President Lee Myung-bak on Sunday left for Mongolia, the first stop in his three-nation tour of Central Asia aimed mostly at boosting economic cooperation. Lee is scheduled to hold summit talks with Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj in Ulan Bator to discuss ways to promote bilateral cooperation for development of natural resources, health programs and personnel exchanges during his state...

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The United States responded cautiously Friday to North Korea’s announcement it would discuss operations to locate U.S. dead from the 1950-53 Korean War, saying only that the issue was important. North Korea said it had accepted a U.S. proposal to talk about resuming searches for remains ― one of the few means of interaction between the two countries until then-U.S. Defense Sec...

The rate of acquittal, a source of conflict between the court and the prosecution, has quadrupled since Lee Yong-hoon took the bench as chief justice of the Supreme Court four years ago. The Supreme Prosecutor’s Office said Sunday that the annual acquittal rate at first trial was at 0.18 percent in 2005 when Lee took office, but has risen every year, reaching 0.72 percent during the first six mo...

Nation becomes third after U.S., Japan to run system Korea has developed and put into operation its own system tracking how much carbon dioxide a country emits. With the greenhouse gas monitoring system up and running, Korea has become the third country after the United States and Japan to track how much carbon dioxide is being emitted around the world. It is also expected to gain influence in ...

South Korea’s military is on alert against hacking into its computer system, as a suspicious email is spreading among its personnel, an official said Friday. All military staff have been asked to take extra precautions when they open emails from a sender whose address is “navyojo@hanmail.net,” said the military official who requested anonymity. The email in question carries an attached file, an...

The European Commission is inviting proposals encouraging dialogue on sustainable development in Korea. The call for proposals will stimulate training, exchanges and interactions between civil society organizations in the European Union and Korea. The aim is to complement formal policy dialogues at the governmental level. Deadline for submitting proposals is Sept. 15. For more information, vi...

Filipinos applying for a Legal Capacity to Marry a Foreigner or a Report of Marriage to a Foreigner are required to watch a short video presentation on the situation of Filipino spouses in Korea. The Philippines Embassy will release the documents only after the applicants have seen the video, which talks about life in Korea. The video, which lasts 20 minutes, is part of the embassy’s educationa...

The United Kingdom’s Trade and Investment department has launched a guide for businesses directed toward Korea’s sporting events. The country has an ambitious program to host major sporting events including the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, the 2015 Gwangju Universiade, and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The U.K. Trade and Investment office has developed a special Korea-focused program to en...

In order to inform Mexicans living in Korea about their right to vote, the embassy has launched a special website. The site, www.votoextranjero.mx, provides information to help Mexicans exercise their right to vote in a timely manner ahead of the July 2012 elections. Social networking sites Twitter and Facebook are also being used to provide the online community in Korea with news on current is...