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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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Pikki Pikki dance: Korean cheerleader dance routine takes social media by storm
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[Exclusive] Democratic Party of Korea forms US election task force
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Man arrested 16 years after murdering girlfriend, hiding body in cement
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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NK nuclear test 'possible' around US election in Nov., says Yoon aide
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[Grace Kao] NewJeans fights Hybe for their survival
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[News Focus] Ex-Moon aide slammed from both sides over remarks on leaving Koreas divided
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Sung Kim, Obama's choice for stable management of NK, public diplomacy
WASHINGTON -- With the pick of Sung Kim, a Korea-born career diplomat, as his new ambassador to Seoul, U.S.President Barack Obama aims to handle the North Korean nuclear issue in a more professional way and step up public diplomacy with South Koreans, officials and experts here said. Kim, 51, is on a path to become the first person of Korean origin to serve as U.S. ambassador to Seoul, a his
June 26, 2011
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U.S. envoy calls for revival of Kim Dae-jung’s unification vision
Through the late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung’s reconciliatory ideals, Seoul and Washington should work together on achieving a reunified, peaceful Korean Peninsula, U.S. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens said during a recent Memorial Day ceremony. Stephens published on her weblog the speech she gave at a national park in Jindo on June 6 Memorial Day. “On this Memorial Day … we honor the memory
June 24, 2011
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European firms offer internship to N. Korean defectors
SEOUL, June 24 (Yonhap) -- HSBC Bank and several other European companies in South Korea plan to offer a rare internship program to dozens of North Korean defectors in a move to give them work experience, an official said Friday. Under the initial program, 20 North Korean college students and graduates in the South are scheduled to work as interns at about 10 European firms for about three mon
June 24, 2011
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Leaders of N. Korea, Russia planning summit: reports
TOKYO/MOSCOW, (Yonhap) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il are planning to hold their first meeting later this month or early next month in the Russian Far East, news reports claimed late Thursday.Citing local officials and Russian public security officials, Kyodo News reported that the two countries are considering having a summit around next Thursday on the o
June 24, 2011
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Presidential aide in U.S. for possible talks on N. Korea, FTA: source
SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) -- A key South Korean presidential aide on national security is visiting the United States for possible talks on inter-Korean relations and the ratification of a free trade agreement between Seoul and Washington, a source said Thursday.Kim Tae-hyo, a senior secretary to President Lee Myung-bak for national security strategy, left for the U.S. on Wednesday, the source added,
June 23, 2011
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China puts ‘Arirang’ on Chinese heritage list
"Arirang' is played at the music concert in Yeonpyeong Island. (Yonhap News)The Chinese government is claiming to have developed some of Korea’s cultural heritage.Often causing discord by claiming to be the originators of foreign culture, China this time listed Korean folk song “Arirang” in the third list of their National Intangible Cultural Assets.“Arirang” is a Korean folk song sung by Koreans
June 23, 2011
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Ban Ki-moon gets second term as UN chief
U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki-moon (AP-Yonhap News)UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ The U.N. General Assembly voted unanimously to give Ban Ki-moon a second term as secretary-general Tuesday, praising him for strengthening the world body's role and visibility in difficult circumstances.The 192-member assembly applauded loudly as it adopted a resolution giving the 67-year-old South Korean diplomat another fiv
June 22, 2011
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Minister to visit New York on N.K., Ban
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan will make a congratulatory speech on the reelection of Ban Ki-moon as the U.N. secretary-general in New York on Tuesday, after which he will hold talks with U.S. officials over North Korea’s nuclear standoff, the Seoul government said. Kim left for New York on Monday, four days ahead of his scheduled meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
June 20, 2011
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India releases oldest prisoner, aged 108
India's oldest inmate Brij Bihari Pandey was released at 108.LUCKNOW, India (AFP) - Prison authorities in India have released the country's oldest inmate, 108-year-old Brij Bihari Pandey, who was convicted of a murder he committed at the age of 84, officials said Saturday.Pandey, a Hindu priest, was freed on Friday by a court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on humanitarian grounds as prison
June 20, 2011
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U.N. to reelect Ban Ki-moon as chief this week
South Korea hailed the reelection of Ban Ki-moon as the U.N. Secretary-General over the weekend, as the Security Council cleared the South Korean diplomat of his last barricade in heading the international body for another five years. Following the council’s approval, the 192-member General Assembly will hold a definitive vote this week. The 67-year-old diplomat is certain to win a second term as
June 19, 2011
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Seoul says lack of apology no longer 6-way talks dealbreaker
South Korea is easing its previous stance that it will not resume any kind of dialogue with North Korea until Pyongyang apologizes for last year’s deadly attacks, Seoul officials said Sunday. The two Koreas, still technically at war, have had their frostiest ties in decades since the North conducted two naval attacks that killed 50 South Koreans.Since the last attack in November, Seoul has suspend
June 19, 2011
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UNESCO cultural center opens in Daejeon
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific in Korea under UNESCO is open.The center represents more than five years of work on the part of the Cultural Heritage Administration, beginning with the task force under the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation in October 2006. It is the first UNESCO-related organization dealing in cultural heritages to open in Korea.“Today, cultural d
June 19, 2011
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Time for Finnish student visas
Students going to study in Finland should note that the summer season is the Finnish Immigration Service’s peak period for receiving student applications for residence permits, said the Finnish Embassy.In 2010, some 3,500 applications, 70 percent of the total number of student applications during the year, were submitted during that period.Applicants are advised to submit their first residence per
June 19, 2011
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Portuguese novel ‘Jerusalem’ translated
The first Korean translation of a work by Portuguese writer Goncalo M. Tavares was released last week, announced the Portuguese Embassy.“Jerusalem,” was translated by Eom Ji-young and will be published by Open Books, a Korean publisher devoted to the promotion of Western authors. The publication also benefits from the support of the Portuguese ministries of foreign affairs and culture.Originally p
June 19, 2011
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Swedish Embassy takes Midsummer holiday
The Embassy of Sweden will be closed on June 24 for Midsummer’s Eve. In Sweden, the Midsummer holiday refers to the celebrations that accompany the summer solstice and the preceding evening. Midsummer’s Eve and Midsummer’s Day (Midsommarafton and Midsommardagen) is one of the most important holidays of the year in Sweden, and probably the most uniquely Swedish in the way it is celebrated. The main
June 19, 2011
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Creative idea promotes beauty of Norway’s fjords
The Norwegian Embassy is running one of the most creative tourism promotions ever seen on these shores. On June 17, a ship sailed out of Bergen Harbor in Norway heading for the very north of the country on a five-day journey.Along with the regular passengers, a camera crew is filming every second of the journey and broadcasting it live directly to Samgakji Station in Seoul.“This means 134 hours of
June 19, 2011
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Italy-Korea workshops examine climate change
Two important workshops that team up scientists from Italy and Korea examine the possible paths to take in curbing the effects of pollution.The first Science and Technology Office of the Italian Embassy workshop took place last week under the umbrella of the ‘International Year of Chemistry’ proclaimed by the United Nations.The Italian Council of National Research and Hanyang University hosted a w
June 19, 2011
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Out of Africa, into Korea
Kenya envoy out to expand coffee exports, tourism and tradeThe Korean coffee market continues to expand by leaps and bounds and behind the growth are countries offering some of the finest beans and blends.The latest estimate of the market pegs coffee consumption at 2 kilograms per person per year, compared to an average per capita consumption of 0.2 kg in the Asia-Pacific region. Widespread penetr
June 19, 2011
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Pyongyang seethes at Seoul’s push for N.K. human rights law
Pyongyang has been upping threats in response to the South Korean government’s move to enact laws aimed at improving human rights conditions in the North. On its website, operated for propaganda purposes, the reclusive Pyongyang regime warned “sure and clear punishment” should Seoul enact the controversial set of laws. South Korea’s right-wing Lee Myung-bak administration and the ruling party have
June 16, 2011
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More overseas students interested in N. Korea
Nearly 200 Korean college students studying abroad have applied for a Seoul internship program focusing on relations with North Korea, the Unification Ministry here said Wednesday, indicating the growing interest among youngsters in the issue. Among some 185 students who applied for the one-month summer internship program, a total of 60 students studying at colleges in the U.S., Canada, Britain, C
June 15, 2011