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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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Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser
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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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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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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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Toxins at 622 times legal limit found in kids' clothes from Chinese platforms
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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British Embassy offers scholarships for Koreans
The Chevening scholarship scheme is now accepting applications at the British Embassy in South Korea. The prestigious scheme offers talented graduates and young professionals the chance to study for postgraduate qualifications at universities in the United Kingdom.The Chevening scholarships cover the full cost of one year of postgraduate study in the United Kingdom from 2011-2012. Over 800 Koreans
Feb. 27, 2011
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App makes tourism easy in Switzerland
One day Korean travelers will not need to carry heavy books, guides and maps to travel in Switzerland.Instead, all relevant information such as maps, guides, text, photos and even videos will be put on smartphones and tablet computers for travelers to experience Switzerland without the need for tour guides or paper.“We want to get rid of all boundaries and the boundary for Koreans is language when
Feb. 27, 2011
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UNESCO awards honor education
Each year, UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Center of Education selects the best cases for initiatives promoting understanding through education.The 2010 Best Practice Awards were given to five reports out of 58 cases from 15 countries.The Asia-Pacific Center of Education for International Understanding office in Seoul published five monographs for the best Education for International Understanding (EIU) fro
Feb. 27, 2011
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Transforming Jordan into a gem
Envoy hopes investments will help bring nation’s economy into a new eraAfter several high-level visits and important contracts, the Jordanian government decided to open an embassy in Seoul late last year. To head this important task they brought in Ambassador Omar Nahar, who opened an embassy in Tel Aviv after Jordan and Israel signed the peace treaty in 1994. Jordan Ambassador Omar Nahar (Yoav C
Feb. 27, 2011
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More S. Koreans flee Libya on chartered plane
An Egypt Air chartered plane carrying 60 South Koreans left a central Libyan city on Sunday for Cairo, as Seoul continued to pull its nationals out of the African nation mired in a bloody anti-government revolt. The foreign ministry in Seoul said the flight left Surte, central Libya, for the Egyptian capital around 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Korean time. A ministry official said the plane carried 60 So
Feb. 27, 2011
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Second plane with S. Koreans fleeing Libya arrives in Seoul
INCHEON -- A chartered Korean Air plane carrying 235 South Koreans out of strife-torn Libya arrived in Seoul Saturday, as the government was preparing to send another to bring home more Koreans stranded there. Those who returned home were met at Incheon International Airport by relatives and friends. Also arriving with them were three foreigners. Despite the long flight, all looked health
Feb. 27, 2011
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Second charter flight brings S. Koreans out of turmoil-battered Libya
A second South Korea-chartered plane has flown out of Libya as part of Seoul's efforts to evacuate its nationals from the North African nation engulfed in bloody clashes between protesters and government forces, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.The special Korean Air flight left the Libyan capital of Tripoli with 236 South Koreans on board around 11 p.m. Friday (6 a.m. Saturday Korean time) befo
Feb. 26, 2011
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U.S. expected to replace ambassador to Seoul
The U.S. is expected to replace its ambassador to Seoul, considering deputy assistant secretary of state Joseph Donovan as a strong candidate to take the position, reports have said. The reports come as President Barack Obama is conducting an extensive reshuffle of his White House staff in the third year of his presidency. According to the reports, Donovan will be taking over from incumbent Ambass
Feb. 25, 2011
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S. Korea, U.S. united on N.K., FTA: envoy
South Korea and the U.S. are “on the best of terms” regarding a shared belief to remain firm against North Korea’s nuclear activities and activate their free trade deal at the earliest possible date, Seoul’s ambassador to Washington said Thursday.“We have been together on maintaining international sanctions against North Korea, while also keeping open chances of dialogue,” Amb. Han Duck-soo said d
Feb. 24, 2011
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Diplomats watching alleged spying case
The alleged involvement of the South Korean spy agency in a fumbled industrial espionage job is the dominating debate in the diplomatic community here.At the center of the controversy is the bidding for a contract to supply trainer jets, tanks and missiles to Indonesia. South Korea’s T-50 supersonic planes are competing with Russia’s Y-130 trainer jets for the deal.Some high-ranking diplomats expr
Feb. 24, 2011
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China again calls for 6-party talks soon
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi again emphasized the need for the resumption soon of the stalled multinational talks on North Korea’s denuclearization, indicating the lingering opinion gap with Seoul over how to deal with the North’s ongoing nuclear ambitions. The two-day visit by Yang Jiechi comes as regional powers share escalating concerns over Pyongyang’s ongoing nuclear threat a
Feb. 23, 2011
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Four Koreans rescued from quake-damaged hotel in New Zealand
Emergency services search the rumble for survivors of the collapsed CTV building in Christchurch's business district, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Search teams using dogs, heavy cranes and earth movers worked through dawn Wednesday in one of New Zealand's largest cities, trying frantically to find survivors amid the crumbled concrete, twisted metal and huge mounds of brick left by a powerful earthquake
Feb. 23, 2011
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Chinese FM due in Seoul for talks on N. Korea, bilateral relations
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was due in Seoul on Wednesday for talks on North Korea and bilateral relations as the two countries differ over how to cope with Pyongyang's new nuclear program based on enriched uranium.Yang's two-day visit coincides with a U.N. Security Council meeting, set for Wednesday in New York, which is expected to debate over whether to adopt an experts' report that th
Feb. 23, 2011
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Lee urges chief envoys to keep up with ever-changing world
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday urged chief envoys to foreign countries to keep pace with the rapid changes in the world."You should redouble efforts to catch up with the ever-changing world," Lee told a group of South Korean envoys to overseas countries."I want you to work more actively. Being bound to instructions will not promise any progress," he said.A total of 115 ambassadors
Feb. 22, 2011
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S. Korea advises its people to leave unrest-hit Libya
South Korea is advising its people in Libya to leave the unrest-hit country, officials said Tuesday, as anti-government protests escalated across the African nation with rioters attacking a string of Korean-run construction sites.Concern about the safety of about 1,400 South Koreans staying in Libya, most of them construction firm workers, has spiked after a series of South Korean-run construction
Feb. 22, 2011
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Seoul issues stronger travel alert on Libya
The Foreign Ministry issued an alert against traveling to all regions of Libya on Tuesday, strengthening its previous warning as anti-government protests have been spreading across the northern African state and rioters breaking into Korean construction sites. Under the second-highest travel alert, all South Korean nationals are advised to leave the state or defer nonessential trips, the ministry
Feb. 22, 2011
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S. Korea intrusion a petty case: Hatta
Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa said on Monday an intrusion into a hotel room where Indonesian officials were staying during an recent official visit in Seoul, South Korea, was a misunderstanding. Hatta, who headed a delegation consisting of 50 officials to Seoul between Feb. 14 and 17, said the three apparent intruders were actually hotel guests who happened to enter the wrong
Feb. 22, 2011
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Indonesia asks Seoul to verify details of hotel room break-in
South Korean spy agency denies roleIndonesia has officially asked South Korea to verify Seoul spy agency’s alleged trespassing into a hotel room of its envoys for intelligence gathering purposes, the Foreign Ministry here said Monday. Local media reports revealed Monday that three agents belonging to Seoul’s National Intelligence Service had been caught after entering a downtown hotel room to stea
Feb. 21, 2011
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S. Korea envoys in Seoul for annual discussions
South Korea opened an annual conference of its diplomatic mission chiefs Monday, with hundreds of senior diplomats gathering in Seoul to discuss “business diplomacy” plus other topics prepared to familiarize them with the nation’s foreign policy objectives this year. Some 115 ambassadors and consuls-general will be attending the meeting running through Friday. The diplomats will be briefed on a va
Feb. 21, 2011
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Korea, Honduras agree to forge closer ties
President Lee Myung-bak and Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Monday discussed how to extend bilateral cooperation in trade, investment and infrastructure development during their summit talks in Seoul.The two leaders also agreed to seek ways to share South Korea’s experience in economic development and better protect South Korean citizens in Honduras, Lee’s office, Cheong Wa Dae, said. Presiden
Feb. 21, 2011
