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Korea to host tourism fair in UAE this week

South Korea will host a tourism exhibition in the United Arab Emirates this week to try to attract more Middle Eastern visitors, the state-run tourism agency said Tuesday. The three-day 2018 Korea C...

Oct 30, 2018
International
Vietjet flight makes emergency landing in HK after ‘technical problem’

Vietjet Air Flight VJ982 was forced to make an emergency landing in Hong Kong around 1 a.m. on Tuesday while en route from Hanoi to Gimhae after crew detected an issue with the aircraft. According t...

Oct 30, 2018
International
Korean NGOs protest Indian PM winning Seoul Peace Prize

More than 20 Korean NGOs, including human rights groups, protested the Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation’s recent decision to award Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this year’s Seoul Peace Pri...

Oct 26, 2018
International
Korean restaurateur fatally shot in drive-by shooting in Chicago

A Korean chef and restaurateur was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting on the northwest side of Chicago in Belmont Gardens early Thursday morning (local time), police reported. According to witnesse...

Oct 26, 2018
International
Korea to host 19th International Anti-Corruption Conference in 2020

South Korea has been selected as the host country for the upcoming 19th International Anti-Corruption Conference, one of the biggest events of its kind, slated for June 2020, the country’s Anti-Corru...

Oct 25, 2018
International
Leaders of Korea, Britain discuss bilateral ties, NK denuclearization

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday stressed the need to start easing international sanctions against North Korea to further motivate the communist state in its efforts to denuclearize in a ...

Oct 19, 2018
International
Moon, Merkel hold summit on bilateral ties, North Korea

BRUSSELS -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged efforts to further develop the countries' bilateral relationship during their meeting on the sidelines of th...

Oct 19, 2018
International
[Newsmaker] Passenger dies of heart attack onboard Asiana Airlines

A male passenger on an Asiana Airlines flight from Incheon to Chicago died of a heart attack last Thursday around two to three hours after takeoff, Chicago’s Korean-language media outlet reported Tue...

Oct 17, 2018
International
Korean military planes to operate in quake-hit Indonesia through next week

South Korea said Wednesday it will extend the mission of two military jets in Indonesia hit by a powerful earthquake and ensuing tsunami. The C-130 Hercules planes were dispatched to the central isl...

Oct 17, 2018
International
Vietnam blogger sentenced again after Facebook posts

HANOI (AFP) -- Vietnam on Friday jailed a blogger who posted critical material on Facebook for five years, his second sentence in less than a month as a hardline administration tightens its grip on d...

Oct 12, 2018
International
Japanese PM Abe to visit China in sign of improved relations

BEIJING (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to travel to China later this month for his first formal visit in seven years, in a further sign of improving relations between the regional riva...

Oct 12, 2018
International
Pope accepts Washington cardinal‘s resignation amid scandal

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis accepted the resignation Friday of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost the support of...

Oct 12, 2018
International
Philippine, Vietnam leaders discuss disputed sea boundaries

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has discussed with Vietnam‘s leader efforts by their countries to delineate their maritime boundaries in the disputed South China Sea,...

Oct 12, 2018
International
UK‘s Princess Eugenie marries wine merchant

LONDON (AFP) -- Queen Elizabeth II‘s granddaughter Princess Eugenie married a wine merchant on Friday in a Windsor wedding clouded by complaints over costs and struggling to recapture the magic of pa...

Oct 12, 2018
International
UN panel unveils special report calling for action on climate change

INCHEON -- A UN panel on climate change released a special report Monday calling for urgent action to cut carbon emissions so as to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial lev...

Oct 8, 2018
International

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