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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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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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NK troops disguised as 'indigenous' people in Far East for combat against Ukraine: report
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Opposition leader awaits perjury trial ruling
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Korea, India agree on prisoner pact
An agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons came into effect between India and South Korea, continuing a string of judicial agreements between the two countries.The agreement to deport each other’s citizens so that they may stand trial and imprisonment in their respective countries came into effect on June 18.India Ambassador Vishnu Prakash and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s director general of international legal affairs held an exchange of instruments of ratification on the
June 24, 2012
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Morocco, Korea celebrate 50 years of ties
The Korea-Arab Society held its fifth annual Arab Cultural Festival on Tuesday, coinciding with Korea and Morocco’s 50 years of diplomatic ties.The festival featured performances by the Moroccan Orchestra Chabab Al Andalous offering Korean people a chance to experience Moroccan Andalusian music.Kim Sung-hwan, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade applauded the festival for “deepening mutual understanding,” and “strengthening the ties of friendship between Koreans and Arabs.” Moroccan Ambassador
June 24, 2012
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Spanish language day enjoyed at Expo
Attendees of the Yeosu Expo enjoyed the world’s fair “en Espanol” this weekend as Spanish-speaking nations celebrated their language in Korea. The Spanish and the 15 Latin American pavilions participating in the Expo hosted a range of events from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday to celebrate the Day of the Spanish language in the Republic of Korea. The event was organized jointly with the Aula Cervantes of Seoul and Accion Cultural Espanola in order to promote and spread the Spanish language in Korea.
June 24, 2012
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Czech literature celebrated in Korea
The Czech Embassy has held an event to show that there is more to the European nation’s literary riches than Franz Kafka and Milan Kundera. The reading at the COEX Seoul International Book Fair on Thursday focused on three authors whose books have been translated into Korean.Excerpts from books by Jan Neruda, Karel Capek and Martin Harnicek were read at the event at Seoul’s COEX center. Neruda is a narrator of tales of 19th century gothic Prague as yet unknown to Korean public. Excerpts from his
June 24, 2012
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Wives enjoy Pakistani hospitality
Spouses of ambassadors and Korean senior government officials enjoyed the colors of “Vibrant Paksitan” through a documentary, and models wearing the country’s dress at a recent get-together. The head of the Seoul International Women’s Association also joined them to enjoy sumptuous Pakistani cuisine and experienced traditional Hinna, which is put on the hands of Pakistani brides and is also used during religious festivals such as Eid. This edition of the monthy diplomatic spouses’ meeting was ho
June 24, 2012
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British ambassador shares advice on branding a nation
The British Embassy is trying to shift Koreans’ perception of the country away from seeing it as just a nation of rain and gentlemen. U.K. Ambassador Scott Wightman shared some secrets on nation branding at a lecture in Seoul on Thursday. The ambassador said that a key part of his embassy’s work was addressing some outdated ideas held in Korea about the U.K. A recent survey found that the perceptions of people here tended to be “positive but old-fashioned.”“My aim is to change perceptions here s
June 24, 2012
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Bangladeshi envoy to leave Korea for France
Bangladeshi Ambassador Shahidul Islam is soon to leave Korea, but he has done much to boost relations between the two countries during his time here. While the ambassador said he would miss Korea, friends and bibimbap as he sets off in July for his new posting as ambassador to France, he said he was happy with the friendship that had grown in his more than four years in the posting.He and his wife Jesmeen held a reception at his official residence in Songbuk-dong on Thursday ahead of their leavi
June 24, 2012
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Video contest on ‘What America means to you’
The U.S. Embassy is hosting a video contest to find out what America means to people in Korea. Creative types are invited to film short clips showing what the U.S. represents to them, whether it be New York, Lady Gaga or the Titanic.Entrants are invited to use their creativity to portray their impressions of America in a 30-second video, addressing any U.S.-related topic including dance, art, culture, business or movies. Ambassador Sung Kim and the U.S. Embassy’s social media team will select tw
June 24, 2012
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ASEAN offers seminar series for travel lovers
The ASEAN-Korea Center presents the third series of its Browngbag Seminar with the first lecture slated for Tuesday.The seminar aims to present a better understanding of tourism in the ASEAN region for the general public. This year’s series will be catered especially to those looking to travel to Southeast Asian countries. Over the course of ten lectures, embassy and national tourism organization officials from the ten countries will introduce their countries through the “ASEAN Insight: Popular
June 24, 2012
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Celebrating South Korea-U.S. alliance
Korean and U.S. dignitaries gathered in Seoul on Thursday to honor the service of U.S. troops stationed in Korea.The Korea America Friendship Society held its annual dinner party, the Korea America Friendship Night, to celebrate its 21st anniversary and honor servicemen going above and beyond their call of duty.The nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the Korea-U.S. relationship presented its annual awards to five U.S. military personnel for their contributions to enhancing the six-deca
June 24, 2012
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Lee arrives in Colombia to push for FTA, pay tribute to wartime ally
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Colombia on Saturday to make a final push for a free trade deal between the two countries and to pay tribute to the nation for fighting alongside the South during the Korean War.South Korea and Colombia are in the final stages of free trade talks and Lee's trip is expected to provide the negotiations with important momentum, officials have said. That
June 24, 2012
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Tokyo’s nuclear move worries neighbors
Japan’s recent amendment to its atomic energy law is rekindling fears about its formidable nuclear and missile technologies that experts say could quickly turn it into an atomic weapons power. Its parliament on Wednesday passed the revision to the Atomic Energy Basic Act including “national security” among its goals. The revision was the first in 34 years.“The safe use of atomic power is aimed at contributing to the protection of the people’s life, health and property, environmental conservation
June 22, 2012
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S. Korea, Russia agree to boost meteorological cooperation
South Korea and Russia agreed Friday to strengthen meteorological cooperation for the upcoming Winter Olympics that the two countries will host separately in 2014 and 2018, South Korea's weather agency said.Under the agreement, the two sides will share technology related to making weather forecasts, exchange meteorological experts and jointly take part in international programs seeking to boost me
June 22, 2012
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S. Korea, Chile agree to expand mining, energy cooperation
South Korea and Chile agreed to expand mining and energy cooperation that can help ensure better use of important natural resources, the government said Friday.The Ministry of Knowledge Economy said that under the memorandum of understanding reached in Santiago, both sides concurred on the need for joint exploration of resources, sharing information on development projects and technological exchan
June 22, 2012
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Japan’s law revision fans concerns over nuclear development
Japan has rewritten the basic law on atomic energy to include “national security” among its goals, fueling concerns over the possibility of using nuclear power for military purposes.The first amendment in 34 years of the Atomic Energy Basic Act, a regulatory and institutional roadmap for its nuclear activities, invited criticism from Japan’s anti-nuclear scientists and civic activists. “The safe use of atomic power is aimed at contributing to the protection of the people’s lives, health and prop
June 21, 2012
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Lee, Gillard vow to work on GGGI
Korea, Australia agree to cooperate to develop green growth think tankRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Yonhap News) ― South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard agreed Wednesday to work closely together to further develop a Seoul-based think tank on green growth, the presidential office said.The two leaders met here on the sidelines of a U.N. sustainable development conference, known as the “Rio+20” summit, where Lee made a strong pitch for green growth as a soluti
June 21, 2012
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Lee, Gillard pledge closer cooperation on green growth think tank
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil –- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard agreed Wednesday to work closely together to further develop a Seoul-based think tank on green growth, the presidential office said.The two leaders met here on the sidelines of a U.N. sustainable development conference, known as the "Rio+20" summit, where Lee made a strong pitch for green gro
June 21, 2012
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[Han Dong-man] Beginnings of green growth showing in Rio
Twenty years ago in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hosted the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development, better known as the “Earth Summit.” The concept of sustainable development was reconfirmed in Rio to be handed down to future generations after its first introduction by the Brundtland Commission in 1987. After two decades, we are back in Rio to celebrate its twentieth anniversary and build on its legacy.A total of 122 heads of states are here in Rio with delegations from 189 countries. Their pu
June 20, 2012
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Lee urges eurozone to make ‘excruciating’ efforts on crisis
President Lee Myung-bak made an urgent appeal to the crisis-mired eurozone Monday to make “excruciating” efforts and come up with fundamental solutions to its debt problems, saying the crisis is threatening to hurt economies beyond the single-currency bloc.“The crisis in Europe is affecting the entire world, of course including South Korea,” Lee said during the first session of the Group of 20 summit in Mexico’s resort city of Los Cabos, “I once again urge directly concerned eurozone nations to
June 19, 2012
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Korea, Canada agree to resume FTA talks
LOS CABOS, Mexico (Yonhap News) ― President Lee Myung-bak and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed Monday to resume stalled free trade talks between the two countries this year.The two leaders reached the agreement during a meeting on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of 20 major economies in Mexico’s resort city of Los Cabos, sharing a need to further boost trade and investment between the two countries.South Korea and Canada launched free trade talks in 2005, but the negotiations
June 19, 2012
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