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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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Three new Japanese textbooks claim Dokdo
By Kim Yoon-miThe Japanese government on Wednesday approved three new high school textbooks in the latest round of screenings that claim Dokdo as Japanese territory, a move likely to spark a strong protest from the Korean government.The Japanese education ministry announced the first results of the textbook screenings, which are running from 2012-2014 as part of the country’s 2008 and 2009 programs to enhance territory-related education in its schools.Dokdo still remains a thorny issue between K
March 27, 2012
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Japanese P.M. tells N. Korea to cancel rocket launch
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda called Tuesday for North Korea to cancel its planned rocket launch, telling world leaders at a nuclear security summit the move violated U.N. resolutions.“North Korea‘s launch of a missile under the guise of ’a satellite‘... is against the non-proliferation efforts of the international community and would be a violation of relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions,” Noda said, according to an English version of his speech given to reporters.“As such, the i
March 27, 2012
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U.S., Europe radioisotope producers to cut HEU use
The U.S., Belgium, France and the Netherlands announced Monday that they agreed to enhance cooperation in minimizing the use of highly enriched uranium in producing medical isotopes.Medical isotopes refer to radioactive materials used for medical purposes such as imaging organs and tumors, and HEU is their material of origin. Under the agreement the four countries will collaborate in developing non-HEU-based production process to a level that stable supply of such materials is established by 201
March 26, 2012
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Experts urge leaders to think globally about nuclear security
Nuclear security experts have called on governments to look beyond state lines to tackle nuclear terrorism threats and disasters at a global level. Members of the Fissile Materials Working Group said it was time for states to look beyond their own individual commitments to the bigger picture as they moved on from the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit held on Monday and Tuesday. “Nations are responsible, but they also have an international obligation and how you match those two things up hasn’t bee
March 26, 2012
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Leaders share progress made since 2010 Washington summit
Leaders of 53 countries and four international organizations attending the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit on Monday shared progress in nuclear security since the 2010 Washington summit, South Korea’s spokesperson for the Seoul summit said.The two-day summit, the second of its kind, kicked off on Monday afternoon at COEX in southern Seoul where South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held a welcoming reception for his counterparts to greet them one by one. They included U.S. President Barack Oba
March 26, 2012
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Obama meets Hu after blunt words on N.K.
U.S. President Barack Obama met his Chinese counterpart Monday for talks to focus on North Korea’s upcoming rocket launch, a day after a blunt appeal to Beijing to get tougher with Pyongyang. Obama and President Hu Jintao held talks before the start of a nuclear terrorism summit in South Korea which has been overshadowed by the North’s planned launch in mid-April. Obama told Hu in introductory remarks the situation in North Korea and Iran is “of great importance to us,” and that China and the Un
March 26, 2012
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Japan’s Noda urges N. Korea to cancel rocket launch
TOKYO (Yonhap News) ― Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda urged North Korea on Monday to drop a plan to launch a long-range rocket next month, saying the North’s maneuver will undermine peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.“If North Korea goes ahead with the rocket launch, it will retreat efforts to resolve relevant issues through dialogue,” Noda said in a written interview with Korean correspondents ahead of an international summit on nuclear security in Seoul.“The rocket launch plan
March 26, 2012
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Korea’s contribution to the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit
The following article was contributed by Jun Bong-geun, professor and director at the Center for Nonproliferation and Security, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, on the occasion of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. ― Ed.The 2012 Nuclear Security Summit is being held in Seoul. Fifty-eight world leaders from 53 states and four international organizations, including the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, the European Union and INTERPOL, have participated in the Summit. It is
March 26, 2012
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Nuclear security diplomacy: A creative multilateral effort
The following article was contributed by Masood Khan, Sherpa of Pakistan for the Nuclear Security Summit, on the occasion of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. ― Ed.In April 2009, President Barack Obama announced that the United States would host a Global Summit on Nuclear Security within the next year. Since then, nuclear security diplomacy has assumed a distinct character and created a new deliberative process. The objective of this newly energized diplomacy is to enhance nuclear security
March 26, 2012
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China promises to try to dissuade N. K. from rocket launch
China promised Monday to try to dissuade North Korea from its planned long-range rocket launch, expressing "deep concern" that the move could have negative effects on peace on the Korean Peninsula and efforts to resume six-party nuclear talks, an official said.Chinese officials made the remarks duri
March 26, 2012
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National commitments key to summit success
Discussions to center on HEU minimization, international convention ratification, financial contributionsThe Nuclear Security Summit, first held in Washington in 2010, takes its origin in U.S. security strategies to prevent nuclear terrorism. Since taking office in 2009, U.S. President Obama has tackled global threats stemming from nuclear terrorism in a multilateral scheme.During his speech in Prague in April 2009, Obama singled out nuclear terrorism as the most serious threat to international
March 25, 2012
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Nuclear experts discuss threats, challenges, solutions
Hundreds of nuclear security experts stressed the dangers of nuclear threats in Seoul and discussed a variety of solutions for overcoming challenges in securing fissile materials two days before South Korea kicked off the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.The nine-hour Seoul Nuclear Security Symposium began with a keynote speech by Graham Allison, director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, who wrote “Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Cat
March 25, 2012
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Nation revives spirit of Pakistan Movement
The following is a message from Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.March 23 is a landmark day in the history of Pakistan when the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent adopted the historic Lahore Resolution put forth by A.K. Fazal-e-Haq on March 23, 1940 at the famous Minto Park (now Minar-e-Pakistan. This resolution at the 27th annual meeting of the All-India Muslim League provided the Muslims with an ideal, and united them in the
March 25, 2012
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Pakistan, Korea promote bilateral relations
The following is a message from Shaukat Ali Mukadam, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.I would like to express my deepest appreciation and thanks to The Korea Herald for bringing out a supplement on the occasion of Pakistan Day for March 23. Korea has developed under the dynamic leadership of President Lee Myung-bak and Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik. Pakistan and Korea enjoy very cordial relations which are deep-rooted in history
March 25, 2012
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Pakistanis celebrate Pakistan Day
The following is the message from Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.Seventy-two years ago on this day the Muslims of the subcontinent formally committed through a Resolution to work for achieving a separate homeland for themselves. With the blessings of Allah and through the heroic struggle of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Jinnah and the founding fathers, the Muslims of the subcontinent achieved their objective on Aug. 14, 1947, within a short span
March 25, 2012
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Pakistan offers opportunities for resources investment
Located in the heart of Asia, Pakistan is the gateway to the financially liquid Gulf states and the economically advanced Far Eastern tigers. This strategic advantage alone makes Pakistan a marketplace teeming with possibilities.A large part of the workforce is proficient in English, hardworking and intelligent. Pakistan possesses a large pool of trained and experienced engineers, bankers, lawyers and other professionals, with many having substantial international experience, which is available
March 25, 2012
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Pakistan a magical tourist destination
Pakistan is a very beautiful country as it is a land of splendors and a great tourist destination. The landscape changes from high mountain ranges like the Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindukush in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in the North to the Punjab plains and deserts onward to the Arabian Sea. There are a myriad mountain peaks in Pakistan, the tallest being K-2 which is the second-highest peak in the world (8,611 meters), after Mount Everest in Nepal. The 806-kilometer-long Karakoram highway
March 25, 2012
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India unlikely to make large commitments at Seoul summit: expert
An Indian nuclear expert said India is not likely to commit much in terms of enhancing nuclear security at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, considering that in its view the U.S. and Russia are not doing enough to subsequently reduce nuclear materials.“I don’t think it’s going to do very much at this summit. Since the last summit, they have started an international center but that’s easy,” Ramamurti Rajaraman, co-chair of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, told The Korea Herald. The
March 25, 2012
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Leaders flock to Seoul for nuclear talks
More than half of the leaders attending the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit had arrived on Sunday for the two-day event kicking off Monday for discussions on combating nuclear threats and better securing nuclear materials.U.S. President Barack Obama’s Air Force One landed on an American military base in Seoul early in the morning and Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived at the Seoul Air Base in the afternoon.Thirty-two leaders out of delegations from 53 countries and four international organization
March 25, 2012
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Korea, India agree to bolster defense cooperation
President Lee Myung-bak and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed Sunday to seek greater defense and space cooperation and voiced concerns that North Korea's planned rocket launch would escalate regional tensions.The agreement was the highlight of a wide-ranging joint statement issued after th
March 25, 2012
