal called the first visit by a Korea
July 15, 2012
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Honorary consuls gather in Seoul
Honorary consuls of and in Korea gathered from all over the world in Seoul on Wednesday for a welcoming reception hosted by the head of honorary consuls in Korea.The Dean of the Corps of Honorary Consuls in Korea, Cho Hae-hyeong, hosted the event to welcome some 18 honorary consuls of Korea overseas. Cho has served as the honorary consul general of Iceland to Korea since 1978.The honorary consuls from overseas were invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to meet with their honorary
July 15, 2012
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KOICA holds exhibit for Maghreb
The Korea International Cooperation Agency kicked off its sixth exhibition at the Global Village in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on Wednesday featuring the culture and history of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.The joint exhibition between KOICA and the embassies of the three nations located in the region of Northwest Africa, known as the Maghreb, held the biggest opening ceremony since the first exhibit in Mongolia in 2010.“This exhibition is a display of the three countries of the Maghreb region
July 15, 2012
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France celebrates national day
The French Embassy celebrated its National Day while reflecting on its growing diplomatic relations with Korea, in Seoul on Friday. The reception, which commemorated the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789, was also an occasion to applaud the long standing relationship Korea and France have enjoyed. France and Korea established diplomatic relations in 1886.French Charge d’ affaires Fabrice Leggeri called the relationship “strong and substantial,” during a speech at the French residence. Le
July 15, 2012
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Indian Embassy to create defense attache in September
India is set to create a defense attache to Korea in September, Indian Ambassador Vishnu Prakash said Tuesday.“In September our full-fledged defense attach is being set up here as a part of the embassy,” said Prakash.The announcement comes after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed greater defense cooperation measures with President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul last March.The two had agreed to establish a military attache at the Indian Embassy this year but had not set a specific time.Accord
July 15, 2012
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Korea can benefit from India’s rise
India is looking to Korea for investment in a vast range of sectors, including construction, nuclear energy and defense, according to the Indian Ambassador in Seoul on Tuesday.Indian Ambassador Vishnu Prakash noted that after the CEPA came into effect in 2010, trade between the two countries has increased 70 percent.And it is believed that the number will only continue to grow in the future.“In the last year we traded $20.6 billion and we have been very encouraged by the response from both the b
July 15, 2012
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S. Korean consul general in Auckland suspended over ethical lapses
The foreign ministry has suspended a senior diplomat in Auckland from regular duties for alleged ethical lapses, a ministry official said Saturday. The consul general in Auckland, whose name was withheld, was called home on June 15 after being accused of engaging in a scuffle with a fellow Korean official posted in New Zealand and sexually harassing female embassy staff. The ministry will hold
July 15, 2012
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Korea to set up US$1 mln aid fund for Southeast Asian countries
Korea will set up an aid fund worth US$1 million to support development projects in five Southeast Asian countries, a foreign ministry official said Saturday.The fund, the amount of which will be gradually increased, will be run separately from South Korea's bilateral official development assistance to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, he said.The official said the deal was reached in Phnom Pen
July 14, 2012
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Well-known Afghan commander among 20 dead in blast
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday in a wedding hall in northern Afghanistan, killing more than 20 people including a well-known commander in an attack that deals a setback to efforts to unify the nation's ethnic factions, Afghan officials said.Ahmad Khan Samangani, an ethnic Uzbek who is also a member of parliament, was welcoming guests to his daughter's wedding when
July 14, 2012
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Honduran journalist shot dead, 21st in three years
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) -- A journalist has been shot dead inHonduras, in the 21st deadly attack on the media in the violence-wracked Central American country in the past three years, a press watchdog said Friday.Adonis Felipe Bueso Gutierrez, 24, was leaving an Internet cafe in the northern city of Villanueva with two cousins on July 8 when he was shot, said Longino Becerra of the Committee for Freedo
July 14, 2012
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S. Korea willing to mull change of words for 'comfort women'
South Korea intends to consider using the term "sex slaves" to describe women who were forced to serve in Japanese military brothels in World War II, Seoul's top diplomat said Friday.South Korean victims have long been euphemistically called "comfort woman."South Korea is "willing to consider" changing the wording to sex slaves, South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said in a parliamentary s
July 13, 2012
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China may release S. Korean activists
A senior Foreign Ministry official said Friday that China is likely to free four South Korean activists it held for more than three months. Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan met Meng Jianzhu, China’s police chief and state councilor, in Seoul and requested the release of Kim Young-hwan and three other anti-North Korea crusaders. “Yang responded that he is taking serious consideration in light of the two countries’ ties,” the official told reporters on customary condition of anonymity.“They did not
July 13, 2012
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S. Korea, U.S., Japan move closer to building trilateral alliance
PHNOM PENH (Yonhap News) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan announced Thursday the establishment of a three-way security consultative body, laying the groundwork to build a trilateral alliance in the face of North Korean aggression.The announcement was made after South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gem
July 12, 2012
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S. Korea mulls partial withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
South Korea is considering withdrawing at least some of its troops protecting aid workers in Afghanistan, government officials said Thursday.One official said the mission for the unit, called "Ashena," will be over at the end of this year, and other nations are also set to withdraw their forces from the war-ravaged country."We're looking into ways to pull out Ashena forces over several phases," th
July 12, 2012
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S. Korea set to open ASEAN diplomatic mission in Jakarta
PHNOM PENH (Yonhap News) -- South Korea will soon open a diplomatic mission dedicated to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta this year, as Asia's fourth-largest economy seeks to deepen economic ties with the 10-member regional bloc, Seoul officials said Wednesday.Vice Foreign Minister Kim Sung-han and foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations pledged to work closely together t
July 11, 2012
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Minister apologizes for mishandling Japan pact
Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan appeared before parliament Wednesday for questioning over the government’s mishandling of an unprecedented military pact with Japan.Kim’s appearance came at the first foreign affairs committee meeting of the new National Assembly, indicating the urgency of justifying an intelligence-sharing agreement with the country’s former colonial ruler.A public uproar over the Cabinet’s covert approval of the deal last month forced Seoul to abruptly postpone the accord’s signi
July 11, 2012
