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Torrential rainfall forces 1,500 to evacuate, causes widespread damage to homes, roads
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[KH Explains] Can smart chargers ease tensions over EV fires?
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1 in 5 households to have breadwinner over 80 in 30 years
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Middle East’s big AI push lures Korean tech firms
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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Preparations for Nuclear Security Summit in full swing
With 50 days to go, preparations for the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul are in full swing at various levels of government, society and industry, organizers said Sunday.The two-day summit from March 26-27 is expected to draw more than 50 heads of state and international organizations to the South Korean capital for the country’s largest-ever international conference. The event is aimed at holding discussions over measures to prevent nuclear terrorism as well as nuclear safety in the wake of the
Feb. 6, 2012
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ASEAN and Korea exchange tourism tips
Southeast Asian countries have gained tips on improving their tourism industry from Korea. The ASEAN-Korea Centre hosted a tourism workshop from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2. Members of the National Tourism Organization and industry representatives from 10 ASEAN member states and Korea attended the ASEAN Tourism Promotion Workshop in Seoul. The workshop included lectures on tourism trends and prospects for ASEAN and Korea, tourism promotion policies, marketing strategies and tourism development plans for m
Feb. 5, 2012
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Foreign community to take to the slopes
The Irish ambassador is urging Korea’s foreign community to come together for an international ski festival. Irish Ambassador Eamonn McKee is the chairman of the YongPyong Ski festival to take place from Feb. 10-12. “It has been one of the highlights of the year for expatriate families living in Korea for thirty years and the festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary,” he said. “It has been my honor to be selected as this year’s chairman. Previous Irish ambassadors have served in this role, i
Feb. 5, 2012
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U.S. Embassy brings Ali to Korean youth
A film about American boxing icon Muhammad Ali will be screened at the American Center on Feb. 17.The 2001 movie “Ali” is a biographical film directed by Michael Mann and starring Will Smith, Jamie Foxx and Jon Voight. It tells the story of the legendary heavyweight boxer, reflecting his role in American sports, politics and social history and his continued fights against racism and the Vietnam War.The film also discusses the great turmoil in American society following the assassination of two A
Feb. 5, 2012
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Investment needed in Nepal
Korean investors could reap rewards by helping Nepal develop, the country’s ambassador has said. Raja Ram Bartaula hopes that the country bordered by China and India can become a trade transit corridor between the two larger economies. “We are a least-developed country and we are trying to develop our country’s industry in order to develop economically, socially and for the lives of the people. We need development and we need technology,” Nepal Embassy’s charge d’ affaires Raja Ram Bartaula told
Feb. 5, 2012
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Wind energy speeds Samsung to Scotland
A multi-million pound wind energy deal between Samsung Heavy Industries and a U.K. firm will be followed by more high-profile business partnerships, the British ambassador to Korea has said. The deal that could be worth up to 100 million pounds ($158 million) will see U.K. engineering specialist David Brown Gear Systems help SHI create cutting-edge offshore wind turbines. U.K. ambassador Scott Wightman welcomed SHI’s investment in the company headquartered in Yorkshire, which will design, develo
Feb. 5, 2012
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New flight draws Africa, Asia closer
First Korea-Kenya air link can give wings to business, tourismThe first chartered flight from Kenya to Korea shall be a “breakthrough” for tourism and trade, the Kenyan ambassador has said. The flight set to start this summer will allow travelers to make the trip between the two countries in under 14 hours, according to Kenyan ambassador Ngovi Kitau. The Korean Air flight will cut out a 10-hour stopover in Thailand that has hampered convenient travel between Incheon and Nairobi until now. Detai
Feb. 5, 2012
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Lee calls for closer economic ties, free trade deal with Turkey
ISTANBUL (Yonhap News) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called Saturday for closer economic ties with Turkey befitting the "brotherhood" relationship between the wartime allies, saying a free trade deal would be a good way to lift economic relations.Lee made the remark during a meeting with T
Feb. 5, 2012
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Foreign ministry tightens discipline on diplomats
Ministry received lowest grade in anti-corruption commission’s transparency evaluationApparently appalled by the scandal over a diplomat’s alleged stock-rigging attempts, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has begun tightening discipline, especially on diplomats working overseas.The Foreign Ministry on Thursday said it has recently summoned a consul general from Wuhan in central China over opaque accounting practices. The ministry has been internally auditing the case after the diplomat w
Feb. 2, 2012
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Ministry summons diplomat over CNK scandal
Unnamed official stationed abroad suspected of trading diamond miner stockThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Wednesday summoned an official from an overseas diplomatic mission suspected by the state watchdog of gaining personal profits through insider trading of CNK International stocks.“As the Board of Audit and Inspection ordered disciplinary measures on the unnamed official, we summoned the official from Europe. The BAI’s audit will be strictly reflected on the future course of pers
Feb. 1, 2012
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Lee celebrates 20th anniversary of relations with Kyrgyzstan
President Lee Myung-bak celebrated the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, pledging to further develop the countries’ ties in an exchange of messages with President Almazbek Atambaev.In their messages, both leaders expressed satisfaction that relations between the two countries have developed steadily since the 1992 opening of diplomatic ties, and agreed to work together to boost the relationship, the presidential office said in a statement.Lee also hoped for con
Jan. 31, 2012
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China has largest No. of Korean diplomats
Korea has more diplomats in China than any other nation, followed by those from the U.S. and Japan, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.If excluding diplomats working in defense-related areas at the Korean Embassy in the U.S., the number of Korean consuls, economic and state affairs diplomats is the largest in China, the ministry said.The figures come as China has become the world’s second-largest economy, surpassing Japan in 2010, and emerged as part of the “G-2” with the U.S
Jan. 31, 2012
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Korea Society celebrates 55th year
The Korea Society, a New York-based private, non-profit organization that promotes understanding between the U.S. and Korea, celebrated its 55th anniversary at a gala dinner in Seoul on Tuesday.Dignitaries including Korea’s Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan and U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim delivered welcoming and congratulatory speeches.Kurt Campbell, Washington’s top diplomat on Asia, who arrived in Seoul on Tuesday, made a special speech for the celebration of e
Jan. 31, 2012
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Nuclear summit itself to send message to N. Korea: official
HONG KONG (Yonhap News) -- A nuclear security summit to be held in Seoul in March may send an implicit message to nuclear-ambitious North Korea, although the secretive nation's nuclear issue is not on the summit agenda, a top official said Monday.The second Nuclear Security Summit is slated to take
Jan. 30, 2012
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Travel ban on Iraq, Syria extended for six months
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said its travel ban on South Koreans in Iraq and Syria will be extended for six months, as geopolitical risks and instability are likely to continue in the region.The ministry held a visa policy commission meeting on Monday and decided that travel ban on Iraq will be extended for six months from Feb. 6, and that on Syria, from Feb. 29. South Korea imposed the travel ban on Iraq on Aug. 7, 2007, and on Syria on Aug. 30, 2011.The ministry said its decision
Jan. 30, 2012
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U.N. chief‘s top aide quits S. Korea’s foreign ministry
One of the close aides to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has quit South Korea‘s foreign ministry as he wants to focus more on his role as special adviser to Ban, Seoul officials said Monday. Kim Won-soo, a career Korean diplomat, has served as Ban’s deputy chief of staff and special adviser since 2007, when the former South Korean foreign minister took the helm of the U.N., while maintaining employee status at the ministry. As Ban embarked on his second five-year term as U.N. leader early th
Jan. 30, 2012
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Lee to visit Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE
President Lee Myung-bak will embark on a weeklong visit to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this weekend, his office said Monday, a trip expected to focus on enhancing economic cooperation, especially Seoul’s efforts to diversify sources of crude imports.The trip comes as South Korea prepares to reduce its crude oil imports from Iran in line with a U.S.-led campaign to dry up the Middle Eastern nation’s oil exports revenues as punishment and pressure over its alleged nucl
Jan. 30, 2012
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Indian poet’s voyages seen in Seoul
Scenes from the journeys of India’s former freedom fighter and poet laureate, Gurudeb Rabindranath Tagore, are being displayed in Seoul. The photographic exhibition showing Tagore’s sea voyages coincides with the country’s Republic Day celebrations.A celebration for the Indian community and a reception for diplomats were both held in Seoul to celebrate the country’s 63rd Republic Day last week. Recently-arrived Indian ambassador Shri Vishnu Prakash read excerpts from the Indian president’s Repub
Jan. 29, 2012
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Sri Lanka celebrations in Ansan
Sri Lankan artists are come from Colombo to perform in Korea to celebrate the anniversary of the country’s independence at an event on Feb. 5. Singer Deepika Priyadarshani Peiris and traditional Sri Lankan dancers are to help their country’s embassy mark the 64th anniversary of independence in Ansan city, where many Sri Lankan migrant workers live. The first large-scale event of its kind from the embassy will be held from 2-6 p.m. at the city’s Olympic Memorial Hall. The nation located off the s
Jan. 29, 2012
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Carnival ball to be held in Korea
A German carnival ball is to be held in Seoul on Feb. 3. Guests are invited to come in costume to the annual event to be held at the Millennium Seoul Hilton hotel from 7:11 p.m.Carnival is the period of celebration just before the Christian fast period of Lent. Many German cities still host carnival events dating back to the Middle Ages, where people dress in colorful and often topical or politically subversive costumes. “The carnival is also meant as a tool to unwind and to get rid of stress in
Jan. 29, 2012