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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, Mexico to resume FTA talks
Leaders agree to restart by September negotiations stalled since 2008LOS CABOS, Mexico (Yonhap News) ― South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed Sunday to resume stalled negotiations on a free trade agreement between their countries this year, an official said.The two leaders reached the agreement during summit talks held after Lee arrived in the Mexican resort city of Los Cabos for a summit of the Group of 20 major economies, set for Monday and Tuesday.So
June 18, 2012
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Asylum applicants in S. Korea more than doubled in 2011: U.N. report
The number of foreigners who sought asylum claims in South Korea more than doubled last year, compared with the previous year, but Seoul was still reluctant to grant them refugee status, the United Nations' refugee agency said Monday. South Korea received a total of 1,010 asylum applications last year, up 135 percent from 430 claims in 2010, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said in an annua
June 18, 2012
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Foreign Minister Kim hails Korea-U.S. ‘value alliance’
LOS ANGELES (Yonhap News) ― The long-standing close partnership between South Korea and the United States has moved beyond the security and economic realms and has evolved into an alliance of shared values, Seoul’s top diplomat said Friday.In a speech given at the World Affairs Council (WAC) in Los Angeles, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said the two countries should now work together on how best to handle global issues.He said initially, bilateral ties were centered on security issues, but have
June 17, 2012
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Asia speaks on post-2015 development
Experts from Asian nations came together in Seoul last week to discuss priorities for the world’s future development agenda. The Korea Development Institute and the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre held a conference on June 13 to bring together experts from 13 Asian countries to gain their perspectives on development priorities post-2015. The event co-sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Korea University aimed to address the post-2015 agenda, as this is when the current global development fr
June 17, 2012
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Ukraine to host soccer final
The Ukrainian Embassy has held a reception in Seoul to celebrate its upcoming hosting of this year’s UEFA European Football Championship. The country is co-hosting the Euro 2012 final along with Poland from June 8-July 1. “(The) holding of the European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine is a milestone event not only in terms of sport but also in terms of development of the two countries,” Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Marmazov said. “Euro 2012 is a good opportunity to show Ukraine to the w
June 17, 2012
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Former envoy carries torch for Samsung
The former British Ambassador to Seoul has carried the Olympic torch on behalf of a Korean company. Martin Uden had been invited to carry the torch by Samsung while he was still ambassador here.About 8,000 people are carrying the torch to cover a distance of about 8,000 miles throughout the U.K. for the relay from May 19 ― July 27 ahead of the London Summer Olympics. Uden carried the torch through the Knotty Ash area of Liverpool in England earlier this month. “We were certainly lucky that the w
June 17, 2012
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Omani students visit Korea
Outstanding students from Oman have rounded up a tour of Korea and participated in the Yeosu Expo. The Omani Embassy welcomed the 40 students from various colleges at the Sultan Qaboos University for their trip here from June 3 ― 17. About 20 of the students participated in the activities of the Omani Day at the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea during their stay. The group also visited South Korean landmarks such as historical palaces and heritage villages as well as scientific and academic institutes. The
June 17, 2012
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Russia seeks stronger Korean partnership
Russian Ambassador Konstantin Vnukov has called on Korea’s new political administration to implement a strategic partnership with Russia. The ambassador said he wanted the two countries to cooperate further during his speech given at a celebration of the national Day of Russia on June 12. He reported that returning Russian president Vladimir Putin had named Korea a key country in the Asia-Pacific region in his first foreign policy decree on May 7, urging for stronger ties between the two countri
June 17, 2012
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Web project reveals Korean-Irish history
An online history project by the Irish Embassy has pushed back the date of the country’s first known engagement with Korea to 1871. The embassy published what it knew about Ireland’s early involvement in Korea on its website and invited readers to submit additional information to the living history project. And Irish Ambassador Eamonn McKee has discovered that the leader of the first Irish people to visit the peninsula was a distant forbearer of his. He discovered that Colonel Hugh McKee came o
June 17, 2012
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Georgia hosts forum to attract Korean investors
Korea’s current economic cooperation with Georgia may be low, but the country’s Finance Minister Dimitri Gvindadze thinks it is about to grow dramatically.“It is a fast developing cooperation,” he said. “Only this year we opened our embassy in Seoul and we are going to establish business-to-business connections in the first place. I am personally very optimistic because if you look at the key Korean companies they are very busy trying to position themselves globally … I believe that Georgia can
June 17, 2012
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S. Korea, U.S. partnership has become 'value alliance: foreign minister
LOS ANGELES (Yonhap News) -- The long standing close partnership between South Korea and the United States has moved beyond the security and economic realms and has evolved into an alliance of shared values, Seoul's top diplomat said Friday.In a speech given at the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said the two countries should now work together on how best to ha
June 16, 2012
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GGGI to become international body
14 countries to sign treaty in Brazil next week; inaugural meeting set for OctoberThe Global Green Growth Institute created by the Korean government is set to transform into an international organization in October, Seoul officials said Thursday.Fourteen countries are scheduled to sign a treaty for the status change at the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro on June 20-22. They plan to hold the inaugural meeting in October here.The Seoul-based think tank was launched in
June 14, 2012
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Key senator backs Seoul on longer missile range
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Carl Levin, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday that he would not take issue with South Korea’s development of longer-range missiles if they are deployed in a “defensive and non-threatening” way.“If they want to do it in a non-threatening way, totally defensive way at its own expense, I don’t have any problem going on,” he said at the National Press Club.The two countries have been in consultations for the past few months as North Korea has co
June 13, 2012
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Koreans use unmanned immigration process at U.S. airports
South Korean travelers became able Tuesday to pass through U.S. airports without face-to-face interviews with immigration officials.The U.S. put the Smart Entry Service (SES) into operation for Koreans, making them eligible for automated immigration checks to save time and worries over a language barrier.The users are allowed to pass the unmanned immigration check points, called KIOSK, at 25 airpo
June 13, 2012
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Korea waived from U.S. sanctions on Iran oil but concerns linger
South Korea will be exempted from U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil but concerns persist as ongoing talks with the EU over its upcoming ban on insurance for ships carrying the crude remain deadlocked, industry officials and analysts said Tuesday.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that Korea and six other economies will receive a 6-month waiver, citing a “significant” reduction in crude imports from the Middle Eastern country. The other recipients are India, Turkey, Taiwan, South Afr
June 12, 2012
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Clinton to visit S. Korea early next month: source
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit South Korea early next month, a diplomatic source said Monday.Clinton's trip is mainly intended to participate in the "American Day" celebration on July 4 in the Yeosu Expo under way in the southern coastal city, added the source.The Expo, with the theme of "The Living Ocean and Coast," opened on May 12 for a three-month run.The U.S. and more than
June 12, 2012
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Seoul rebuffs Tokyo’s protest against statue of comfort woman
The Korean government on Sunday remained unwavering despite Tokyo’s ongoing protest against a memorial in Seoul dedicated to women who were forced into sex slavery during Japanese colonial rule. Japan has officially claimed that the “peace statue” in front of its embassy in Seoul breaches the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, an international treaty that outlines a framework for diplomacy, a report submitted to the Diet showed Saturday.The bronze statue was erected in December to mark t
June 10, 2012
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Kenyan culture celebrated in Seoul
Kenya’s minister for tourism said Korean tourists to his country would top 10,000 this year thanks to soon-to-begin direct flights between Nairobi and Incheon at an event celebrating Kenyan culture in Seoul on Friday.“Since the establishment of Kenya Korea diplomatic relations in 1964, cooperation between the two countries has grown from strength to strength with various agreements and MOUs already in place and others under negotiation,” Minister for Tourism Danson Mwazo told attendees of Kenya
June 10, 2012
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Filipinas invited to enter essay contest
The Philippine Embassy is inviting Filipino women married to Koreans to enter an essay writing contest to win up to 3 million won ($2,500). The competition has been organized by the Research Institute of Asian Women of Sookmyung Women’s University and the Korea Exchange Bank.Filipinas who are married and residing in Korea are invited to write on the theme of “My Life in Korea.”Divorcees or separated residents are also qualified to enter.The essay should be less than three pages of A4 paper long
June 10, 2012
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ASEAN culture fair shows off diverse cultures of SE Asia
Residents of Seoul and Yeosu were treated to a taste of the diverse cultures of South East Asia at the 2012 ASEAN Culture and Tourism Fair at the weekend.The fair, held simultaneously at D-Cube City in Seoul and the site of the Yeosu Expo on Saturday and Sunday, showcased the cultures of 10 ASEAN states including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. Booths provided travel and cultural information on each country, while musical and dance performances kept
June 10, 2012
