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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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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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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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Online ad on WSJ points out ’error’ in Apple and Google website
Online advertisements titled “Error in Apple?” and “Error in Google?” were posted on the Wall Street Journal’s website on Thursday. Located on the right side of the page, the advertisement asks the above questions with a red “click” button on the bottom. Clicking the button leads the viewers to a map of Korea and Japan with “East Sea” marked in between the two countries with a phrase saying, “For the last years, the body of water between Korea and Japan has been called the East Sea.” The adverti
Jan. 9, 2013
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‘Public diplomacy helps ease ‘Korea discount,’ regional tension’
When Kathleen Stephens came to Seoul in 2008 as U.S. ambassador, she started blogging about the host country in the local language and under her Korean name. She loved its traditional food and biking around the country. In one summer, she even went down to Jeju Island to pick abalones and octopuses along with female divers there.After three years, she had become one of the most beloved Americans here. Her approachability, professional enthusiasm and command of the local language have made many K
Jan. 8, 2013
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ASEAN, Korea foster youth networking
ASEAN-Korea Center chairman Chung Hae-moon hosted diplomats and young people representing Southeast Asia in a dinner reception that capped off a day-long cultural program for young people, Thursday.About 75 young people from Korea and Southeast Asian countries participated in a day full of cultural activities that aimed at boosting people-to-people exchanges in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, home to Korea’s traditional culture and historical sites.The day of cultural exchange was organized by ASEAN-K
Jan. 6, 2013
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Envoys cap 2012 with ambassadorial meet up
Ringing in the New Year requires champagne and fireworks for most people in the United States and in Korea, rather than staying up past midnight, it often means waking up before dawn and hiking to the top of a mountain to greet the New Year’s rising sun.For foreign envoys in Korea, however, it could mean something entirely unexpected.For some foreign envoys here, it is the time of year to head back to the home office and convene with their ambassadorial colleagues in an annual Foreign Ministry c
Jan. 6, 2013
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Slovakia, Korea mark close 20-year relationship
President Lee Myung-bak and Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic exchanged congratulatory messages in celebrating the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Lee remarked positively on the steady development of ties over the past 20 years and expressed gratitude for Slovak support for Seoul’s election as a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, which begins this year, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade press release. The two countries established diplomatic relations
Jan. 6, 2013
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EU envoy welcomes executive program
European Union Ambassador to Korea Tomasz Kozlowski welcomed new entrants of a program to enhance business ties between Europe and Korea during a reception at Yonsei University’s Sangnam Institute of Management, Friday.The program, dubbed the “Executive Training Programme” (ETP) was designed for executives from small- and medium-sized companies who want to develop exports and investment in Japan and Korea. ETP in Korea is in its 7th edition this year with some 15 executives to study Korean langu
Jan. 6, 2013
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Envoys promote peace in international beauty pageant
Foreign envoys participated in the promotion of world peace in the World Miss University beauty pageant at Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel, Seoul, on Dec. 11.Ambassadors from Paraguay, Poland and Slovakia participated with one foreign envoy, Uruguayan Ambassador to Korea Alba Florio Legnani participating as an official pageant judge.The World Miss University beauty pageant is an international event created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1986 to both celebrate and promote the U.N.’s “
Jan. 6, 2013
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FM says relations with Japan a 'big challenge' for S. Korea
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said Friday he remained cautious about the prospects of improving the strained ties with Japan, describing relations with Tokyo as a "big challenge" for Seoul this year. Kim made the remarks at a meeting with former diplomats hosted by the Korean Council on Foreign Relations, hours before he meets with a special envoy sent by Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to President-elect Park Geun-hye. "I would like to emphasize that we should develop a futu
Jan. 4, 2013
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Chinese arson suspect heads home
A Chinese arson suspect who was released from a Seoul prison after the court decided not to extradite him to Japan, left for home Friday, according to multiple Seoul sources.The South Korean court on Thursday rejected Japan's request to hand over Liu Qiang, 38, to be prosecuted for an alleged arson attack in 2011 at a controversial World War II shrine in Tokyo, saying that the crime he had committed was politically motivated.Liu departed for Shanghai, China on a 8:55 a.m. flight through Incheon
Jan. 4, 2013
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Court rejects Japan’s demand to hand over Chinese activist
A Seoul court on Thursday rejected Japan’s request to hand over a Chinese attacker of Japanese facilities in Seoul and Tokyo. Liu Qiang, 39, was immediately released and is expected to return to his homeland.He was sentenced to 10 months in jail for hurling four Molotov cocktails at the Japanese Embassy building in Seoul in January 2011. His term ended in November but remained in custody pending the court’s review of Japan’s request to repatriate him. He confessed to an arson attack in December
Jan. 3, 2013
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S. Korean diplomat in Saudi Arabia dies in apparent car accident
A South Korean diplomat in Saudi Arabia died earlier this week in an apparent car accident, a senior official at Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. The body of the consular official, who was only identified by his surname Kim, was found inside his car on Wednesday on a motorway in Riyadh, the Seoul official said on the condition of anonymity. "Local police are investigating into the exact cause of the apparent car accident," the official said. The consular official was working at the South
Jan. 3, 2013
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Kim’s address raises cautious optimism in Seoul
Seoul officials are cautiously optimistic after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signaled his willingness to prioritize economic revival and defuse tension with the South. Kim on Tuesday made the first verbal New Year’s address by a North Korean leader in 19 years.With economic recovery being the biggest task at hand, the Swiss-educated leader may try to mend ties with the incoming Park Geun-hye government for industrial cooperation and food handouts, analysts said.Seoul’s Unification Minister Yu
Jan. 2, 2013
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[Newsmaker] N.K. leader’s speech lacks fresh vision
The shadow of his grandfather loomed large when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave a much-trumpeted New Year’s speech on Tuesday, calling for economic growth and the defusing of tensions with the South. It was the first verbal New Year’s address made by a North Korean leader in 19 years. Kim made his maiden live speech on April 15 when Pyongyang held a massive celebration for the 100th anniversary of the birth of national founder and his grandfather Kim Il-sung. The late Kim delivered his own
Jan. 1, 2013
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Korea to spend W6b on public diplomacy
The Foreign Ministry plans to spend 6 billion won ($5.7 million) on public diplomacy efforts this year as it seeks to improve Korea’s image abroad and better protect national interests in growing diplomatic feuds with Japan.The 2013 budget approved by the National Assembly on Tuesday includes public diplomacy as a separate item in the government expenses for the first time. The ministry was allocated slightly less than 2 trillion won in the budget, up about 3.2 percent from last year.The newly a
Jan. 1, 2013
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S. Korea to join U.N. Security Council amid deadlock over N.K. rocket
NEW YORK/SEOUL (Yonhap News) ― South Korea could take a more active role in getting the United Nations Security Council to punish North Korea for its recent long-range rocket launch, diplomatic sources said Friday.South Korea is set to serve as a non-permanent member of the 15-nation Council for two years, beginning Jan. 1. The Council is the U.N.’s top decision-making body that can tighten sanctions on North Korea.Seoul, Washington and other nations condemned North Korea’s Dec. 12 rocket launch
Dec. 30, 2012
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S. Korea ranks third in visitor arrivals to ASEAN countries
South Korea ranked third in the number of outside visitors to Southeast Asian countries in 2011, tourism data showed Sunday, proving its clout in the region’s tourism sector.South Korean visitors to the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations totaled 3,862,009 last year, accounting for 4.7 percent of the total, data obtained from the Seoul-based ASEAN-Korea Center said.South Korea ranked behind only China and Australia, which sent 7.32 million and 3.93 million visitors,
Dec. 30, 2012
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Park faces tough diplomatic challenges
From the intensifying threat from North Korea to a festering feud with Japan, President-elect Park Geun-hye faces a string of foreign policy challenges which will put her much-touted doctrine of “trustpolitik” to an early test.The conservative politician will take office on Feb. 25 for a five-year term, inheriting a bleak diplomatic and security landscape bequeathed by incumbent Lee Myung-bak.Inter-Korean relations spiraled downward over the past five years due to Pyongyang’s arms buildup and Se
Dec. 30, 2012
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Korea, India celebrate 40 years of ties in New Year
The Indian Culture Centre in Seoul celebrated the first anniversary of its establishment in April this year, and Korea and India will mark their 40th year of diplomatic ties in 2013. The following is a Q&A with Indian Ambassador to Korea Vishnu Prakash:Korea Herald: It’s been over a year since the Indian Cultural Centre opened in Seoul. What was the idea behind starting it? How can we compare the ICC in Korea to ICCs in other countries?Vishnu Prakash: Our cultural ties go back two millennia to t
Dec. 30, 2012
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Swedish envoys work to free American held in N.K.
The last thing a European diplomat might expect from a foreign posting is to represent the United States.But that is exactly what Swedish envoys in North Korea do as part of their official duties. Now they are working around the clock to free an American citizen that North Korea finally confirmed on Dec. 21 it had detained.But Kenneth Bae, a 44-year-old Korean-American tour operator, is not likely to be released anytime soon, said Swedish Ambassador to South Korea Lars Danielsson. Danielsson sai
Dec. 30, 2012
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Georgia proffers signature wines
The Georgian Embassy here hosted an event featuring the country’s wine and brandy for prospective Korean importers and the foreign diplomatic community in response to a growing demand here for quaffs from the Caucasus.Georgian Ambassador to Korea Nikoloz Apkhazava also underscored the importance of his country’s wine to Georgian national identity during a tasting Thursday.“It is difficult to describe the importance of wine to Georgians. It is so tied up with our national identity,” Apkhazava sai
Dec. 30, 2012
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