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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Ministry denies blame for Jamboree debacle
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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S. Korea, Australia to discuss N. Korea, regional security
South Korea and Australia will hold foreign ministerial talks Thursday to discuss North Korea and broader regional security issues, officials said. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for a three-day stay. She plans to meet with Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se for their eighth round of bilateral talks, according to a Foreign Ministry official here. "They will focus consultations on the North Korean issue and security affairs in the Asia-Pacific region," he sai
May 21, 2015
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Park voices against Japan's world heritage bid
President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday condemned Japan's bid to list its wartime industrial facilities as world heritage sites, saying the move creates conflict between it and the nations that suffered under Japanese colonial rule. Park made the remark in a meeting with UNESCO chief Irina Bokova as Japan was campaigning to win UNESCO world heritage status for several industrial facilities where Koreans were taken to toil away as slaves during World War II. "Japan ignoring the history of forced
May 21, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Educating girls ‘way to end poverty’
U.N. Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka does not mince words when she talks about the education of young girls. “It is the right thing to do,” she said emphatically during an interview with The Korea Herald at a hotel in southern Seoul on Monday. Mlbambo-Ngcuka is in Korea to attend the World Education Forum 2015 being held in Incheon May 19-22.For the developing and underdeveloped countries around the world, investing in women brings about fundamental changes in society, Mlbambo-Ng
May 20, 2015
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[Herald Interview] ‘Korea-Japan-U.S. ties no zero-sum game’
Despite the strained ties between Seoul and Tokyo and other challenges, the South Korea-U.S. alliance is “more resilient, deeper and broader than ever,” former U.S. ambassador to Korea Kathleen Stephens said. Concerns persist over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s drive for a “normal state” and ongoing attempts to undercut the country’s imperial past and previous apologies for wartime atrocities such as its sexual enslavement of Korean women on frontline brothels.This has created tension as S
May 20, 2015
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CICI members revel in patchwork, traditional Korean cookies
Members of Korea’s diplomatic community had an opportunity to participate in various Korean traditional experiences this month, including a baking class for traditional Korean cookies in Pocheon City, northeast of Seoul.The cooking event, held on May 9, was part of the Korea CQ Forum organized by the Corea Image Communications Institute and held at the Hangwa Culture Museum in Pocheon. Cultural attache of the Swiss Embassy Doris Walchli Giraud, the husband of Irish Ambassador Peter Bullen, the p
May 20, 2015
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N. Korea slams South over wage row at Gaeseong complex
North Korea rebuked South Korea on Wednesday for refusing to raise wages for North Korean workers at their joint industrial park, claiming that the North has a legal right to decide the issue. The North's criticism came as it rescinded its approval of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's planned visit to the Gaeseong Industrial Complex this week. Many expected the U.N. chief's trip to help resolve stand-offs between the two Koreas, including the wage row at the complex, where about 53,000 Nort
May 20, 2015
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Missile defense dispute reignited
Controversy over Washington’s alleged push to station an advanced U.S. missile defense unit on the peninsula was reignited when U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry raised the issue for the first time during his trip to Seoul. At a meeting with U.S. troops and Foreign Service officers late Monday, the top diplomat cited North Korea’s ongoing creation of a nuclear arsenal and other “extraordinarily provocative activities” to stress the significance of the deployment of ships, forces and other asset
May 19, 2015
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‘Eurasia Express’ to link Korea, Europe
South Korea on Tuesday unveiled plans to introduce a special express train this summer linking Asia and Europe as part of its efforts to boost economic and sociocultural cooperation between the two continents. Under the slogan, “One Dream, One Eurasia,” some 250 people from the political, economic, academic and cultural circles and ordinary citizens will gather in Seoul on July 14 before flying to Vladivostok and Beijing for a 20-day journey. In Vladivostok, about 200 of them will take the main
May 19, 2015
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Jeju Forum to discuss path to Asian trust
A three-day international conference on a wide range of regional and global issues including security, education and environment will begin on Jejudo Island on Wednesday, its organizers said.Under the main theme of “Towards a New Asia of Trust and Harmony,” the 10th Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity is expected to bring together some 4,000 experts, government officials and politicians from some 50 countries.Among the participants are former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, former Indones
May 19, 2015
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[Herald Interview] ‘Abe unlikely to apologize in August speech’
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unlikely to make any apology for his country’s wartime atrocities in a much-anticipated speech to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in August, a Japanese expert said.Yoshihide Soeya, political science professor at Keio University, said that based on Abe’s personal belief that Tokyo’s past apologies were “excessive,” he may refuse to accept Seoul’s repeated calls to express its sincere contrition.“I think if you expect that, you will be dis
May 19, 2015
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[Herald Interview] ‘U.S. may not need Japan’s consent to deploy forces to Korea’
The U.S. may not need Japan’s consent to deploy its forces from Japan to the Korean Peninsula in case of a contingency, a Japanese scholar said, noting that Washington has never sought Tokyo’s agreement for a troop dispatch overseas.The issue emerged as another source of diplomatic friction after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said last July that Washington is required to secure “Tokyo’s understanding” should it want to send its marines to handle a peninsular crisis.Speculation has since bee
May 19, 2015
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S. Korea urges close talks with U.S., Japan over defense guidelines
South Korea urged the United States and Japan on Tuesday to continue close consultations with it as they implement their new defense guidelines. In April, Washington and Tokyo announced they had upgraded their 1978 defense cooperation guidelines, which allows Japan to play a greater military role aboard. It came amid concerns over Japan's possible amendment of its pacifist Constitution and a regional arms race. "I think the U.S. and Japan need to continue close consultations with our governmen
May 19, 2015
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S. Korea to bring N. Korea to U.N. sanctions panel for SLBM
South Korea plans to refer North Korea to a U.N. sanctions committee for its recent test-launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a diplomatic source here said Tuesday. The government will soon send a letter to the North Korea Sanctions Committee established under the U.N. Security Council after the communist nation's nuclear test in 2006, according to the source. The committee submits a report to the council every three months. It would represent the beginning of a formal process to
May 19, 2015
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USFK chief calls for stronger Seoul-Washington alliance against N.K. threats
The chief of United States Forces Korea vowed Tuesday to boost Washington's alliance with South Korea to deter evolving security challenges from North Korea's asymmetric capabilities. "In recent years, the North Korean threat has changed and it will continue to change, highlighted by its claimed SLBM development," Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti said during the Far East Forum in Seoul hosted by the Far East Broadcasting Co. Earlier this month, the North said it held a successful test-firing of a subm
May 19, 2015
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THAAD should top Park-Obama summit agenda: lawmaker
Whether to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea should top the agenda when President Park Geun-hye meets with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington next month, the ruling party floor leader said Tuesday. Park is scheduled to fly to Washington in mid-June for her fourth one-on-one summit with Obama, which will likely focus on their alliance, North Korea's nuclear threats, and other issues of mutual and global concern. The call by Rep. Yoo Seong-min of the Saenuri Pa
May 19, 2015
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S. Korea, India launch CEO forum for closer partnership
South Korea and India launched a forum of businessmen in Seoul on Tuesday as part of their efforts to forge a closer partnership among entrepreneurs from both countries. The kick-off ceremony of the South Korea-India CEO Forum took place in downtown Seoul, with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hundreds of businessmen attending. The panel is co-chaired by Park Yong-man, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Kumar Birla, chairman
May 19, 2015
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N. Korean threats impede Asian growth: Park
North Korea's nuclear threats and military provocations impede Asia's huge growth potential, President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday, vowing a firm response against any provocations from the North. "The Asian region has an enormous growth potential, but as long as North Korea keeps blocking the blood vessel of growth with its nuclear threats and provocations, it would be hard to expect genuine stability and progress in Asia," Park said in a speech to a forum on Asian leadership. In recent weeks,
May 19, 2015
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Japan urged to give up claims to Dokdo in grand bargain solution to improve ties with Seoul
South Korea and Japan should seek a "grand bargain" solution to their badly frayed relations, in which Japan gives up its claims to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo and compensates victims of wartime sexual slavery, U.S. experts said Monday. Brad Glosserman, executive director of Honolulu-based Pacific Forum CSIS, and Scott Snyder, senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, made the suggestion in a book that they co-authored and is titled "The Japan-South Kore
May 19, 2015
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U.N. chief, S. Korean president to discuss peace, stability
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that he will discuss peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula when he meets with the South Korean president during his visit to Seoul.Ban arrived here late in the afternoon to attend the World Education Forum (WEF), which kicks off on Tuesday. He is scheduled to meet with President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday at the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae. Arriving at the airport, Ban, a former foreign minister of South Korea, told
May 18, 2015
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Kerry hints at further sanctions on N.K.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Seoul on Monday lashed out at North Korea for its recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, public executions and other ongoing provocations, stressing the need for greater international pressure to change its behavior. While “persistent and principled” diplomacy remains key to dealing with the communist country, no one should be “under any illusion” about talks for the sake of talks, he said, urging leader Kim Jong-un to display his resolve for
May 18, 2015