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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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New Fifty Fifty off to strong start
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Assembly to review disputed appointment of national soccer team coach
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Arrival of fall calls for more outdoor festivals
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[Herald Review] 'Culinary Class Wars': fresh, creative survival show minus the drama
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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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Korea can benefit from India’s rise
India is looking to Korea for investment in a vast range of sectors, including construction, nuclear energy and defense, according to the Indian Ambassador in Seoul on Tuesday.Indian Ambassador Vishnu Prakash noted that after the CEPA came into effect in 2010, trade between the two countries has increased 70 percent.And it is believed that the number will only continue to grow in the future.“In the last year we traded $20.6 billion and we have been very encouraged by the response from both the b
July 15, 2012
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S. Korean consul general in Auckland suspended over ethical lapses
The foreign ministry has suspended a senior diplomat in Auckland from regular duties for alleged ethical lapses, a ministry official said Saturday. The consul general in Auckland, whose name was withheld, was called home on June 15 after being accused of engaging in a scuffle with a fellow Korean official posted in New Zealand and sexually harassing female embassy staff. The ministry will hold
July 15, 2012
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Korea to set up US$1 mln aid fund for Southeast Asian countries
Korea will set up an aid fund worth US$1 million to support development projects in five Southeast Asian countries, a foreign ministry official said Saturday.The fund, the amount of which will be gradually increased, will be run separately from South Korea's bilateral official development assistance to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, he said.The official said the deal was reached in Phnom Pen
July 14, 2012
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Well-known Afghan commander among 20 dead in blast
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday in a wedding hall in northern Afghanistan, killing more than 20 people including a well-known commander in an attack that deals a setback to efforts to unify the nation's ethnic factions, Afghan officials said.Ahmad Khan Samangani, an ethnic Uzbek who is also a member of parliament, was welcoming guests to his daughter's wedding when
July 14, 2012
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Honduran journalist shot dead, 21st in three years
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) -- A journalist has been shot dead inHonduras, in the 21st deadly attack on the media in the violence-wracked Central American country in the past three years, a press watchdog said Friday.Adonis Felipe Bueso Gutierrez, 24, was leaving an Internet cafe in the northern city of Villanueva with two cousins on July 8 when he was shot, said Longino Becerra of the Committee for Freedo
July 14, 2012
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S. Korea willing to mull change of words for 'comfort women'
South Korea intends to consider using the term "sex slaves" to describe women who were forced to serve in Japanese military brothels in World War II, Seoul's top diplomat said Friday.South Korean victims have long been euphemistically called "comfort woman."South Korea is "willing to consider" changing the wording to sex slaves, South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said in a parliamentary s
July 13, 2012
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China may release S. Korean activists
A senior Foreign Ministry official said Friday that China is likely to free four South Korean activists it held for more than three months. Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan met Meng Jianzhu, China’s police chief and state councilor, in Seoul and requested the release of Kim Young-hwan and three other anti-North Korea crusaders. “Yang responded that he is taking serious consideration in light of the two countries’ ties,” the official told reporters on customary condition of anonymity.“They did not
July 13, 2012
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S. Korea, U.S., Japan move closer to building trilateral alliance
PHNOM PENH (Yonhap News) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan announced Thursday the establishment of a three-way security consultative body, laying the groundwork to build a trilateral alliance in the face of North Korean aggression.The announcement was made after South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gem
July 12, 2012
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S. Korea mulls partial withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
South Korea is considering withdrawing at least some of its troops protecting aid workers in Afghanistan, government officials said Thursday.One official said the mission for the unit, called "Ashena," will be over at the end of this year, and other nations are also set to withdraw their forces from the war-ravaged country."We're looking into ways to pull out Ashena forces over several phases," th
July 12, 2012
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S. Korea set to open ASEAN diplomatic mission in Jakarta
PHNOM PENH (Yonhap News) -- South Korea will soon open a diplomatic mission dedicated to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta this year, as Asia's fourth-largest economy seeks to deepen economic ties with the 10-member regional bloc, Seoul officials said Wednesday.Vice Foreign Minister Kim Sung-han and foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations pledged to work closely together t
July 11, 2012
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Minister apologizes for mishandling Japan pact
Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan appeared before parliament Wednesday for questioning over the government’s mishandling of an unprecedented military pact with Japan.Kim’s appearance came at the first foreign affairs committee meeting of the new National Assembly, indicating the urgency of justifying an intelligence-sharing agreement with the country’s former colonial ruler.A public uproar over the Cabinet’s covert approval of the deal last month forced Seoul to abruptly postpone the accord’s signi
July 11, 2012
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U.S. not 'sandwiched' between Korea, Japan: Stephens
Kathleen Stephens, an iconic figure in recent South Korea-U.S. ties, emphasized Wednesday that Washington's alliances with Seoul and Tokyo are not a zero-sum game.Japan's gain does not have to be Korea's loss, or vice versa, she said.She dismissed a view that the U.S. is sandwiched between Japan, apparently seeking to expand the role of its self-defense forces, and South Korea, which remains wary of Japan's possible return to military imperialism."I think what has held true for a long time is st
July 11, 2012
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N.K., Chinese ministers meet at ASEAN forum
PHNOM PENH (Yonhap News) ― Top diplomats of North Korea and China held talks on Wednesday, as South Korean officials suggested Beijing may increase pressure on Pyongyang to curb its belligerent behavior and ease tension on the Korean Peninsula. North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun met his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum in Cambodia, to be hosted by the 10-member bloc starting Thursday. Pak did not speak with reporters after
July 11, 2012
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Tokyo spearheads protests against monuments for Korean women: source
The Japanese government has ordered its diplomats in the U.S. to step up efforts to block the erection of monuments here for Korean women forced to serve as sex slaves for Japan's imperialist troops during World War II, a source said Tuesday.Japan's foreign ministry has "directed its Consul General in New York to actively protest monuments to comfort women being erected by Korean-American groups h
July 11, 2012
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‘Korea should make greater investment in continental shelf’
Korea should ramp up efforts to defend its interests in the continental shelf that promises access to vast seabed resources and opportunities for scientific discovery, Park Yong-ahn, vice chairman of the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, said. The professor emeritus of oceanography at Seoul National University was reelected to the New York-based body in June for his fourth five-year term. The agency was established in 1997 to facilitate the U.N. Convention of the Law of the
July 10, 2012
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Korea, China, Japan in race over continental shelves
Three neighbors jockeying for control of huge oil, gas, mineral reserves in East China SeaThe East China Sea has been contested for decades by South Korea, China and Japan, all seeking to tap huge oil, gas and mineral reserves believed be buried under the seabed. With their extended continental shelves overlapping in the northeastern part of the ocean, the Asian powers are laying formal claims with a U.N. body in charge of sea shelf carve-up.The three-way jousting recently took a twist. Seoul an
July 10, 2012
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Korea, China agree on joint maritime claim against Japan
Working-level officials from South Korea and China have already agreed to submit a joint claim to an extended portion of continental shelf to a U.N. body to counter Japan’s increasing maritime assertiveness, a source with close knowledge of the matter told The Korea Herald. The two countries have been preparing formal documents to present to the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. They filed their respective preliminary reports in May 2009, maintaining that their continental
July 8, 2012
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Stronger tourism ties between ASEAN, Korea
The ASEAN-Korea Centre and the Korea Tourism Organization agreed on July 2 to hold joint ventures in tourism between the two regions.The agreement is expected to strengthen tourism ties and cultural exchanges in the area.The two organizations have agreed to share information and contacts for tourism of the 10 nation ASEAN region, and collaborate on projects for development strategies between Korea and ASEAN.The agreement also outlined plans to engage with conferences and international organizati
July 8, 2012
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Indian Embassy seeks cultural exchanges
The Indian Embassy hosted heads of tourism and airlines at the Indian Residence to promote exchanges between the two countries, in Seoul on Thursday.“The reason it (cultural exchanges) is important is that India and Korea are two ancient civilizations and I think there is a lot that we have to offer each other,” said Indian Ambassador Vishnu Prakash.For the ambassador, there is no better way to promote cultural exchanges than through tourism. “I’m so happy that with the growing relationship incl
July 8, 2012
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UAE publication for investors
The United Arab Emirates has published a book to answer questions from investors planning to do business there. The new book from the UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade is available in Korean at the country’s embassy in Seoul. The book “WHY UAE” gives information on the country’s business-friendly, open and diversified economy as well as the advantages of the strategic geographical location of the country. It outlines what opportunities the UAE offers to potential foreign investors and businessmen, i
July 8, 2012