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Civil society reforms in Uzbekistan

Aug 31, 2021

Upon Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s election as president of Uzbekistan in 2016, the role of a robust civil society became the cornerstone of development for a new period in the country’s history. Radical refo...
Development of the economy of Uzbekistan in the first half of 2021

Aug 31, 2021

The following article was contributed by the Embassy of Uzbekistan. - Ed . Despite the ongoing pandemic, the economy of Uzbekistan has reached record growth rates. According to the State Statistics...
[Country Report] Cooperation between Uzbekistan and South Korea is developing in all areas

Aug 31, 2021

It is a high privilege for me to address today the esteemed readers of The Korea Herald on the occasions of the 30th anniversary of Uzbekistan’s independence and 29th anniversary of establishment of ...
US continues to seek dialogue with N. Korea: White House

Aug 31, 2021

The United States continues to seek negotiations with North Korea to discuss a range of issues related to denuclearization, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki affirmed Monday. Her remark comes af...
US stresses 'urgent need for dialogue, diplomacy' with NK after IAEA report

Aug 30, 2021

The United States on Sunday stressed the "urgent need for dialogue and diplomacy" with North Korea after the UN nuclear watchdog reported that Pyongyang appears to have restarted its plutonium-produc...
US not to take part in upcoming S. Korea-Britain naval exercise: defense ministry

Aug 30, 2021

The United States will not take part in the upcoming combined naval exercise between the South Korean Navy and a British aircraft carrier strike group, the defense ministry in Seoul said Monday. The...
Nearly 7 in 10 S. Koreans support granting long-term stay visas to Afghan evacuees

Aug 30, 2021

Almost 70 percent of South Koreans support the government's plan to grant long-term stay visas to hundreds of Afghan civilians who fled their homeland to be sheltered here from the Taliban, a poll sh...
Yongbyon nuclear reactor appears to be in operation: IAEA report

Aug 30, 2021

The UN nuclear watchdog has detected "deeply troubling" indications that a key nuclear reactor at North Korea's main Yongbyon complex has been in operation since July, including the release of coolin...
Seoul's top nuclear negotiator arrives in Washington for talks on N. Korea

Aug 30, 2021

South Korea's top nuclear envoy arrived here Sunday for talks with his US counterparts on ways to resume dialogue with North Korea. Noh Kyu-duk's trip to Washington follows his US counterpart Sung K...
S. Korea, Thailand agree on cooperation in health care, future industries, green technologies

Aug 27, 2021

The top diplomats of South Korea and Thailand agreed Friday to strengthen cooperation in future industries, health care and green technologies during their talks in the Southeast Asian country, the f...
Remaining 13 Afghan evacuees arrive in South Korea

Aug 27, 2021

Kim was part of the small group of officials and security guards, who flew back to Afghanistan to carry out the arduous mission, after all embassy staff evacuated to Qatar last week when the Korean E...
Kabul airport blast occurred at site used during Korea's evacuation: source

Aug 27, 2021

The site of the deadly attack on the Kabul airport was the same gate that South Korea used days earlier to evacuate Afghan co-workers and their family members, a source said Friday. The suicide bomb...
Civic groups protest Japan's plan to release Fukushima water via undersea tunnel

Aug 27, 2021

South Korean civic groups on Friday urged Japan to scrap its plan to build an undersea tunnel to discharge radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. The group...
Defense chief to visit Egypt, Oman next week

Aug 27, 2021

Defense Minister Suh Wook will visit Egypt and Oman next week to meet with senior officials there to discuss ways to boost defense and arms industry ties, his office said Friday. Suh plans to leave ...
S. Korea sends back 1 unidentified Afghan during evacuation: foreign ministry

Aug 27, 2021

The foreign ministry corrected the number of Afghan evacuees brought into South Korean on Thursday to 377 from 378, saying one person had to be returned to Kabul from Islamabad due to unclear identit...