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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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First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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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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Toxins at 622 times legal limit found in kids' clothes from Chinese platforms
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EU prohibits N. Korea’s aged planes for six years
Antiquated North Korean airliners have been banned from operating in European countries for six years in a row as part of the European Union’s prohibition on 21 states that have failed to meet its safety standards, a U.S.-funded private radio station reported Tuesday. Under the EU ban, Pyongyang’s Air Koryo can only fly two new airliners it purchased from Russia last year to the E.U. member state
April 26, 2011
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Seoul, Beijing discuss resumption of six-way talks
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is welcomed by North Koreans as he arrives in Pyongyang on Tuesday morning. Carter is accompanied by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson and ex-Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Brundtland. (Yonhap News)Carter arrives in Pyongyang for possible meeting with Kim Jong-ilChief nuclear envoys of South Korea and China strove
April 26, 2011
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Korean language studies popular in Vietnam
HANOI (Yonhap) -- A growing number of Vietnamese students are studying the Korean language at university, mainly to work at Korean firms operating in their country, local sources said Tuesday.More than 2,000 students are studying Korean at 10 universities nationwide, including Vietnam National University (VNU) in Hanoi and another national college in Ho Chi Minh, the sources said.About 150 profess
April 26, 2011
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S. Korea extends travel restriction to all parts of Syria
South Korea is extending its travel restriction to all parts of Syria amid escalating violence between the country's protesters and government forces, the foreign ministry said Monday.Earlier this month, Seoul restricted its people from traveling to Syria's western governorates of Daraa and Latakia after dozens of people were reported killed there in violent government crackdowns.The Level 3 trave
April 25, 2011
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Regional powers escalate N.K. nuke discussions
A flurry of diplomatic events will take place on the Korean Peninsula this week, as regional powers are gathering efforts to lure the unpredictable North Korea back to the stalled multinational nuclear disarmament talks. The results of the scheduled consultations among senior officials from Washington, Seoul, Beijing and Pyongyang are expected to influence dialogue partners’ stance toward how best
April 25, 2011
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Luxembourg minister presses for EU-FTA passage
Luxembourg’s foreign minister visited Korea last week with a message for Assembly members over the failed passage of Korea’s trade pact with the European Union.“This is very serious, it is not pressure, but, if we cannot manage the entry into force on the July 1, then we have to change the date (into force) in the council and therefore, my suggestion is to do everything that can be done by the gov
April 24, 2011
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Dutch bicycle seminar on industry’s future
The Dutch bicycle industry plays an important role in promoting bicycle use by combining it with a tradition of spatial planning and traffic-safety policy.In Korea, the bicycle industry has taken off as a new way of exercise as well as a pastime.To examine the relationship Holland and Korea have in this sector, the Dutch Embassy and the Korea Transportation Institute are holding a joint seminar on
April 24, 2011
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Europe Study and Research fair this week
Studying in Europe is a dream for many students, but the legwork involved in researching a host country and university can be daunting.To help with the search, 15 European countries are promoting the annual Study and Research higher education fair.With links between the European Union and Korea growing by the day, the needs of professionals with European connections and expertise are increasing, a
April 24, 2011
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New UAE envoy arrives this week
The new United Arab Emirates Ambassador, Abdulla Khalfan Matar Al Romaithi, will arrive in Seoul on April 28.Al Romaithi was sworn in on April 18 at the Al Mushrif Palace before President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. New UAE Ambassador to Korea Abdulla Khalfan Matar Al Romaithi at his swearing-in ceremonySheikh Khalifa urged the new envoy to highlight the UAE’s position in the international
April 24, 2011
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Pakistan plants seeds for potential prospects
Traditional diplomatic interactions used to be the norm when building ties, but now a new paradigm has emerged where cultural and public diplomacy have become increasingly important.To change popular conceptions of Pakistan, the embassy organized an event for primary school-age children and their parents. Elementary school children line up to sample Pakistani food.(Yoav Cerralbo/The Korea Herald)H
April 24, 2011
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Brazil appoints Hyun as first honorary consul
For any country, picking its first ever honorary consul can be a tough choice, but at other times it is an easy fit. After over half a century of diplomatic relations, Brazil has chosen Hyundai Group chairperson Hyun Jeong-eun to represent Brazil’s interests in the southern part of the nation. Brazil Ambassador Edmundo Fujita (left) appoints Hyundai Group chairperson Hyun Jeong-eun as honorary con
April 24, 2011
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Fashion icons as symbols for closer ties
In Korea, wearing a hanbok could get you kicked out of a famous high-end hotel, but in Vietnam, after many years of conflicting feelings, the ao dai has become welcomed and part of everyday life.To showcase the beauty and global mark of both dresses, the Vietnamese Embassy set up a cultural exchange day that celebrates the new designs changing the face of these classical icons. New styles of the t
April 24, 2011
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UAE couple will miss Korea
Dynamic duo’s half a decade proved beneficial for ties and their futureThe reality that one of the diplomatic community’s most respected ambassadorial couples is leaving only rang true after they looked back on their residence to see a once colorful home laid bare.Paintings, artifacts and everything that makes a home personal and representative of a family have been packed up and sent on their way
April 24, 2011
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P.M. Gillard mourns Korean War dead
(Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (left) watches a North Korean soldier looking through the window as she pays a visit to the conference room of the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission at Panmunjeom Sunday. Yonhap News)Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Sunday mourned hundreds of her country’s soldiers who fell during the 1950-1953 Korean War and visited the truce v
April 24, 2011
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China’s chief nuclear envoy to visit Seoul next week
Chief nuclear envoys of China and South Korea will meet in Seoul next week, to discuss the possibility of resuming peace talks with North Korea possibly through an inter-Korean nuclear dialogue, the Foreign Ministry here said Friday. The visit to South Korea by Wu Dawei comes after Beijing recently suggested nuclear envoys of the two Koreas meet to pave the way for larger-scale six-nation denuclea
April 22, 2011
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S. Korean container likely hijacked by Somali pirates: ministry
Cargo ship presumed hijacked; Korean destroyer arrives at sceneA South Korean container vessel carrying 20 people is very likely to have been hijacked by pirates as it was traveling some 460 miles off the Somali coast Thursday, the Foreign Ministry here said. The 75,000-ton Hanjin Tianjin lost contact around 5:15 a.m. while traveling from Spain to Singapore with 14 South Koreans and six Indonesian
April 21, 2011
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New envoys named to China, Japan, U.N.
President Lee Myung-bak named former ambassador to Russia Lee Kyu-hyung and ex-vice minister of foreign affairs Shin Kak-soo as ambassadors to China and Japan, respectively, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday.The president also nominated Kim Sook, who served as chief negotiator at the six-nation nuclear talks and then as deputy chief of the National Intelligence Service, as South Korean ambassador to the
April 21, 2011
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Vietnam to open official Korean language institute
The Vietnam government will open this week a Korean language research institute ― the country’s first state-backed institute for a foreign language ― as part of its efforts to expand cultural exchanges with Seoul, a state-run foundation here said Thursday.As an affiliation of the Vietnamese government, the Korean language center will open in Hanoi on Sunday at a ceremony joined by some 100 members
April 21, 2011
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S. Korean commercial vessel loses contact in Somali waters: official
Hanjin shipping container (Yonhap News)South Korea's Hanjin Shipping container carrier with 14 South Koreans aboard lost contact with its company Thursday (Korean time) as it was sailing in the pirate-infested waters off Somalia, an official said.The 75,000-ton container ship had departed from Spain for Singapore, the foreign ministry official said. "The ship made its last communications at around
April 21, 2011
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S. Korea, U.S. inch toward N.K. talks
Allies united as they soften stance over past military provocations by PyongyangFacing the increasing need to deal with North Korea’s ongoing nuclear ambitions, South Korea and the U.S. appear to be softening their once firm stance not to resume dialogue until the communist state apologizes for attacking Seoul last year, according to officials and reports Tuesday. International efforts to achieve
April 19, 2011
