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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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China has largest No. of Korean diplomats
Korea has more diplomats in China than any other nation, followed by those from the U.S. and Japan, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.If excluding diplomats working in defense-related areas at the Korean Embassy in the U.S., the number of Korean consuls, economic and state affairs diplomats is the largest in China, the ministry said.The figures come as China has become the world’s second-largest economy, surpassing Japan in 2010, and emerged as part of the “G-2” with the U.S
Jan. 31, 2012
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Korea Society celebrates 55th year
The Korea Society, a New York-based private, non-profit organization that promotes understanding between the U.S. and Korea, celebrated its 55th anniversary at a gala dinner in Seoul on Tuesday.Dignitaries including Korea’s Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan and U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim delivered welcoming and congratulatory speeches.Kurt Campbell, Washington’s top diplomat on Asia, who arrived in Seoul on Tuesday, made a special speech for the celebration of e
Jan. 31, 2012
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Nuclear summit itself to send message to N. Korea: official
HONG KONG (Yonhap News) -- A nuclear security summit to be held in Seoul in March may send an implicit message to nuclear-ambitious North Korea, although the secretive nation's nuclear issue is not on the summit agenda, a top official said Monday.The second Nuclear Security Summit is slated to take
Jan. 30, 2012
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Travel ban on Iraq, Syria extended for six months
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said its travel ban on South Koreans in Iraq and Syria will be extended for six months, as geopolitical risks and instability are likely to continue in the region.The ministry held a visa policy commission meeting on Monday and decided that travel ban on Iraq will be extended for six months from Feb. 6, and that on Syria, from Feb. 29. South Korea imposed the travel ban on Iraq on Aug. 7, 2007, and on Syria on Aug. 30, 2011.The ministry said its decision
Jan. 30, 2012
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U.N. chief‘s top aide quits S. Korea’s foreign ministry
One of the close aides to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has quit South Korea‘s foreign ministry as he wants to focus more on his role as special adviser to Ban, Seoul officials said Monday. Kim Won-soo, a career Korean diplomat, has served as Ban’s deputy chief of staff and special adviser since 2007, when the former South Korean foreign minister took the helm of the U.N., while maintaining employee status at the ministry. As Ban embarked on his second five-year term as U.N. leader early th
Jan. 30, 2012
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Lee to visit Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE
President Lee Myung-bak will embark on a weeklong visit to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this weekend, his office said Monday, a trip expected to focus on enhancing economic cooperation, especially Seoul’s efforts to diversify sources of crude imports.The trip comes as South Korea prepares to reduce its crude oil imports from Iran in line with a U.S.-led campaign to dry up the Middle Eastern nation’s oil exports revenues as punishment and pressure over its alleged nucl
Jan. 30, 2012
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Indian poet’s voyages seen in Seoul
Scenes from the journeys of India’s former freedom fighter and poet laureate, Gurudeb Rabindranath Tagore, are being displayed in Seoul. The photographic exhibition showing Tagore’s sea voyages coincides with the country’s Republic Day celebrations.A celebration for the Indian community and a reception for diplomats were both held in Seoul to celebrate the country’s 63rd Republic Day last week. Recently-arrived Indian ambassador Shri Vishnu Prakash read excerpts from the Indian president’s Repub
Jan. 29, 2012
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Sri Lanka celebrations in Ansan
Sri Lankan artists are come from Colombo to perform in Korea to celebrate the anniversary of the country’s independence at an event on Feb. 5. Singer Deepika Priyadarshani Peiris and traditional Sri Lankan dancers are to help their country’s embassy mark the 64th anniversary of independence in Ansan city, where many Sri Lankan migrant workers live. The first large-scale event of its kind from the embassy will be held from 2-6 p.m. at the city’s Olympic Memorial Hall. The nation located off the s
Jan. 29, 2012
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Carnival ball to be held in Korea
A German carnival ball is to be held in Seoul on Feb. 3. Guests are invited to come in costume to the annual event to be held at the Millennium Seoul Hilton hotel from 7:11 p.m.Carnival is the period of celebration just before the Christian fast period of Lent. Many German cities still host carnival events dating back to the Middle Ages, where people dress in colorful and often topical or politically subversive costumes. “The carnival is also meant as a tool to unwind and to get rid of stress in
Jan. 29, 2012
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Oz talks Expo at 50th anniversary party
The Australian Embassy held an event Friday to mark the end of celebrations for the country’s 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties with Korea. Ambassador Sam Gerovich also shared plans for his country’s participation in the Yeosu Expo at the event. The Australian pavilion at the exposition to be held in Korea from May to August will be based on the theme of living in harmony with the ocean. Australia Day at the Expo will be held on May 25, and a contest is currently underway for Koreans to name
Jan. 29, 2012
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Korea no drama for exiting envoy
Exiting New Zealand ambassador Richard Mann has had a busy three years in Korea -― the two country’s leaders made reciprocal visits and talks started on the Korea-New Zealand FTA. But Mann, who is leaving the country on Jan. 30, also found it easy to fill his down-time while in Seoul ― he became an avid viewer of Korean TV. The 54-year-old diplomat said he had enjoyed Seoul and traveling around Korea, but had also “fallen in love” with Korean dramas, watching over 30 of them during his time here
Jan. 29, 2012
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Mexico’s artistic greats shown for the first time in Seoul
Some of Mexico’s greatest artists of the 20th century are to have their work displayed in Korea for the first time.The works of internationally renowned painters such as Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo are being displayed in Seoul as part of a new exhibition to showcase the works of 47 Mexican artists. The Central American country is bringing the collection representing some of its most renowned modern artists to Korea for the “Visual Anthology of Mexico” at Sookmyung Women’s University Museum.Th
Jan. 29, 2012
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Foreign minister parries attack over stock manipulation scandal
Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan defended against an attack on him Friday, saying he would not have requested an audit into a stock manipulation scandal involving members of his ministry had he tried to cover it up.Independent lawmaker Jeong Tae-keun attacked the minister and the ministry’s vice ministers for allegedly hiding and delaying the truth behind the scandal related to a diamond mining project in Cameroon.The Board of Audit and Inspection on Thursday recommended the dismissal of Kim Eun-s
Jan. 27, 2012
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FM parries attack over stock manipulation scandal
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan defended against an attack on him Friday, saying he would not have requested an audit into a stock manipulation scandal involving members of his ministry had he tried to cover it up.Independent lawmaker Jeong Tae-keun attacked the minister an
Jan. 27, 2012
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Comfort women blast Foreign Ministry
Two former “comfort women” visited Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan Wednesday and criticized the government’s inability to resolve the unsettled issues pertaining to women forced into sex slavery by Japan during World War II.“As I see you in person, my emotions are suddenly overwhelming. What has the Foreign Ministry done for the past 20 years?” 83-year-old Lee Yong-su asked Kim at the ministry in Seoul.“Is the Foreign Ministry owned by Japan or Korea? Do you feel thrilled to see elderly women dyi
Jan. 25, 2012
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Foreign minister expresses dismay over stock manipulation scandal
Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan expressed distress Saturday over allegations that some ministry officials were involved in a snowballing stock manipulation scandal related to a diamond mining project in Cameroon.Kim Eun-seok, the foreign ministry's ambassador for energy and resources, is under invest
Jan. 22, 2012
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Israeli experts urge Korea to sanction Iranian oil imports
Israeli security experts urged Korea to join oil sanctions against Iran on a visit to Seoul, calling the country part of an axis of “bad guys” that they said also includes China, Russia and North Korea. The U.S. this week pressed Korea to adopt tough sanctions on Iranian oil imports, in a bid to stem the Islamic nation’s nuclear development, which Washington says aims to produce nuclear weapons. Three academics from Israel’s Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies told media at a meeting Thursd
Jan. 19, 2012
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Israeli academics urge Korea to sanction Iranian oil imports
Israeli security experts urged Korea to join oil sanctions against Iran on a visit to Seoul, calling the country part of an alliance of “bad guys” that they said also includes China, Russia and North Korea. The U.S. this week pressed Korea to adopt tough sanctions on Iranian oil imports, in a bid to weaken the Islamic nation’s nuclear development, which Washington says aims to develop nuclear weapons. Three academics from Israel’s Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies told press at a meeting
Jan. 19, 2012
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Thai attorney general asks Korean prosecutors to probe death of ambassador’s wife
The Thai Attorney General has requested the Korean Prosecutor General’s cooperation in investigating the death of the Thai ambassador’s wife in a Korean hospital, the Thai Embassy in Seoul said Tuesday. Dean of the diplomatic corps in Korea Vitali V. Fen has requested an independent enquiry into the death of Thitinart Satjipanon, the wife of Thai ambassador Chaiyong Satjipanon. She died at Soonchunhyang Hospital in Seoul on Sept. 19 last year, after being admitted on Sept. 16 with abdominal pain
Jan. 18, 2012
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Negotiators agree to minimize civilian use of HEU ahead of nuclear summit
Negotiators from about 50 nations scheduled to participate in March‘s nuclear security summit in South Korea have reached an agreement “in principle” to minimize the civilian use of highly-enrichment uranium (HEU), Seoul officials said Wednesday. The agreement was reached at a two-day meeting of “sherpas” in New Delhi this week and it will be included in a so-called “Seoul Communique” that will be announced at the end of the second Nuclear Security Summit slated for March 26-27, officials said.“
Jan. 18, 2012
