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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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[Eye Interview] 'If you live to 100, you might as well be happy,' says 88-year-old bestselling essayist
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From fake prostitution ring to nonexistent robber, prank calls hamper police
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Missing S. Korean traveler in Paris found safe after 2 weeks
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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Defense chiefs of US, Australia, Japan decry NK-Russia military cooperation
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Vice FM postpones Pakistan visit amid inter-Korean tensions
Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong has postponed his visit to Pakistan this week due to the ongoing political crisis with North Korea, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.Cho, who was scheduled to leave for Islamabad Monday, called his Pakistani counterpart, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, to explain why he has postponed the trip, saying he will reschedule it for a mutually convenient time within the year, the ministry said in a text message to reporters.The officials had been scheduled to meet Tuesday for t
Aug. 24, 2015
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Czech Republic, Korea fete silver jubilee through architecture
Marking the 25th anniversary of ties with Korea, the Czech Embassy held a photo exhibition last week at Seoul City Hall that showcased the country’s traditional architecture. “The Architecture of Prague Castle” featured photographs by Damjan Prelovsek, a photographer, art historian and former Slovenian ambassador to the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002. The two-day exhibition displayed pictures of palaces and chateaux from across the country. Prague Castle is regarded the most significant monume
Aug. 23, 2015
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Chinese watercolor exhibition, lessons available at cultural center
The China Cultural Center in Seoul has opened an exhibition and series of classes on traditional Chinese art by Sichuan painter Chen Zhichao. The exhibition of his watercolors, calligraphy and poems are displayed from Aug. 19-28, and drawing lessons are offered from Monday to Wednesday at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The center provides drawing materials and the fee is 30,000 won. Watercolor by Sichuan artist Chen Zhichao. Joel Lee / The Korea HeraldThe center has invited renowned artists from China e
Aug. 23, 2015
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ASEAN, Korean students plant seeds of sustainable forestry
Students from Southeast Asia and Korea participated in a weeklong workshop in mid-August to build long-lasting connections in forest conservation and sustainable development. The 2015 ASEAN-Korea Youth Network Workshop, held in Korea and Indonesia from Aug. 10-18, provided opportunities for 100 undergraduate and graduate students to engage and learn from each other, as they are expected to lead environment-conscious development in the next generation. With ASEAN and Korea becoming progressively
Aug. 23, 2015
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Exhibition shows Danish green tech
Copenhagen, a pioneering city in green growth, is sharing its advanced technologies and policies in a photo exhibition at Seoul City Hall. Detailed descriptions and images highlighting the Danish capital’s sustainable transformation over the last four decades are showcased at “Copenhagen Solutions,” which runs until Sept. 8. The exhibition provides insights for Seoul’s citizens and government, which is vying to be Asia’s leading city in sustainable initiatives through campaigns promoting alterna
Aug. 23, 2015
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Seoul employs brisk diplomacy over N.K. attack
South Korea revved up its diplomacy Friday to secure international cooperation in deterring North Korean provocations, as tensions flared anew due to Pyongyang’s rocket attack and warning of “military action.” Seoul explained the facts of the North’s rocket provocation to major countries and the United Nations, and discussed with them ways to fend off additional provocations that could include a rocket launch disguised as a satellite launch. Earlier in the day, South Korea’s chief nuclear envoy
Aug. 21, 2015
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Regional powers vie over influence in Eurasia
Major regional powers are vying to strengthen their geopolitical foothold on the strategically vital Eurasian continent with their distinctive policy initiatives striving to court Asian nations including South Korea.For them, Eurasia, accounting for 71 percent of the world’s population and 60 percent of the global gross domestic product, is critical as their influence over it would, after all, determine their global status, analysts say.Among other policy initiatives, China’s “One Belt One Road”
Aug. 21, 2015
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Eurasia poses opportunities, challenges for Korea
For South Korea, Eurasia is a continental landmass of opportunities for energy supply, economic growth, cultural exchanges and other untapped possibilities. But it also entails daunting geopolitical challenges the divided country has long confronted. Participants of the Seoul-led Eurasia Express journey wave for a photo at Perm Station in Russia on July 25 during their 14,400-kilometer trip from Beijing and Vladivostok to Berlin. (Yonhap)Despite a series of constant obstacles to its diplomacy in
Aug. 21, 2015
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S. Korea employs brisk diplomacy over N. Korea attack
South Korea revved up its diplomacy Friday to secure international cooperation in deterring North Korean provocations, as tensions flared anew due to Pyongyang’s rocket attack and warning of “military action.” Seoul explained the facts of the North’s rocket provocation to major countries and the United Nations, and discussed with them ways to fend off additional provocations that could include a rocket launch disguised as a satellite launch.Earlier in the day, South Korea’s chief nuclear envoy
Aug. 21, 2015
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Ecuador, Korea hail innovation, trade partnership
Ecuador marked the 206th anniversary of its independence from Spain amid increasing integration with Korea spanning trade, human development and scientific collaboration.After nearly 300 years as a Spanish colony, the Ecuadorian capital Quito ― the world’s highest capital at 2,850 meters above the sea ― called for national liberation on Aug. 10, 1809, led by criollo locals.Although the new government lasted less than two months, the movement inspired the rest of Spanish America, with Quito being
Aug. 17, 2015
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Exhibition to showcase Danish green solutions
By Thomas Lehmann, Danish Ambassador One of the most frequent conversations I have with people as a Danish ambassador is about the things our respective countries are famous for. Since coming to Korea in 2014, I found out that Denmark, in the minds of Koreans, was known for author Hans Christian Andersen, Lego and happy people, not to mention the bicycles, wind energy and clean environment. Denmark’s green profile is strongly grounded in fact. Denmark became the world’s first nation to establish
Aug. 17, 2015
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Pakistan marks independence with eye on global affairs
Pakistan celebrated its national independence on Aug. 14 amid concerted efforts to eradicate terrorism and engage in global trade, Pakistani Ambassador Zahid Nasrullah Khan said last week. The Independence Day of Pakistan, which falls a day before India’s Aug. 15 Independence Day, is a commemoration of the country’s founding originating from the end of the British Raj in 1947. After a 40-year independence struggle, colonial India was separated into India, East Pakistan and West Pakistan, with Ea
Aug. 17, 2015
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Seoul, Tokyo remain 'distant neighbors'
Seventy years after Korea’s liberation from Japan’s colonial rule, the two countries are often described as “distant neighbors,” an expression underscoring the psychological distance that remains unbridgeable due to their historical and territorial feuds. South Korean President Park Geun-hye shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with U.S. President Barack Obama observing at a trilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, in Marc
Aug. 16, 2015
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Seoul's Foreign Minister urges 'concrete actions' from Tokyo
Seoul’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se called for Tokyo’s “concrete actions” to prove its vows to uphold past apologies for its wartime misdeeds, noting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s speech to mark the 70 anniversary of the end of World War II “fell short of Koreans’ expectations.” Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se Ministry of Foreign AffairsIn a written interview with The Korea Herald last week, Yun also noted “meaningful, considerable progress” in Seoul’s ongoing negotiations with Tokyo over
Aug. 16, 2015
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70 years after liberation, Korea ascends high on world stage
Shortly after its liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, the peninsula faced yet another tragedy as North Korea invaded the South five years later, driving the territory into ruin and deepening the plight of people on both sides of the border. Neither the 35-year foreign occupation nor the three-year war, however, could thwart South Korea’s epic political and economic ascent from the ashes. More than 60 years on, the country stands as the world’s 13th-largest economy in terms of gross d
Aug. 16, 2015
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Park to visit U.S. in Oct.
By Shin Hyon-heeSouth Korea and the U.S. will hold a summit on Oct. 16 to discuss their response to North Korea’s land mine provocation, its ongoing nuclear weapons development and other regional and global issues, the two countries said Friday. The announcement came after President Park Geun-hye shelved her planned five-day trip in June to address the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak at home. “(The two leaders) will chart the expansion of our cooperation into new areas that will increa
Aug. 13, 2015
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Iran deal to deepen N.K.’s isolation: U.K. minister
The recently clinched Iranian nuclear deal would further deepen Pyongyang’s isolation and add pressure on the communist regime to renounce its nuclear ambitions, Britain’s top diplomat said, noting that the landmark deal would be “useful” in addressing Korea’s security issues.During an interview with The Korea Herald and other media outlets here on Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond pointed out that consistently applying punitive pressures as done to Iran could help curb “illegal
Aug. 12, 2015
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Park urges Abe to apologize as reports vary on speech
President Park Geun-hye on Monday urged Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to reaffirm previous Japanese administrations’ recognition of history in his upcoming speech to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.Seoul’s Foreign Ministry also raised pressure on Abe to unequivocally uphold former Tokyo governments’ apologies for Japan’s wartime wrongdoings including the 1993 Kono Statement and 1995 Murayama Statement, to help address history issues with Korea and other neighboring stat
Aug. 10, 2015
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Switzerland marks national day with classical music
The Swiss embassy celebrated the country’s national day event with classical and traditional music that struck a chord of harmony among the participants. The Music Alps in Seongnam, a music festival born of a partnership between Zurich and the city of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, kicked off on Aug. 1 for two weeks at Seongnam Arts Center, coinciding with the Swiss National Day. Yodel group Korea Alpenrose Oergeli Kapelle at the Music Alps in Seongnam. Joel Lee / The Korea HeraldAs an exchange pr
Aug. 9, 2015
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India celebrates national independence on Aug. 15
India joins Korea in celebrating its own independence from colonialism on Aug. 15. Colonial India’s last viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten of Britain, chose the second anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II in 1947 as the date to transfer power to the new Republic of India, ending 90 years of dominion. Unlike Japan, which forsook its 36-year occupation of Korea following a military defeat, Britain relinquished its colonial grip voluntarily as escalating anti-British uprisings threatened
Aug. 9, 2015