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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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Leaders of China, Japan, Russia congratulate Park on election victory
The top leaders of China, Japan and Russia have congratulated South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye on her election victory, her party said Saturday.Park, the 60-year-old daughter of the late authoritarian president, Park Chung-hee, was elected the country's first female president in Wednesday's election. The conservative candidate of the ruling Saenuri Party won just over 51 percent of the vote against main opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae-in's 48 percent.Park will suc
Dec. 22, 2012
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U.S. sanctions Iranian companies
The United States on Friday sanctioned four Iranian companies, including one accused of providing weapons to the Syrian regime's crackdown.The Treasury Department said SAD Import Export Company shipped weapons to the Syrian Armed Forces on behalf of Iran's Defense Industries Organization, which it accused of being used by the government to "assist" the Syrian regime's crackdown.In 21 months, the anti-regime revolt in Syria has claimed more than 44,000 lives, according to monitors.SAD Import Expo
Dec. 22, 2012
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Monti resigns as Italy heads to elections
Mario Monti handed in his resignation to Italy's president in Rome on Friday, bringing to a close his "difficult but fascinating" 13-month technical government and preparing the country for national elections. With the short trip to the president's office after bidding a farewell to foreign diplomats and then his Cabinet, Monti kept his pledge to step down as soon as Parliament approved a budget law. President Giorgio Napolitano, who tapped Monti in November 2011 to draft reforms to shield Italy
Dec. 22, 2012
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Obama picks Kerry as secretary of state
President Barack Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state on Friday, commencing a widely anticipated reshuffle of his national security team."In a sense, John's entire life has prepared him for this role," Obama said as he announced the decision at the Roosevelt Room of the White House with Kerry and Vice President Joe Biden standing next to him.The son of a Foreign Service officer, Kerry has a "deep respect for the men and women of the State Department," Obama said."Having served w
Dec. 22, 2012
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Korea-Japan ties hang in the balance
Relations between South Korea and Japan appear to be hanging in the balance as Tokyo’s revitalized conservatives are poised to roll out more nationalist foreign and territorial policies after a landslide win in Sunday’s election. With a supermajority in the Diet, the Liberal Democratic Party is expected to focus on resuscitating the long-moribund economy and building a “normal” state. Concerns are growing that Tokyo’s swing to the right could further aggravate historical and territorial friction
Dec. 17, 2012
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Iran calls for balanced policy from Seoul over U.S.-led oil embargo
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi expects South Korea to reconsider its decision to join the U.S.-led oil embargos in line with the two countries’ growing economic interdependence. In an interview with The Korea Herald, the Islamic republic’s top diplomat also denied allegations about Tehran’s nuclear and other military cooperation with Pyongyang. “The political and economic behavior of countries should be balanced,” he said, commenting on Seoul’s policy to separate political and economi
Dec. 16, 2012
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Paraguayan Embassy celebrates Virgin of Caacupe festival
The Paraguayan Embassy in Korea celebrated the Festival of the Virgin of Caacupe with Paraguayan expatriates here and friends of Paraguay at the residence of Paraguayan Ambassador to Korea Ceferino Valdez on Dec. 2.The Festival of the Virgin of Caacupe is celebrated worldwide on Dec. 8.The festival honoring Caacupe is one of the most important religious holidays for the South American nation, because the Virgin of Caacupe is the patron saint of the country and is believed to be an authentic Mari
Dec. 16, 2012
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Polish Embassy screens films on Polish culture
The Polish Embassy in Korea held a special screening of two Polish documentaries to offer a look into Polish culture and creative arts for free to the general public at Indoe Space Theater in downtown Seoul, Dec. 8.The embassy screened director Andrzej Wolski’s “Toys” (2011) and “Political Dress” (2011) as part of a documentary film series dubbed “Guide to the Poles” for the International Cultural Program of the Polish Presidency of the European Union Council. Zofia Majka, wife of Polish Ambassa
Dec. 16, 2012
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Hanukkah party lights up cold winter night
About half a dozen foreign envoys, members of the Jewish community and their families, and Korean friends of Israel commemorated a religious rite that is more than 2,000 years old at the Israel Culture Center in southern Seoul, Tuesday night.It was the fourth day of Hanukkah.As the days have become darker and colder with the onset of winter, which Seoulites expect will be the coldest in years, scores came out for the holiday which is also called the “Festival of Lights.”“Around this time of year
Dec. 16, 2012
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Digital media exhibition wraps up Swiss-Korea anniversary
The Swiss Embassy in Korea and Gana Art Gallery organized a special digital media exhibition in downtown Seoul on Dec. 5 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and Switzerland.The exhibition, “Media Arts from Switzerland,” displays artistically rendered digital imagery on the facade of Seoul Square Media Canvas across the street from Seoul Station every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. through Jan. 31.The project celebrates
Dec. 16, 2012
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Kazakh envoy an old Korea hand
Measured by the life of a country, Kazakhstan is “young” and, compared to Korea’s diplomatic relations with other nations, Korea-Kazakhstan ties ― at just 20 years ― are nearly as young. But the new Kazakh envoy to Korea is an old Korea hand. He has carried on an abiding relationship with this East Asian nation since the mid-1990s, beginning shortly after Kazakhstan declared its independence in the wake of a collapsing Soviet Union.This is his second envoy posting to Korea, his first being from
Dec. 16, 2012
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World’s demand for oil grows unabated
The International Energy Agency revised upward next year’s forecast for global oil demand Wednesday, following a tamer prediction in October.Growing Chinese demand was the main driver behind the prediction that the globe would consume an average of 90.5 million barrels of oil daily in 2013.The revised figure, should it come to pass, would represent an additional 865,000 barrels of consumption each day.The rise in consumption is expected across all regions with the exception of Europe, which offi
Dec. 13, 2012
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Jang Sa-ik wows foreign envoys with traditional-mod fusion
A medley of VIP expatriates, members of the foreign diplomatic community and local music lovers came out to experience genre-bending Korean singer Jang Sa-ik’s year-end performance held to raise awareness for groups helping orphans at Seoul Namsan Traditional Theater on Wednesday.“He is one of the best singers in Korea,” said Eugina Bellova, wife of Slovak Ambassador to Korea Dusan Bella. “He has a very strong voice ― an exceptional voice. He’s very popular because of his unique way of combining
Dec. 9, 2012
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New Finnish envoy talks ‘Angry Birds’ in two-way ties
“Angry Birds” are Finnish. Who knew? Not actual birds, but the flightless, virtual kind that inhabit over a billion smartphones around the world. The game is huge in Korea, too. In fact, Korea has the third-highest number of downloads of the game, designed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Entertainment, after the United States and China. Finland’s new envoy here in Korea said there are many other things from Finland that are quite popular in Korea, but raising Finland’s national brand is
Dec. 9, 2012
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Institut Francais’ screens ‘Lourdes’ in cinema series
Institut Francais screened director Jessica Hausner’s 2009 film “Lourdes” at ArtSonje Center’s Cinecode Theater in the chic Samcheong-dong district of Seoul on Tuesday.The film explores the nature of Catholic miracles ― real or imagined ― for the millions of religious pilgrims who visit the eponymous small southwestern French town nestled against the Pyrenees Mountains.Hausner remains agnostic in the film on whether miracles actually occur, focusing instead on belief itself and the impact of bel
Dec. 9, 2012
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Tourist agents learn Korean in Thailand
The ASEAN-Korea Center organized a Korean Language Training Course from Nov. 12 in Bangkok, Thailand, for Thai tourism professionals to increase their Korean language ability and help them better tailor travel services for Korean tourists.The language program is offered in many member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the center said in a statement in November.The ASEAN-Korea Center is an intergovernmental organization and aims to increase trade volume, accelerate investme
Dec. 9, 2012
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Australian FM vows strong punishment for attacks on Koreans
The foreign minister of Australia vowed Wednesday that his government will make utmost efforts to track down those suspected of attacking South Korean nationals in his country and bring them to justice. In a Korean-language statement provided by the Australian embassy in Seoul, Bob Carr said investigations have been under way to trace suspects in four assault cases against South Korean nationals in the last three months. The cases took place in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Gold Coast, with s
Dec. 5, 2012
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New envoy urges Korea-Thai FTA to reach trade goals
Thailand’s new envoy in Korea urged Korea to open its markets to Thai agricultural products to reach ambitious two-way trade goals set early this year.It would be nearly impossible for Korea and Thailand to achieve its two-way trade targets of $30 billion, more than double the current annual trade volume, unless Korea opened markets to Thai food products and re-balanced trade, said Thai Ambassador to Korea Kittiphong na Ranong.Kittiphong is taking over as his nation’s top diplomat in Korea on th
Dec. 2, 2012
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Singaporean envoy gets top prize from Korean culture group
Singaporean Ambassador to Korea Peter Tan won the grand prize at the Korea CQ award ceremony organized by the Corea Image Communication Institute at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas Hotel in southern Seoul, Tuesday.Tan joined CIC upon his arrival in February 2011 as Singapore’s top diplomatic representative.“(CICI) allows me to get to know people from all walks of life and gives me a whole new dimension for getting to know Korea. It is really a great, great networking group,” Tan said abo
Dec. 2, 2012
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Envoy brings exhibition on Portuguese architecture to Korea
Portuguese Ambassador to Korea Antonio Quinteiro Nobre inaugurated a special architecture exhibition at Yonsei University on Monday that celebrates the winner of 2011’s “Nobel Prize in architecture” on Monday.An extensive body of work by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, the winner of the Pritzker Prize in 2011 ― often called architecture world’s “Nobel Prize” ― is celebrated in “Eduardo Souto de Moura Competitions: 1979-2010” at Atrium Hall of Yonsei University’s Engineering Departme
Dec. 2, 2012