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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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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
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S. Korea retrieves stolen 19th-century currency printing plate from U.S.
South Korea has retrieved a century-old currency printing plate that was illegally taken to the United States by a thief during the 1950-53 Korean War, prosecutors said Tuesday.The metal printing plate, made in 1892 under the rule of King Gojong of Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) to print the nation's first modern currency, was stolen in 1951 by a U.S. serviceman who came to fight in the Korean War, they said. At the time it was being kept at Seoul's Deoksu Palace, one of the royal palaces from Joseo
Aug. 27, 2013
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S. Korea P.M. asks for Qatar's active investment
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won called on Qatar Tuesday to expand its investment here and its support for South Korean firms' participation in major construction projects in the Gulf state.He made the request during a meeting in Doha with his Qatari counterpart Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani.Chung is in the Gulf state on the second leg of his seven-day, four-nation tour from Sunday that also includes visits to Bahrain, Sri Lanka and Turkey.He requested that Qatar "make more investments
Aug. 27, 2013
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U.N. chief Ban takes swipe at Japan over attitude to history
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Japan to face up to history and foster forward-looking relations with its neighbors, expressing concerns over heightened tension in the region. In a news conference in Seoul, Ban also called on the leaders of Korea, China and Japan to “open-mindedly” discuss contentious issues for a “future-oriented solution based on the correct historical understanding.” “I think the political leaders of the Japanese government need a very profound introspectio
Aug. 26, 2013
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Korea launches forum on U.N. agendas
South Korea’s Foreign Ministry launched a local forum on Monday to discuss new international aid agendas to replace the United Nations millennium development goals when they expire in 2015. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se attended the event held in the ministry building to launch the annual Post-2015 Korea Forum, with about 200 civic activists, lawmakers and government officials also on hand.The local forum is designed to formulate South Korea’s proposals for
Aug. 26, 2013
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ASEAN offers Southeast Asian language courses at Sogang
The ASEAN-Korea Center and Sogang University Institute for East Asian Studies are organizing the sixth installation of their “Southeast Asian Language Program,” which runs for 12 weeks beginning on Sep. 2. The language program will cover six major Southeast Asian languages including Burmese, Khmer, Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese. The popularity of this ongoing program reflects the Korean public’s keen interest in Southeast Asian languages and culture, said the ASEAN-Korea Center.Elemen
Aug. 25, 2013
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Singapore lauds S. Korea ties at National Day celebration
Singaporean Ambassador to South Korea Peter Tan put the bilateral ties between South Korea and the island city-state center stage during his country’s National Day celebration this year.“It is not only about Singapore’s National Day. It is also about Singapore’s excellent relations with South Korea,” said Tan during welcome remarks at the 48th anniversary of Singapore’s independence from Malaysia during a reception in Seoul on Thursday.Singapore officially celebrates its National Day on Aug. 9.B
Aug. 25, 2013
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Ecuador rounds off Independence Day celebration of music
The Ecuadorian Embassy here rounded off its celebration of the Andean nation’s Independence Day with a musical performance by acclaimed violist Simon Gangotena and his equally talented younger brother, Tadeo, who accompanied him on piano at Ilshin Hall in Hannam-dong, Seoul, on Friday.Ecuador celebrated its Independence Day on Aug. 10.The embassy first featured Ecuadorian music during a reception celebrating its Independence Day at a hotel in Seoul earlier this month. The musical duo of Noreia M
Aug. 25, 2013
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Israel seeks to aid ‘comfort women’ campaign
Israel is lending its know-how to South Korean educators on how the Middle Eastern nation preserves Holocaust history, know-how that could help them raise awareness of Japanese aggression before and during World War II, including Japan’s colonial rule over Korea and the sexual enslavement of women and girls, the so-called “comfort women.”The two countries are organizing a delegation of South Korean educators to visit Yad Vashem, Israel’s state-of-the-art Holocaust history museum in Jerusalem, to
Aug. 25, 2013
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Aussies top ally for Korea after U.S.
South Korea’s security relationship with Australia is second only to the United States, said Australia’s new ambassador to South Korea, underlining recently bolstered bilateral defense ties and setting out his priorities for his posting in the years to come.“We held a ‘two-plus-two’ meeting of the foreign and defense ministers from each side. We had our defense minister and our foreign minister here meet with the South Korean defense and foreign ministers on July 4,” said William Paterson in an
Aug. 25, 2013
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U.S. senator McCain arrives in Seoul for N.K. issues
U.S. Senator John McCain arrived in Seoul on Sunday to meet with South Korean government officials and activists to discuss issues of mutual interest including North Korea's nuclear weapons program and human rights conditions.The Arizona senator, accompanied by fellow Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, arrived at Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to Seoul, in the afternoon for his first trip here since 1991. During his two-day stay in South Korea, he is scheduled to meet with local activi
Aug. 25, 2013
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Oh Joon named new envoy to U.N.
The Foreign Ministry on Thursday tapped Oh Joon, a former ambassador to Singapore, as the new representative of its mission at the United Nations. The 57-year-old career diplomat will replace Kim Sook, who has served at the multinational body since May 2011. Since his 1978 entry into diplomatic service, Oh has taken up various key positions including deputy ambassador to the U.N., deputy minister for multilateral and global affairs, and embassy minister in Brasilia. For the consul general post i
Aug. 22, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Merkel’s Nazi camp visit a lesson for Japan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to former Nazi concentration camp Dachau received mixed reactions, but in doing so, she became the first-ever incumbent chancellor to take such a step.Merkel was immediately slammed for combining the obvious potent symbolism of a German head of state describing the shame she feels about an ugly chapter in her country’s history ― indeed, in world history ― with a planned Oom-pah-pah beer tent and campaign rally moments later. “We speak about the duty to rem
Aug. 21, 2013
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Korea-Japan summit at G20 gathering unlikely: source
The first summit meeting between South Korea's President Park Geun-hye and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is not likely to take place on the sidelines of the upcoming Group of 20 forum in Saint Petersburg, a government source said Wednesday.The relations between the two nations have been frosty over various historical issues including Japan's renewed territorial claims to South Korean island of Dokdo as well as its leaders' unrepentant remarks regarding its war atrocities.The comments by the
Aug. 21, 2013
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PM Chung to visit Middle East, Southwestern Asia next week
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won embarks on an eight-day tour of Asian and Middle Eastern countries next week to help boost bilateral economic and cultural exchanges, his office said Wednesday.Chung is scheduled to visit Bahrain, Qatar, Sri Lanka and Turkey for eight days from Sunday. He is expected to be the first South Korean official to make a state visit to Bahrain and Sri Lanka, according to the Prime Minister's Secretariat.On Monday, he will hold bilateral talks with his Bahraini
Aug. 21, 2013
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John McCain due in Seoul on N. Korean human rights
U.S. Senator John McCain will fly into Seoul Sunday to promote improved human rights conditions in North Korea, sources here said Wednesday.The Arizona senator will stay until Monday while meeting with local activists, promoting the enhancement of human rights conditions in North Korea, the sources said. The U.S. embassy here refused to confirm the visit.McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, has taken a hawkish stance on the communist North, which is viewed as a country having one
Aug. 21, 2013
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Top U.S. lawmaker calls on Japan to accept history
A U.S. lawmaker on Monday called on Japan to face up to the past to become a “stronger country” and thaw its relations with neighbors frayed by territorial and historical tensions. Robert Menendez, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stressed the significance of trilateral cooperation between Seoul, Washington and Japan in deterring North Korean saber-rattling and safeguarding regional stability. “I do believe that historical issues need to be met and healed. I think nations
Aug. 19, 2013
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Envoy leverages soccer in pursuit of public diplomacy
Foreign diplomatic missions here use public diplomacy as one way to engender popular support in South Korea ― more is always better than less. That is why even soccer makes up part of an ambassador’s foreign policy tool kit.That is what Peru’s top diplomat here aimed for in taking part in the Peru-South Korea friendly soccer match on Wednesday.Peruvian Ambassador to South Korea Jaime Pomareda awarded a trophy to the captains of both national soccer teams, South Korean and Peru, after a friendly
Aug. 18, 2013
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Ecuador profiles music on Independence Day
The Ecuadorian Embassy in South Korea celebrated its independence day with musical performances by two pianists from the South American nation during a reception at a hotel in Seoul on Aug. 9.The musical duo of Noreia Mueckay and her son, Yarik Panko, performed a number of classical pieces for members of the foreign diplomatic community, Korean VIPs and friends of Ecuador during a reception celebrating the Andean nation’s 204th anniversary of independence from colonial rule.The reception celebra
Aug. 18, 2013
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Outgoing envoy leaves indelible mark on Uzbek-Korean ties
What drives the diplomatic relations between two countries, big commercial interests and strategic considerations, or can one diplomat make all the difference in the world? In the case of the ties between Uzbekistan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia, and South Korea, one diplomat in particular could very well have been the crucial factor: outgoing Uzbek Ambassador to South Korea Vitali Fen.Fen, 65, returns to his home country Tuesday after completing a nearly 18-year posting here. He has
Aug. 18, 2013
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India lauds culture on Independence Day
A crowd of about 500 people watched with rapt attention a performance by a group of Indian school girls of the patriotic Indian song, “Sare Jahan Se Acha.”Originally an Urdu poem written in 1904, Mahatma Gandhi is said to have recited the same song while he was imprisoned in the 1930s. The acclaimed musician Ravi Shankar set the poem to music in the 1950s.But Koreans and Indians showcased the South Asian nation’s cultural traditions of music, dance and fashion during an all-day family-oriented c
Aug. 18, 2013
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