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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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[Online Predators] Online reviews of sex tourism in Southeast Asia proliferate
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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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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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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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Asia expert named deputy foreign minister
Lee Kyung-soo, minister at the Korean Embassy in Japan, was named the new deputy foreign minister Friday. Lee succeeded Kim Kyou-hyun, who was recently promoted to vice minister in charge of political affairs. Since entering the agency in 1981, Lee has served key posts including ambassador to Cambodia, director-general of South Asia-Pacific affairs, embassy councilor in Beijing and director of the Southeast Asian division. The Foreign Ministry also selected Shin Dong-ik, deputy representative at
April 12, 2013
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Korea backs ASEAN nations’ democracy
Korea is broadening its engagement with Southeast Asia by providing support for emerging countries to consolidate democracy and build institutions indispensable for sustaining their growth, Chung Hae-moon, chief of the ASEAN-Korea Center, said. Ties between Seoul and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations have been evolving for the past 25 years from an economy-centered partnership to comprehensive cooperation in security, politics, culture and global diplomacy.Korea is keen to sha
April 11, 2013
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FM confirms N. Korea can launch mid-range missile 'at any time'
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se confirmed Wednesday that North Korea has moved a mid-range Musudan ballistic missile to its east coast and Pyongyang is prepared to launch the missile "at any time." "According to intelligence obtained by our side and the U.S., the possibility of a missile launch by North Korea is very high," Yun told a parliamentary hearing, adding that North Korea can launch the missile "at any time from now." Yun said, "The Musudan missile has a range of 3,500 kilometers and
April 10, 2013
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Saudi Arabia upgrades visa services
The Saudi Arabian Embassy announced it has upgraded its visa services for travelers and business persons going to the largest Arab country in western Asia.The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Korea will move its visa services to a single contractor, the VFS Tasheel International Visa Service Centre, as of April 15 to improve services for travelers and business people going to the Arab Kingdom. The embassy currently uses 10 designated travel agencies to process its visa applications.VFS Tasheel will prov
April 7, 2013
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Queen’s Birthday graces Seoul through charity gala
Tickets for this year’s Queen’s Birthday Ball, a glittery and regal gala organized annually to raise money for charity, are now on sale, the British Embassy here and the British Association of Seoul announced on Tuesday.The Queen’s Birthday Ball is one of the year’s biggest events for the foreign diplomatic and expatriate communities. The night will include a five-course dinner, delicious wines, a raffle of fabulous prizes and a live auction and dancing to the music of The Light Years, the band
April 7, 2013
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Local embassy staffer receives royal Swedish order
A Korean local staffer at the Swedish Embassy here was awarded the prestigious Royal Order of the Polar Star in a ceremony at the residence of Swedish Ambassador to Korea Lars Danielsson on Monday.Bak Hyun-jung, director of press, culture and information at the Swedish Embassy, received the order “for her exceptional contributions to Sweden and Swedish interests, notably in promoting cultural exchanges” between Korea and Sweden, Danielsson said during the award ceremony on Monday. “The awarding
April 7, 2013
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Cine France kicks off season with ‘Populaire’
With pomp and celebrity, Cine France kicked off its new season of French film at its new venue, Cine Nine, in the Sadang-dong neighborhood of Seoul on Tuesday.“We were seeking a new dynamic in this new venue with new people and a new program,” Daniel Kapelian, audiovisual attache at the French Embassy, said during the opening reception. French Ambassador to Korea Jerome Pasquier, actor Ahn Sung-ki and a coterie of professionals from Korea’s creative arts sipped wine, nibbled from a well-stocked
April 7, 2013
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Angola celebrates 11 years of peace
Since the end of Angola’s 27-year-long civil war on April 4, 2002, the country’s economy has prospered thanks to oil. Africa watchers feared parliamentary elections last year in August could reignite political violence and instability. Instead, the poll went off with little more than a hiccup. Election observers from Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries issued statements labeling the elections free and fair. While Angola is
April 7, 2013
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U.S. cautious about Korean spent fuel use
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The U.S. government is taking a longer-term approach in dealing with one of the most urgent and thorniest bilateral issues with South Korea ― Seoul’s push for enriching uranium and reprocessing spent fuel, according to an official here on Monday.“The United States has been working with the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste for over 30 years. The main current effort is a 10-year Joint Fuel Cycle Study, which is conside
April 2, 2013
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Green growth institute mulls moving to Songdo
The Global Green Growth Institute is considering moving to the international business district of Songdo, Incheon, to take advantage of a synergy effect with the Green Climate Fund and various incentives from the city government, officials told The Korea Herald. The Incheon city government has recently offered the Seoul-based GGGI benefits including a 10-year free lease of office space and operating cost subsidies. “We’re looking into the option after receiving an offer of free office space for
April 1, 2013
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S. Korea nervous about Carter's arms sales moratorium in 1977: declassified dossier
(Yonhap) -- South Korea faced a nerve-wracking several months in 1977 after the administration of then-U.S. president Jimmy Carter held up arms sales to foreign countries worth about US$6 billion, Seoul's declassified diplomatic documents showed Sunday. The documents revealed that South Korean officials were worried about the months-long arms sales moratorium by Carter, who had at that time contemplated withdrawing ground combat troops from South Korea. Carter's sudden decision to withdraw U
March 31, 2013
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Australian envoy finishes four-year posting
Australian Ambassador to Korea Sam Gerovich returned to Canberra at the end of last week, completing a four-year posting here which started on March 24, 2009. Gerovich will be replaced by Bill Paterson who is expected to arrive in Korea in May, the embassy said. Deputy Head of Mission Brendan Berne will head up the diplomatic mission as charge d’affairs until incoming Ambassador Paterson assumes his posting here, the embassy said. Gerovich’s four years as his country’s top diplomatic representa
March 31, 2013
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[Photo News] Climate security
March 31, 2013
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Post-revolution Tunisia lauds Korea ties
Tunisia celebrated its 57th year of independence from colonial rule Tuesday, as well as the second anniversary of popular demonstrations that swept the North African nation and toppled the 34-year-long regime of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in a reception at Lotte Hotel in Seoul on Monday.Tunisia’s top diplomat here lauded the two events as milestones for his nation struggling to overcome civil unrest two years after Tunisian youth ousted Ben Ali from power, sending the octogenarian into e
March 31, 2013
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Foreign envoys discuss report on human development
A panel of foreign envoys, government officials and experts on development issues will discuss the recent findings of a United Nations report on human development at Korea University on April 4.Bangladeshi Ambassador to Korea Enamul Kabir and Chilean Ambassador Hernan Brantes are expected to join government officials and experts from civil society to discuss the “Global Human Development Report 2013: The Rise of the South.” A profound shift has taken place in the global south, in part driven by
March 31, 2013
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Silicon Valley in the Andes
With Korea as a strategic partner, Ecuador is poised to embark on its most ambitious infrastructure project ever, a so-called “city of knowledge” on the edge of the Amazon Rainforest.Yachay, which means “to learn” in the indigenous Quechuan language, will become a hybrid urban center, with equal parts science and technology cluster, free economic zone and educational complex.Minister of Knowledge and Human Talent Augusto Espinosa, who arrived in Korea on Monday for a week of consultations and me
March 31, 2013
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Park names diplomat, key aides as ambassadors
President Park Geun-hye tapped former first Vice Foreign Minister Ahn Ho-young as South Korea’s ambassador to the U.S. and former three-term Saenuri Party lawmaker Kwon Young-se as ambassador to China, Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday. As her chief envoy to Japan, Park named Lee Byung-gi, adviser to the Youido Institute, the ruling party’s think tank. She decided to retain the current ambassador to Moscow, Wi Sung-lac, and incumbent envoy to the U.N., Kim Sook, The three new diplomats would be offici
March 31, 2013
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Park touts expanded peaceful use of atomic energy
President Park Geun-hye asked Friday for U.S. congressional support for South Korea to expand its “peaceful use” of atomic energy, her spokeswoman said, as the two nations are in talks over Seoul’s demand for the right to reprocess spent nuclear fuel.Park made the remark when she met with Bob Corker, the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, saying she hopes an expiring nuclear accord between the two countries will be revised in an advanced way, according to spokeswoman
March 29, 2013
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Park ditches ‘green growth’ in environmental policy shift
Korea has been credited with establishing “green growth” as an international goal. Former President Lee Myung-bak touted it as the next big thing, harmonizing environmental protection and economic development.A slew of projects, including a river restoration, were pushed in its name and Korea carved its place in the international community by bridging rich and poor countries whose priorities clashed. Like many of his policies, however, “green growth” is now at risk of sinking into obscurity, as
March 28, 2013
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Nukes of both Koreas on agenda in major disarmament forum
An upcoming forum will address one of the most contentious issue between South Korea and the United States -- whether Seoul should develop its own nuclear weapons.The North Korean nuclear crisis will also be discussed at the 2013 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference, set to begin April 8 for a two-day run.The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will participate in the event, which will include a session on a renewed call in South Korea for "nuclear sovereignty," acc
March 28, 2013