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Sharing Korea’s experience through KOICA program

Foreign affairsMar 18, 2012

Scholarship program boosts networks among officials from developing countries This is the second installment of a series of articles introducing programs and activities of the Korea International Co...
Students quiz envoys in their native tongues

Foreign affairsMar 18, 2012

Swedish Ambassador Lars Danielsson holds a picture during a recent JOINUS KOREA interview. (JOINUS KOREA) Student linguists are interviewing 20 international ambassadors in Seoul in their native lan...
Denmark, Korea among cleantech leaders

Foreign affairsMar 18, 2012

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...
Czechs honor first Westerner to die in Korea

Foreign affairsMar 18, 2012

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 o...
EU to discuss N.K. rights

Foreign affairsMar 18, 2012

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 Kolows...
U.K. opens doors to Korean tenor

Foreign affairsMar 18, 2012

Tenor Yun Jung-soo sings at the U.K. Ambassador’s residence in Seoul on Wednesday.(Kirsty Taylor/The Korea Herald) Singer Yun Jung-soo has become the first Korean artist to be granted an exceptional...
Lights show source of Swiss culture

Foreign affairsMar 18, 2012

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 Mar...
Marking quake anniversary, Japan’s envoy thanks Korea

Foreign affairsMar 18, 2012

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 Seo...
U.S. adviser hails Internet freedom in Seoul

Foreign affairsMar 18, 2012

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 Sta...
World pressures N. Korea to drop rocket launch plan

North KoreaMar 18, 2012

The international community has mounted pressure on North Korea to drop its plan to launch a satellite next month to celebrate the 100th year since the birth of late founder Kim Il-sung. Not only th...
Candidacy of ruling party leader’s sister gets cold shoulder

PoliticsMar 18, 2012

A sister of the ruling party leader announced that she will run for parliament in an opposition party, but was met with a lukewarm response on Saturday. Park Geun-ryeong, sister of Saenuri Party lea...
Chung raps Park over Saenuri management

PoliticsMar 18, 2012

A former leader of the ruling Saenuri Party on Sunday assailed Park Geun-hye, the party’s current chief, for doling out party tickets to her allies to tighten her grip on the party for her presidenti...
Korean scientists find all-round cancer suppressing enzyme

ScienceMar 18, 2012

South Korean scientists said Sunday they have discovered an enzyme capable of suppressing growth of both solid tumors and blood cancers, opening up the possibility of treating the potentially fatal d...
N. Korea says will invite foreign experts to observe satellite launch

North KoreaMar 18, 2012

North Korea said Saturday it would invite foreign experts and journalists to observe a satellite launch which has sparked widespread condemnation and US threats that it could jeopardise food aid. Th...
Israeli FM refused to undergo security check at S. Korean airport

Foreign affairsMar 17, 2012

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman refused to put his bag through security check as he left South Korea earlier this week, an airport official said Saturday. Liberman was in Seoul for a two-d...