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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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40 leaders among 58 participants in Seoul Nuclear Security Summit
The South Korean government said 40 leaders will attend the upcoming Seoul Nuclear Security Summit on March 26-27, with 53 countries and four international organizations participating in the event.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, which is organizing the largest-ever diplomatic event for Korea, said the 40 leaders will include U.S. President Barack Obama, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.Eighteen countries or orga
March 21, 2012
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Obama to visit S. Korea for talks with Lee, global nuclear summit
U.S. President Barack Obama will arrive in South Korea on Sunday for a three-day visit that includes summit talks with President Lee Myung-bak and discussions with dozens of other world leaders on nuclear security, the presidential office said Tuesday.The upcoming trip, which will be Obama‘s third to South Korea, comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula after North Korea announced last week that it will launch a satellite on a long-range rocket next month, a pretext Pyongyang has u
March 20, 2012
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Lee: Nuke summit expected to produce outcomes
President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that countries participating in this month’s Nuclear Security Summit are expected to make specific commitments to reduce fissile material stockpiles in an effort to help realize a world without nuclear weapons.“Currently, radioactive materials that can be utilized to make as many as some 130,000 nuclear weapons are scattered around the globe. The objective of the Nuclear Security Summit is to prevent such nuclear materials from falling into the hands of terror
March 19, 2012
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Ukraine close to removing highly enriched uranium
KIEV (Yonhap News) ― Ukraine is close to the final stage of eliminating its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium as announced under a landmark agreement with the United States two years ago intended to prevent nuclear terrorism, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said. In an interview with Yonhap News Agency held on Thursday at his presidential office, Yanukovich also said the second Nuclear Security Summit, a global atomic security conference to be hosted by South Korea next week, should be
March 19, 2012
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Tunisian tourism delves into diversity
Be it the draw of the 1,300 kilometers of Mediterranean beaches, or the rich culture based upon its 3,000 year-history as a crossroads for great civilizations ― Tunisia’s diverse treasure trove has much to offer Korean tourists. With its northern coast pointing toward Italy and its southern region plunging into the Sahara, Tunisia connects Europe to Africa as well as East to West.Long-known for its sun and beautiful seascapes, Tunisia has recently focused on diversifying its tourism beyond the d
March 19, 2012
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Cradle of Arab Spring celebrates independence, new freedoms
Tunisians are this week enjoying a double celebration of freedom. March 20 marks the 56th anniversary of Tunisia’s independence from French colonial rule, but the country is also marking its more recent triumph of democracy, a little more than a year after its revolution. The North African country became the cradle of the Arab Spring after weeks of popular protest led to the departure of long-reigning Tunisian leader Zine al Abidine Ben Ali last January. His toppling foreshadowed the downfall of
March 19, 2012
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Democratic Tunisia seeks new Korean investors
The Tunisian ambassador has called on Korea to boost economic ties with his country following last year’s revolution.While the later years of former leader Zine al Abidine Ben Ali’s rule were characterized by corruption, the new government elected since his January departure is working to stabilize Tunisia’s economy.Tunisian Ambassador Ammar Amari said that while Tunisia and Korea had enjoyed 40 years of good diplomatic relations, better economic ties should now follow. “The economic ties betwee
March 19, 2012
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Obama to answer questions from S.Korean netizens
U.S. President Barack will take questions from South Korean internet users online, during his visit to Seoul for the March 26-27 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, officials at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul said.“You can ask President Obama any question, and if selected he will answer it personally. Of course, he cannot answer all questions submitted, but the 10 most interesting submissions will receive a signed copy of his book ‘The Audacity of Hope,’” the embassy said.“The top three will receive a per
March 19, 2012
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DP HUMAN RIGHTS CONF
EU, Korea to talk human rights in Seoul The EU Ambassador is to open a conference connecting South Korea and Europe on human rights in Seoul on March 20. Tomasz Kozlowski is to speak at the conerence’s opening along with Christian Hegemer, director of the Institute for International Cooperation, and Tae-woo Kim, president of Korea Institute for National Unification.The opening conference of the EU-Korea Human Rights and Democratic Transition Dialogue Program aims to connect European and Korean r
March 19, 2012
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Israeli minister rejected check at Incheon Airport
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman refused to put his bag through security check as he left South Korea earlier this week, an airport official said Saturday.Lieberman was in Seoul for a two-day visit to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations. He left Thursday through Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to Seoul, after denying repeated requests by security officials to put his travel bag through an X-ray check, the airport official said on conditi
March 18, 2012
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Korea, Japan launch joint disaster management program
The Korea International Cooperation Agency said it has decided to launch a multi-year development program with the Japan International Cooperation Agency on disaster management.The decision came after the Korean aid agency held a consultation in February with JICA officials. Under the “Multi-year Joint Capacity Development Program,” or MJCD, both agencies aim to achieve effective outcomes and enable their partner countries to take ownership and leadership in disaster management.KOICA and JICA wi
March 18, 2012
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Sharing Korea’s experience through KOICA program
Scholarship program boosts networks among officials from developing countriesThis is the second installment of a series of articles introducing programs and activities of the Korea International Cooperation Agency, a state-run organization for overseas assistance and humanitarian aid. ― Ed. Rita Osei, a foreign ministry official from Ghana, was curious: Why is her country, richer than South Korea in the 1960s, still receiving official development assistance from industrialized countries, while S
March 18, 2012
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Students quiz envoys in their native tongues
Student linguists are interviewing 20 international ambassadors in Seoul in their native language to quiz them on multiculturalism. More than 1,300 people applied to be part of the JOINUS KOREA project to interview the ambassadors. Of those, 43 interviewers were selected offering their skills in 20 languages. Interviews have already been held with the Polish, Malaysian, German, Turkish, Swedish, Sri Lankan, Italian and Vietnamese ambassadors.The foreign envoys’ views are being recorded and distr
March 18, 2012
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Denmark, Korea among cleantech leaders
Denmark has been listed top in the world for innovation in clean technology, and South Korea has come first in Asia. A new report from the World Wildlife Fund and Cleantech Group ranks Denmark first in the world when it comes to cleantech innovation. And the report ranks South Korea eighth in the world and first in Asia. Clean technology, or cleantech, uses innovative ways to create energy while minimizing environmental damage and pollution. Its many aspects can include recycling, renewable ener
March 18, 2012
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Czechs honor first Westerner to die in Korea
The first Westerner to die in Seoul has been honored at a ceremony led by the Czech Ambassador. The flower-laying ceremony at the Chemulpo Foreigners’ Cemetery in Incheon was held in commemoration of the first foreign correspondent to Korea and the first Westerner who died in Seoul in 1886.This month marks 126 years since the arrival and death in Seoul of Prague-born American reporter, Maxmilian Taubeles ― also known as Max Taubles.The trailblazing journalist was the first foreign correspondent
March 18, 2012
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EU to discuss N.K. rights
The EU Ambassador has called for North Korea to restart talks with European countries on human rights ahead of a conference to connect South Korean and European rights groups in Seoul. Tomasz Kolowski is to attend the opening conference of the EU-Korea Human Rights and Democratic Transition Dialogue Program, which aims to connect organizations fighting human rights violations in North Korea. “We call on North Korea to re-engage in meaningful bilateral dialogue with the EU and its member states o
March 18, 2012
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U.K. opens doors to Korean tenor
Singer Yun Jung-soo has become the first Korean artist to be granted an exceptional talent visa by the U.K. Jung, who previously studied and worked in the U.K., has been granted the visa because of his contribution to the arts and potential to become one of the world’s greatest tenors.His roles in Britain for 2012 will include Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi for Opera Holland Park, the role of Rimbaud in Robert le Diable for the Royal Opera at Covent Garden and the eponymous role of Faust for Opera
March 18, 2012
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Lights show source of Swiss culture
Gwanghwamun in Seoul will be bathed in light this week thanks to a cutting-edge 3-D projection light show at the Sejong Center. The “Nights of Sound & Lights” will launch at the Sejong Center on March 22. The show will then run until March 25, starting at 6:15 p.m. each night, with the first 10-minute light show at 7:20 p.m. and several more displays throughout each evening.It has been created by Swiss production company Starlight Events in collaboration with a young group of Swiss sound and lig
March 18, 2012
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Marking quake anniversary, Japan’s envoy thanks Korea
Japanese Ambassador Masatoshi Muto hosted a reception last Wednesday to thank Korean charities and media for helping his country during last year’s disaster. The reception at Muto’s residence in Seongbuk-dong, held three days after the first anniversary of the disaster, drew representatives from the Community Chest of Korea, the Korean Red Cross and the Korean emergency rescue unit. Also invited were media representatives and Korea’s Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Sung-han, former National Ass
March 18, 2012
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U.S. adviser hails Internet freedom in Seoul
Hillary Clinton’s senior technology adviser has promoted Internet freedom on a visit to Korea, saying that governments cannot and should not control information online. But the U.S. Secretary of State’s senior adviser for innovation, Alec Ross, also said that he saw the WikiLeaks scandal as a theft of intellectual property. Ross told a youth forum in Seoul that human rights, freedom of speech, a free press and the freedom of association and assembly must also apply online. ”Today, that is where
March 18, 2012
