Indonesian foreign minister attends Iftar in Seoul

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (front row, center) attended the Iftar dinner hosted by Indonesian Ambassador Gandi Sulistiyanto (front row, fourth from right) in Yeouido, Seoul, last Wednesday. Iftar is a meal taken by Muslims at sunset to break the daily fast during Ramadan. Marsudi was in Seoul to attend the 2nd Summit for Democracy, the Indo-Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption Meeting and the 4th Indonesia-Korea Joint Commission Meeting (JCM). The dinner was followed by an informal

April 4, 2023

[Photo News] Friends of Green Climate Fund

April 4, 2023

UKEF to have financing faciliator for South Korean deals

UK Export Finance, an export credit agency of the UK government, has set up a new position to facilitate financing deals with South Korean businesses, said the British Embassy in Seoul in a press statement Tuesday. The international export finance executive for South Korea would act as a dedicated, on-the-ground specialist within the British Embassy in Seoul, working closely with major UK government departments to showcase the expertise, capability, and profile of UK businesses, it added. The ne

April 3, 2023

Bangladesh touts socio-economic progress on Independence Day

Bangladesh Ambassador to Korea Delwar Hossain said the country has progressed economically and socially as its Seoul embassy celebrated its 52nd Independence Day on Monday. Bangladesh celebrates this day every year on March 26 to commemorate its declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971, ending a liberation war which lasted for nine months. The ambassador recalled the sacrifices of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the valiant freedom fighters who strived for his country’s inde

March 28, 2023

[Photo News] Iftar dinner in Seoul

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin holds an Iftar dinner commemorating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at the Four Seasons Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, on Friday. Iftar is a meal taken by Muslims at sunset to break the daily fast during Ramadan. The event invited some 170 guests, including members of the diplomatic corps from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The Foreign Ministry has held Iftar dinners since 2004 to enhance mutual understanding between different cultures. (Sanjay Kumar/

March 28, 2023

[Herald Interview] Korea should use new gas deposits in Peru: ambassador

South Korea should partner with Peru to utilize new gas deposits, said Paul Duclos, the newly appointed Peruvian ambassador to Korea, in an interview with The Korea Herald. Peru is seeking investment for a new gas field with the potential to match the needs of the Camisea gas project, said Duclos, urging Korea to build new infrastructure to tap, extract and export gas. Peru's Camisea gas project extracts gas in the Amazon basin and transports it to the coast via two pipelines hundreds of ki

March 28, 2023

[Contribution] Kazakhstan on way to important milestone

The start of this year could not have been any more different for Kazakhstan when compared to the tragic events of January 2022. Just over 12 months ago, our country was amid a violent coup attempt orchestrated by groups that wanted to see our nation collapse. There was a real possibility that Kazakhstan’s statehood would fall apart from within, which would have had reverberating consequences well beyond Central Asia. Fortunately, our country managed to not only recover from the wounds of

March 28, 2023

[VIEWPOINT] The constitution of Uzbekistan enshrines norms of environmental law

  Today our life is undergoing profound qualitative changes. Cardinal reforms are rapidly forming a completely new image of our society. The new edition of our constitution contains special norms on ensuring environmental rights of citizens, in particular, everyone has the right to a comfortable environment, reliable information about its condition, the state takes measures on improvement, restoration and protection of the environment, maintaining the ecological balance, protection of the e

March 27, 2023

K-POP NIGHT

March 24, 2023

[Contribution] Georgia-Korea FTA is a win-win for both partners

Georgia and South Korea have more in common than meets the eye. The sheer size of the economy and population aside, fundamentally, both countries share a long-lasting historical experience of struggle for independence and freedom. Nowadays, both Georgia and South Korea find themselves in a complex geostrategic regional environment, yet their adherence to the rule-based international order and shared values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law is unwavering. A closer look at economy in

March 22, 2023

Early Elections in Kazakhstan

KAZAKHS TO VOTE IN SEOUL The Kazakhstan Embassy holds a press briefing ahead of early elections for Mazhilis, the lower chamber of the Kazakh Parliament, alongside local administrative bodies at Yongsan in central Seoul, on Friday. The embassy said about 130 Kazakh nationals in Korea had confirmed they would visit the embassy to vote. Sanjay Kumar/The Korea Herald

March 21, 2023

Philippines, Korea Herald discuss people-to-people ties

Philippines Ambassador to Korea Maria Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega and The Korea Herald CEO Choi Jin-young agreed to seek ways to boost people-to-people ties between the Philippines and South Korea in Seoul on Wednesday. Dizon-De Vega proposed a partnership between Korea and the Film Development Council of the Philippines to shoot dramas and movies to enhance cultural awareness between the two countries, citing the example of Singapore's Marina Bay Sands hotel's appearance in the Korean dr

March 21, 2023

[Herald Interview] Malaysia seeks to rebalance trade with Korea

Malaysia is looking to strategically rebalance bilateral trade and its investment portfolio with Korea, as economic and cultural exchanges rapidly expand, according to the country's International Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz in an interview with The Korea Herald in Seoul last week. Zafrul said that 15 projects of manufacturing and services under the Malaysian Investment Development Authority with Korean participation were approved, totaling investment worth $1.42 billion i

March 21, 2023

Nordic embassies discuss gender divide

The Nordic embassies in Seoul discussed ways to bridge the gender divide in entrepreneurship in the 11th Nordic Talks Korea on March 8. In celebration of International Women's Day, the four Scandinavian embassies -- Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland -- held the seminar under the theme of Bridging the Gender Divide in Entrepreneurship. The seminar, which included presentations by Nordic and Korean experts and a panel discussion, explored topics on bias, stereotypes and challenges women fac

March 17, 2023

Yoon tells Korean, Japanese students they are two nations' future

President Yoon Suk Yeol visited Keio University in Tokyo on Friday, and told a gathering of Japanese and South Korean students they are the two nations' future. Yoon spoke to the students during a two-day visit to Tokyo, where he held a summit with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida the previous day and discussed ways to improve the bilateral relationship badly frayed over historical disputes. "I believe it is extremely important that South Korea and Japan, which share universal values, wo

March 17, 2023

Serbia wants to reduce food supply chain risks for S. Korea

Serbia wants to reduce food supply chain disruptions caused by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war by cooperating with South Korea, said Serbian Ambassador to Korea Nemanja Grbic in an interview with The Korea Herald Monday. Serbia has fertile soil and very favorable climatic features that could make it into a significant supplier of food to Korea, Grbic pointed out, referring to the current supply chain crisis. He urged South Korea to share its agricultural knowledge and experiences of modern techno

March 14, 2023

[Photo News] 'Break the bias'

Members of Women in Korea, a women's leadership group also known as WIR, and German Ambassador to Korea Michael Reiffenstuel celebrate International Women's Day at his residence in Seoul on Thursday. Under the theme, "Break the Bias" -- referring to gender bias, stereotypes and discrimination -- the event awarded certificates of appreciation to nine WIR group mentors and mentees for contributing to the WIR leadership program. The WIR Group mentors and mentees are female execu

March 14, 2023

Korea, Denmark discuss agrifood cooperation

Officials and experts from South Korea and Denmark discussed ways to expand cooperation in the development of the agrifood sector at a seminar held in Seoul, Friday. Focusing on sustainability, food safety and quality management, the seminar dealt with the need for innovation and green transition in the food industry as a response to climate change and the growing global population. Mette Olaf Nielsen, a professor in Aarhus University’s Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, stresse

March 14, 2023

Turkey promotes leather industry in Korea

The Turkish Embassy in Seoul held a two-day event this week to promote the country's leather industry, which boasts a competitive edge in terms of both price and quality, it said Thursday. At the event, 24 Turkish companies promoted their goods in hopes of building partnerships with Korean buyers, it added. The event, which kicked off Monday, was supported by Turkish Ministry of Trade and the Istanbul Leather and Leather Products Exporters Association (IDMIB). Turkish Ambassador to Korea Mu

March 9, 2023

Jordan, The Korea Herald to bridge gap

Jordan's new ambassador to Korea, Asal Al-Tal, and The Korea Herald CEO Choi Jin-young agreed to seek ways to expand bilateral exchanges between South Korea and Jordan during her visit to the company in Seoul on Wednesday. Al-Tal expressed optimism on fostering a positive image of Jordan among Koreans and of Korea among Jordanians. She pointed to increasing economic cooperation and interpersonal exchanges between the two countries as reasons for hope. The operations of Korean companies such

March 9, 2023