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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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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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Evicted guest burns down inn; 3 killed
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[Herald Interview] US election may unleash growth for Korea: Laffer
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Yoon's Prague visit sets stage for W24tr nuclear power plant deal
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[Newsmaker] Rajin-Khasan key project for Seoul, Moscow
The participation of South Korean firms in the development of a railway between North Korea and Russia and a North Korean port is poised to be the centerpiece of renewed cooperation between Seoul and Moscow. President Park Geun-hye and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to cooperate on the project during their summit Wednesday. Seoul’s support for the Rajin-Khasan project reflects President Park Geun-hye’s desire to rebuild relations with Moscow. The Russian-led initiative calls for the ref
Nov. 14, 2013
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[Graphic News] Myeong-dong, world’s 9th highest commercial rental prices
Myeong-dong in central Seoul was ranked ninth on a list of the world’s priciest shopping districts in terms of real estate, according to a survey conducted by Cushman & Wakefield, a global real estate consulting firm. The district’s monthly rental prices posted an average of 750,000 won per square meter. The world’s most expensive retail address was Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay.
Nov. 14, 2013
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Park suggests joint history textbook for Northeast Asia
South Korean President Park Geun-hye suggested Thursday that making a joint history textbook among Northeast Asian nations is a good way to promote peace and cooperation in a region riven by history and territorial rows.Park made the remark in an address to an academic conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, saying Northeast Asia should learn from the way European nations tried to heal World War II wounds and bond closely together."As Germany and France,
Nov. 14, 2013
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Korea boosts support for typhoon-hit Philippines
The Korean government, businesses and civic groups are joining forces to provide relief assistance to the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan. The government on Tuesday unveiled plans to provide $5 million of assistance and dispatch a team of 20 medical professionals, 14 rescue workers, four officials from the state aid agency and two diplomats. They are expected to arrive there as early as Thursday.Seoul City said Wednesday it would offer $200,000 to the archipelago country through
Nov. 13, 2013
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Korea, Israel sign working holiday deal
Korea and Israel on Wednesday clinched an agreement to allow their young students to study, work and travel in each other’s country. Under the working holiday program, up to 200 Koreans aged between 18 and 30 can spend as long as one year studying, interning and traveling in Israel. Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou-hyun and his Israeli counterpart Zeev Elkin signed the pact in Seoul. For Korea, Israel will be the 17th country with which it has such a program. The other 16 include the U.S., Japan,
Nov. 13, 2013
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Park to hold summit with Russia's Putin
South Korean President Park Geun-hye was to hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday with a focus on increasing economic cooperation, such as a Russian-led project to develop a North Korean border port as a gateway for exports.Putin arrived earlier Wednesday on a one-day visit for his second summit with Park. They first met in September on the sidelines of a Group of 20 major economies meeting in Russia's second-largest city of St. Petersburg.Like the September summit, We
Nov. 13, 2013
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Former Foreign Minister Park Tong-jin dies at 91
Park Tong-jin, a former foreign minister, died of natural causes Monday at the age of 91, his family said.The longest-serving South Korean foreign minister between 1975 and 1980 under the Park Chung-hee administration, Park Tong-jin also worked as a unification minister, an ambassador to the United States and a two-term lawmaker.He dealt with Seoul’s relations with Washington during the turbulent period of the late 1970s. Then-President Park Chung-hee was assassinated by his intelligence chief a
Nov. 12, 2013
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40 Koreans feared missing after Philippines typhoon
Up to 40 South Koreans are believed to be missing after a Philippine island was ravaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan last week, Seoul officials said Monday. The Korean Embassy in Manila said it has been receiving reports of missing family members and friends on Leyte and Samar islands since Friday. The embassy dispatched two diplomats and an assistant to nearby Cebu island early Monday, while two officials each from Seoul’s Foreign Ministry and the National Emergency Management Agency were scheduled
Nov. 11, 2013
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Envoy eyes Korea ties, future projects
As South Korea expands its interests in Africa, the nations of the region will have to do more to distinguish themselves in order to attract foreign direct investment from global brands such as Samsung, Hyundai and Daewoo, according to Angola’s top diplomat here.“With more cooperation comes more competition. We need to show Korea that Angola could be the best partner in Africa,” Angolan Ambassador to South Korea Albino Malungo said in a special interview with The Korea Herald on Thursday for the
Nov. 10, 2013
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Exhibition highlights gender equality as key to Swedish innovation
The Swedish Embassy and partners are highlighting innovation, a theme routinely emphasized by President Park Geun-hye, in a multi-part exhibition at Ewha Womans University until Nov. 30.Fancy high-tech gadgets come to the fore in the “Innovative Sweden” exhibition, such as wearable cameras and computers you can operate with only your eyes, but the exhibition also underscores gender equality and investment in education as key things for a nation to cultivate in order to be at the cutting edge of
Nov. 10, 2013
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Israeli Embassy brings seven award-winning films to Seoul
The Israeli Embassy is bringing seven award-winning Israeli films to Seoul for screenings starting from Tuesday at the Seoul Art Cinema in Insa-dong.All seven films received accolades at prestigious film festivals from around the world, such as Cannes in France, Berlin in Germany and Sundance in the United States. The films will be shown until Nov. 17.A screening of “Footnote” (2011) will open the series. Directed by Joseph Cedar, the film weaves a tale of rivalry between father and son. Eliezer
Nov. 10, 2013
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Laotian youth on cultural exchange tour
The Laotian Embassy in South Korea with the help of a local nonprofit organization organized a cultural exchange program here that saw 33 Laotian youth performers travel around Korea for five days from Nov. 1. For some of them, it was the first time they had been outside their rural village of Dan Xang.Facilitated by the Laotian Embassy and the Korea Laos Friendship Association and with financial support from the Sharing Culture and Arts Association, 33 performers of the Laotian Dan Xang Village
Nov. 10, 2013
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Foreign envoys throw their weight behind Korean-Latin American ties
Latin American envoys here joined with top-level representatives from more than a dozen countries to meet their South Korean counterparts during the Sixth High-Level Forum on Korea-Latin America Partnership in Seoul on Tuesday.This year’s high-level forum saw vice-minister and minister level representatives discuss ways to enhance economic cooperation between the two sides in a range of areas, including trade, investment, resources, infrastructure, the environment and development. It has been he
Nov. 10, 2013
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Asia Society’s Korea Center marks 5 years in Seoul
Asia Society’s Korea Center celebrated the fifth anniversary of its founding with a coterie of international and South Korean VIPs, including a healthy contingent from the foreign diplomatic community here, at gala dinner in Seoul on Thursday. With the attendance of about a dozen foreign diplomats, the fete featured a number of lauded personalities outside government in the United States and Asia, including rookie hurler for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ryu Hyun-jin. The left-hander, who spent years
Nov. 8, 2013
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Amb. King to visit Seoul, Pyongyang trip possible
The United States plans to send its special envoy for North Korean human rights to Seoul later this month, a diplomatic source said Thursday, raising expectations that he may also travel to Pyongyang on a mission to negotiate the release of a jailed American man."Amb. Robert King is scheduled to visit South Korea in the week starting on Nov. 18," the source told Yonhap News Agency on the condition of anonymity.The State Department will soon make the announcement of his trip, which may also inclu
Nov. 8, 2013
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Park falls but not hurt
LONDON, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye fell while stepping out of her car upon arrival at the venue for a dinner reception hosted by Lord Mayor of London Roger Gifford Wednesday, but she wasn't hurt, a Seoul official said.Park fell frontward after arriving at Guildhall in London, senior presidential press secretary Lee Jung-hyun said. It appears that she stepped on her hanbok skirt, he said. She was not hurt at all, he said."Dramatic entry!" Park was quoted as telling a
Nov. 7, 2013
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Park arrives in Brussels for summit with Belgian PM, talks with EU leaders
BRUSSELS, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrived in Brussels on Thursday for summit talks with Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo and meetings with top European Union leaders.The two-day trip begins with a visit to a war memorial honoring Belgium's participation in the 1950-53 Korean War. Park will then attend a "creative economy" forum with scientists and business people from the two countries and hold summit talks with Di Rupo.Park plans to use the summit to pitch for expandi
Nov. 7, 2013
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Park wraps up visit to Britain with agreement on trade, financial cooperation
LONDON, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye left for Belgium on Thursday, winding up a four-day state visit to Britain marked by a splendid royal welcome at Buckingham Palace and a summit agreement to bolster trade and financial cooperation.Park's trip to London marked the second-ever state visit to Britain by a South Korean president. The late President Roh Moo-hyun made the first in 2004. Britain invites only two foreign leaders for state visits each year, officials said.On
Nov. 7, 2013
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[Newsmaker]New N.Y. mayor faces battle for equality
Bill de Blasio’s rollicking victory in New York’s mayoral race Tuesday will be welcome relief for Democrats supporting an increasingly embattled and unpopular President Barack Obama.The 52-year-old took more than 70 percent of the vote to become the city’s first Democratic mayor in 20 years, having promised to tackle wealth inequality and what he called a “tale of two cities.”In his victory speech, de Blasio himself acknowledged the task ahead would not be easy.“The challenges we face have been
Nov. 7, 2013
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Senior diplomats from S. Korea, Japan, China agree to boost collaboration
Ranking diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China on Thursday agreed to ramp up their trilateral collaboration in a meeting held amid frayed ties over historical and territorial issues with Tokyo.The meeting brought together Seoul's Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Lee Kyung-soo, China's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Liu Zhenmin and Asia Bureau Director General Shinsuke Sugiyama from Japan's foreign ministry."In the latest meeting, the three countries reaffirmed the importance of the t
Nov. 7, 2013