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[Diplomatic circuit] Africa, Korea to exchange cultural, business opportunities in 2019 Africa Week

African embassies in Korea will host events as part of 2019 Africa Week from Wednesday to Saturday in an effort to share their culture and exchange business opportunities. According to the Embassy o...

Jun 10, 2019
Diplomatic Circuit
[Feature] ‘Contributing to South Korean society in the way we can’

North Korean defectors seek to return help they received; South Koreans raise awareness as neighbors

Jun 10, 2019
North Korea
North Korea pushes for completion of Wonsan-Kalma tourist zone

Tens of thousands of young North Koreans have been forced to join work brigades to build a huge resort complex in Wonsan, with leader Kim Jong-un harboring ambitions of transforming the port city int...

Jun 10, 2019
North Korea
[Diplomatic Circuit] ASEAN cultural festival to kick off Friday

The ASEAN-Korea Center, an intergovernmental organization, is organizing ASEAN Week 2019 in Seoul to showcase the diverse cultures of the 10 ASEAN member states. From Friday through Sunday, special ...

Jun 10, 2019
Diplomatic Circuit
Government, ruling party urge main opposition to discuss supplementary budget

The presidential office and the ruling party on Monday urged the main opposition to resume parliamentary proceedings, saying that the supplementary budget needs to be implemented by July at the lates...

Jun 10, 2019
Politics
US Embassy in Seoul removes rainbow flag amid speculation of Washington's disapproval

A rainbow flag symbolizing sexual minorities has been taken down from the US Embassy building in Seoul amid a news report that the State Department has adopted a new policy to reject all requests to ...

Jun 10, 2019
International
[Newsmaker] Search under way for S. Korean tourist missing after fall from Mediterranean Sea cruise ship

Search operations are under way to find a South Korean tourist who fell from a cruise ship into the Mediterranean Sea last week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday. The 63-year-old woman, whose na...

Jun 10, 2019
Social affairs
Hungarian authorities to tie last rope around sunken boat to lift it from riverbed

Hungarian authorities were set to tie the fourth and last wire rope around the hull of a sunken tour boat Monday, in their final preparations to lift it to search for the missing in last month's disa...

Jun 10, 2019
Social affairs
Ruling party, gov't urge swift normalization of parliament for extra budget bill

Ruling party, government and presidential officials called for the swift normalization of the National Assembly on Monday, stressing that a bill mandating extra fiscal spending should be passed no la...

Jun 10, 2019
Politics
Vice unification minister expected to visit inter-Korean liaison office this week

Vice Unification Minister Suh Ho is expected to visit a joint inter-Korean liaison office later this week for the first time since he was appointed the new South Korean head of the office last week, ...

Jun 10, 2019
North Korea
Prime minister visits ex-first lady Lee at hospital

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon visited former first lady Lee Hee-ho, who remains unconscious under treatment for cancer, on Monday. Lee Hee-ho, 96, the wife of former late President Kim Dae-jung, who de...

Jun 10, 2019
Social affairs
Canadian veteran of Korean War to be laid to rest in S. Korea

The remains of a Canadian veteran of the 1950-53 Korean War will arrive in South Korea this week for burial, the veterans affairs ministry said Monday. The remains of the late Albert Hugh McBride ar...

Jun 10, 2019
Defense
Moon in Finland for talks on peace, innovative growth

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, on Sunday, the first leg of his eight-day tour of Northern Europe aimed at deepening partnerships on peace, innovative ...

Jun 10, 2019
Foreign Policy
Confirmed S. Korean death toll rises to 19 from Hungary boat sinking

A joint South Korean-Hungarian team identified a body found in the Danube River a day earlier to be a South Korean female Sunday, bringing the confirmed death toll from the tragic boat sinking in Hun...

Jun 9, 2019
Social affairs
UN soldier's body found during war remains excavation in DMZ

A body, believed to be of a United Nations soldier who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War, has been found during excavation work inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the border with North Korea, Seou...

Jun 9, 2019
North Korea

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