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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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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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[Exclusive] Hyundai Mobis eyes closer ties with BYD
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Malaysian, Dutch embassies mourn downed flight MH17
The embassies of the Netherlands and Malaysia here received flowers and condolences from well-wishers, including officials, businesses and the public, over the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shot down in the skies above Ukraine.The Malaysian Embassy opened a condolence book last week for all who wished to commemorate those who died on the flight.The Malaysian chancery in Seoul opened its doors Monday through Wednesday for those wishing to express condolences in writing or with flowers for
July 27, 2014
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Tokyo gov. says Abe aims to improve ties
President Park Geun-hye on Friday had a rare meeting with Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe at Cheong Wa Dae amid strained diplomatic ties between the two countries on account of territorial and historical feuds. During the meeting, Masuzoe delivered a message by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he would make efforts to improve the relations between the two countries.The governor told Park that Abe had stressed the importance of building future-oriented bilateral ties in a recent meeting before h
July 25, 2014
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World sees Korea as technology powerhouse: survey
Citizens of 17 major nations regard South Korea as a technology powerhouse that ascended from the ashes of a devastating war, a survey showed Friday. The Foreign Ministry released results of a worldwide survey on the image of the country. It commissioned Samjong KPMG LLC, an accounting and consulting house, to poll 6,000 people aged 18 or older in countries including Germany, India, Vietnam, Mexico, Turkey, Egypt and South Africa for one month from mid-October. It excluded the U.S., China, Japan
July 25, 2014
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Japan, China held talks to discuss summit: report
Senior officials from China and Japan met early this month in Beijing to explore the possibility of a summit on the margins of an economic conference later this year, a news report said Thursday.The Japanese delegates from the Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian affairs bureau held talks with officials including Xiong Bo, a deputy director-general for Asian Affairs at Beijing’s Foreign Ministry, Kyodo News reported. The Tokyo diplomats delivered Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s hopes for a formal m
July 25, 2014
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President to meet visiting Tokyo governor Friday
South Korean President Park Geun-hye will meet this week with visiting Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe, her office announced Thursday, an event that may help warm frosty ties between the neighboring nations.The president plans to receive a courtesy call from the governor Friday morning at his request, Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Min Kyung-wook said.Masuzoe will be the first Japanese politician to formally meet with Park in South Korea in 17 months, with the two nations still locked in political and diplom
July 24, 2014
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After surviving reshuffle, Yun faces heavier diplomatic agenda
After weathering recent cabinet shake-ups, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se is coming under pressure to improve testy relations with South Korea’s neighbors by untangling a matrix of diplomatic and geopolitical interests.Relations between Korea and Japan are at their lowest ebb in decades. An erratic Pyongyang continues to develop atomic weapons, whereas six-nation denuclearization talks remain in their sixth year of dormancy. Yet the Sino-U.S. rivalry is growing fierce, propelled by fast-evolving
July 23, 2014
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S. Korea, Romania to join forces in IT industry
South Korea's science ministry said Wednesday it has opened an information technology research center with its Romanian counterpart to conduct a handful of IT projects in the Eastern European country over the next three years.Under the deal signed between South Korea's Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and Romania's Ministry of Communications and Information Society, the Bucharest-based center will map out pilot projects regarding the IT industry and push ahead with them. The two have
July 23, 2014
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Meeting of Koreas' top diplomats at ARF undecided: official
South Korea's foreign minister may encounter his North Korean counterpart during next month's Asia security forum, but it is unclear whether they will hold a formal meeting, a government official said Tuesday.This year's ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) will be held in Myanmar's capital of Naypyidaw on Aug. 9-10 amid nagging threats from North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions and growing territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas.North Korea's new foreign minister Ri Su-yong, who assumed h
July 22, 2014
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Ex-lawmaker named new S. Korean ambassador to Japan
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has tapped a former four-term lawmaker with close ties to Japan as her new top envoy to Tokyo, officials said Tuesday.Yoo Heung-soo, the head of the Korea-Japan Friendship Association, was chosen for his wide network of personal relationships with members of the Japanese government and public, which is expected to help mend frayed ties between Seoul and Tokyo, the officials said.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as Yoo's appointment is subject to
July 22, 2014
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Pakistan at crossroads of security threats, economic potential
More than 30 years after South Korea and Pakistan established diplomatic ties, a notable change took place this year marking their improving relations. In April, Chung Hong-won became Korea’s first prime minister to travel to Islamabad. This was followed by a visit by Kang Chang-hee, then speaker of the National Assembly, who led a delegation of members of both ruling and opposition parties in January. Their trips came as Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was inaugurated in June 2013, b
July 21, 2014
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(Photo News) Portuguese president in Korea
July 20, 2014
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[Herald Interview] ‘Learning, preparedness key to disaster risk reduction’
This is the 10th installment in a series of interviews with chiefs of United Nations offices in Korea. ― Ed.The Sewol ferry disaster in April raised global alarm over disaster prevention and crisis management. A public furor persists over the government’s flawed response, while the state auditor billed it a “man-made debacle” resulting from a concoction of official negligence, corruption and corporate greed. Despite the continuing grief and misery at the rescue scene, Korea should now work to ra
July 20, 2014
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Could travel alerts crimp Kenya ties?
With a number of high-profile official meetups, including the first joint economic commission in 17 years and three important agreements inked on July 9, South Korea’s ties with Kenya are stronger than ever. But a recent spate of deadly terrorist attacks in the East African country could crimp those ties, and could even threaten Kenya’s crucial revenue from tourism. There have been a number of travel warnings for Kenya recently, including a U.S. warning on June 19, and, on July 12, the U.K. issu
July 20, 2014
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Korean envoy receives Polish medal
A former South Korean ambassador to Poland received a special medal during a reception at the Polish ambassador’s residence in Seoul on July 11.Polish Ambassador to South Korea Krzysztof Ignacy Majka presented former South Korean Ambassador to Poland Peak Young-sun with the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Merit at a reception at the ambassador’s residence in Seongbuk-dong, Seoul.Peak received the medal for his work in the lead up to a state visit by Polish President Bronislaw Komorow
July 20, 2014
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Scientist gets nod for boosting Korea-U.K. research ties
A Korean scientist was presented with the honorary award the Commander of the Order of the British Empire by British Ambassador to South Korea Scott Wightman for contributing to bilateral diplomatic ties during a special reception at the ambassador’s residence in Seoul.Chung Hee-sun, dean of the Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology at Chungnam National University, received the award on July 9 for her contribution to improving academic exchanges and knowledge sharing between South
July 20, 2014
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France celebrates Bastille Day with French, Korean businesses
The French Embassy celebrated Bastille Day in Seoul on Monday with a slew of French and South Korean businesses, while reflecting on its growing diplomatic and cultural relations with Korea. The reception was an occasion to showcase many French companies doing business here, such as Pierre and Busan-based Renault Samsung Motors, and South Korean companies that proffer French-like themed businesses, such as SPC Group’s Paris Croissant and Paris Baguette.French Ambassador to South Korea Jerome Pas
July 20, 2014
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Korean-language tourism classes held in Thailand, Laos
With over 1 million South Koreans visiting Thailand last year, Korean-fluent tourism professionals are needed there more than ever. So, the ASEAN-Korea Center organized a nine-week Korean language training program in Thailand and Laos for tourism and hospitality industry personnel to take place in July and August.The program provides lectures on basic-level Korean reading, writing, listening and speaking to participants from the Thai and Laotian tourism and hospitality industries. The lectures h
July 20, 2014
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Seoul, Tokyo to hold sex slavery talks next week
South Korea said Friday it will resume high-level talks with Japan next week to discuss the Japanese army's sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II following a hiatus in June.Lee Sang-deok, director general of the Northeast Asian affairs bureau of the foreign ministry, will meet with his Japanese counterpart, Junichi Ihara, on Wednesday in Seoul in their third round of talks to discuss what is commonly called the "comfort women" issue, according to the foreign ministry.Seoul and T
July 18, 2014
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S. Korea, China make headway in latest round of FTA negotiations
South Korea and China have made a small but clear breakthrough in the latest round of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), reaching an agreement on how they will pursue liberalization of their service and investment markets, the South Korean government said Friday."Regarding the service and investment sectors, (the twocountries) reached an agreement in principle on the way of market liberalization that had been one of the largest remaining issues,"the Ministry of Trade, Indus
July 18, 2014
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U.N. panel presses Japan on sex slavery
A U.N. panel has ratcheted up pressure on Japan to resolve the issue of its wartime sexual enslavement of Asian women and criticized its recent attempt to undermine past apologies, Seoul officials said Thursday. The U.N. Human Rights Committee consisting of 18 independent experts from around the world held a two-day deliberation on a report monitoring Japan’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Geneva until Wednesday.During the session, the panel called
July 17, 2014
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