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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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U.S. to replace top negotiator in nuclear talks with S. Korea
The U.S. State Department confirmed Tuesday that it is replacing Washington's top negotiator in the thorny talks with South Korea on their civilian nuclear cooperation."We can confirm that Special Advisor Robert Einhorn is leaving the State Department," a department official told Yonhap News Agency, requesting anonymity.Over the past two years, Einhorn, the department's nonproliferation czar, has led U.S. negotiations with South Korea on revising their accord on nuclear energy."Assistant Secreta
May 29, 2013
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Seoul names new chief nuclear negotiator
Ambassador to Australia Cho Tae-yong was appointed Monday new chief envoy to the stalled six-nation talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea.Cho, 57, will replace Lim Sung-nam as the Foreign Ministry’s special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs. Lim has been named South Korea’s ambassador to Britain. Since his 1980 entry to the ministry, Cho has resumed various key positions including chief of protocol, ambassador to Ireland, special advisor to the minister, director
May 27, 2013
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Lawmakers visit Japan over imperialist remarks
Four South Korean woman lawmakers visited Japan Monday to protest against nationalistic politicians for their allegations that the country was justified in using foreign sex slaves during World War II.Ruling Saenuri Party Reps. Kim Hee-jung, Ryu Ji-young and Kim Hyun-sook, and Rep. You Seung-hee of the main opposition Democratic Party arrived in Tokyo for a three-day visit to deliver letters of protest to Japanese lawmakers and civic groups.All four lawmakers serve on the parliamentary committee
May 27, 2013
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Seoul pushes trilateral talks with U.S., China
South Korea is pushing for a three-way strategic dialogue with the U.S. and China next month as part of its efforts to step up policy coordination over North Korea and other regional issues, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Monday.Seoul and Canberra will also launch their first joint meeting of foreign and defense ministers on July 4 to reinforce their security cooperation and middle power diplomacy. The trilateral consultation was a core component of President Park Geun-hye’s foreign policy p
May 27, 2013
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Tokyo protests Japanese scholars’ Dokdo visit
BUSAN (Yonhap News) ― Two Japanese scholars said Saturday that they have been warned by their government in Tokyo for visiting South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo, to which Japan has also laid claims.Norio Kuboi, a former professor at Momoyama Gakuin University, Yoshihiro Kuroda, a former lecturer at the Kobe Shoin Women’s University in Osaka, and another Japanese made the visit to Dokdo on Thursday where they declared the islets Korean territory. Right after the trip, the scholars said th
May 26, 2013
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Envoys celebrate 50 years of African unity
Fifty years ago, African countries ― many of which newly wrested their independence from European colonial rule, came together to form the Organization of African Unity. Now called the African Union, the regional body officially celebrated on Saturday the 50th anniversary of its establishment ― and the group had a lot to celebrate.Economically, African countries have for years posted the fastest growth rates in the world. Politically, there are fewer civil conflicts on the continent and more dem
May 26, 2013
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CICI gives award to Panamanian envoy for sharing Kuna artwork
Panamanian Ambassador to Korea Aram B. Cisneros Naylor was awarded this year’s CQ Culture Prize for sharing the artwork of the Central American nation’s native Kuna people. “Tonight’s event is the result of our growing friendship with CICI,” said Cisneros during an elegant “graduation” reception organized by the Corea Image Communication Institute at the Banyan Tree Club and Spa on Tuesday.“Building friendships between organizations and countries is similar to people building a friendship,” he s
May 26, 2013
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Slovakia promotes spa towns as travel destinations
Slovakia is known in Korea as the “Detroit of Europe,” a hub of manufacturing for global car companies such as Kia Motors.Less known here is the Central European nation’s rich tradition in mineral springs and spa resort towns. Some 1,800 mineral springs and 24 historic spa towns pepper the small country of 5.5 million people.The Slovak Embassy pitched their rich spa tradition to an audience of travel agents and journalists during a reception at the chancery on Thursday.Three spa towns ― Piestany
May 26, 2013
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Queen’s birthday marks strong Korea-U.K. relations
The British Embassy in Korea commemorated 130 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and the United Kingdom during celebrations for the Queen’s Official Birthday, which celebrates Britain’s reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II, at the ambassador’s residence in downtown Seoul on Thursday.More than 500 guests from business, politics and the media gathered to network and honor the Korea-U.K. partnership at this year’s event, the embassy said in a press statement.“Today, as we honor the Queen an
May 26, 2013
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French Korean War veterans mark 60 years of armistice
A French delegation of 19 people including nine veterans arrive in Korea on Monday as part of events organized to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement that halted the Korean War, including the inauguration of a French monument in Suwon. The group’s five-day visit here comes at the invitation of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs and is led by Patrick Beaudouin, president of the National Association of Veterans of the U.N. French Forces.The veterans will attend a
May 26, 2013
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Canada: Qatar gives up bid to relocate U.N. agency
TORONTO (AP) -- Qatar has abandoned its bid to relocate the United Nations civil aviation agency from Canada to the tiny emirate, ending a bitter fight between the two nations, both countries said Friday.Canada had accused Qatar, which has been trying to burnish its international presence, of trying to buy the U.N. agency located in Montreal. Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said he received a call from Qatar's prime minister on Thursday."I'm going to be generous. I appreciate the call," Bai
May 25, 2013
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U.S. push on Myanmar enters new phase
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- After a landmark visit by Myanmar's leader, the United States is looking to a new phase of greater cooperation to encourage reform with the former pariah state as it runs out of major symbolic steps.President Thein Sein, a former general who startled observers by ushering in a wave of change when he took office in 2011, met with President Barack Obama on a four-day trip that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago.In a sign of growing normalization, Senate Republica
May 25, 2013
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‘FTA with Canada will boost energy security’
With Korea’s ever-growing thirst for energy, a free trade pact with Canada will help diversify the country’s supply lines and expand access to the North American nation’s vast resources reserves, the ambassador to Canada said Wednesday. Seoul and Ottawa launched negotiations for a free trade agreement in 2005 but remain at odds chiefly over agricultural products such as beef and pork, and industrial items including cars. Ambassador Cho Hee-yong expressed hopes for a breakthrough this year, which
May 24, 2013
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Ex-S. Korean sex slaves cancel meeting with Japan mayor
Two elderly South Korean women forced by Japan into sex slavery during World War II said Friday they canceled a meeting with a Japanese mayor, fearing they only could be used for the mayor's political show to whitewash his inappropriate remarks toward former sex slaves.The two victims -- 87-year-old Kim Bok-dong and 84-year-old Kil Won-ok -- planned to meet Toru Hashimoto, Osaka's mayor and co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, at his office Friday morning as part of their tour of Japan to t
May 24, 2013
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S. Korea, China in talks to set up Park's visit for late June: official
South Korea is in talks with China to set up a summit between President Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping for late June, the presidential spokeswoman said Wednesday.China will be Park's second overseas trip since taking office in February. In early May, she visited the United States and held summit talks with President Barack Obama where they reaffirmed that the two countries are firmly united against threats from North Korea. "South Korea and China are undertaking discussions about
May 22, 2013
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Park orders efforts to draw overseas support for ‘trustpolitik’
President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday instructed Korea’s diplomatic mission chiefs to help drum up international support for her vision for peace and cooperation on the peninsula and in Northeast Asia. “It’s important to secure cooperation from each country which is crucial to building the foundation for a peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula,” she told an annual meeting of 122 ambassadors and consul generals. “Our overseas diplomatic missions should take on a leading role in gaining supp
May 21, 2013
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Korea slams Abe’s defense of shrine visit
Korea on Monday slammed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s defense of political leaders’ visits to the country’s controversial war shrine, reiterating its demand that Japan correct its understanding of history. In an interview with the Foreign Affairs magazine, Abe likened the Yasukuni Shrine to a military cemetery just outside Washington, saying it will be “quite natural” for him to commemorate the deceased veterans. The Arlington National Cemetery is home to some 400,000 fallen U.S. troops f
May 20, 2013
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[Photo News] Overseas mission meeting
May 20, 2013
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S. Korea, Russia in talks for summit in fall
South Korea and Russia are in talks for a summit meeting later this year on the sidelines of a multinational conference in the Eurasian country, Seoul’s ambassador to Moscow said Sunday.Wi Sung-lac, the South Korean ambassador to Russia, told reporters that the G20 Summit, scheduled for Sept. 5-6 in Saint Petersburg, may serve as an opportunity to set up the first summit talks between South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.“We’re discussing the schedule
May 19, 2013
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Uruguay showcases beef in export promotion drive
Uruguay is well-known for soccer ― the country’s national team are reigning world champions, and for tango, but the South American nation is perhaps equally passionate about barbecue steak.The Uruguayan Embassy and the South American country’s National Meat Institute promoted the country’s love of dinning on grilled steaks at a tasting showcasing Uruguayan beef at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul on May 10. “Uruguay’s premium quality beef is among world’s best, blessed with its climate and terrain
May 19, 2013
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