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September 19, 2017 World News

Spain expels North Korean ambassador over nuclear tests

MADRID (AP) -- Spain says it is expelling the ambassador of North Korea in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear tests and missile launches over Japan. The Foreign Ministry said in a tweet that Ambassador...

Norway wealth fund hits ‘milestone’ $1 trillion value

OSLO (AFP) - Norway‘s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, on Tuesday reached the value of $1 trillion dollars for the first time, the Norwegian central bank, which manages the fund, said...

September 19, 2017
World News
Russia unveils statue of AK-47 inventor Kalashnikov

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian officials and Orthodox priests on Tuesday unveiled a statue in Moscow of inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov, whose iconic AK-47 assault rifle has claimed countless lives worldwide. ...

September 19, 2017
World News
Suu Kyi rebuffs foreign criticism of Rohingya crisis

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) - Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday she does not fear global scrutiny over the Rohingya crisis, pledging to hold rights violators to account but refusing to blame the military fo...

September 19, 2017
World News
‘The man who saved the world’ dies in Russia

MOSCOW (AFP) - Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet military officer who is widely credited with helping prevent a nuclear war with the United States, has died aged 77, his son told AFP on Tuesday. Petrov, wh...

September 19, 2017
World News
Korea to build control tower to manage renewable energy

South Korea will establish a centralized “control tower” to manage its renewable energy policies and prepare backup facilities for solar and wind power plants for stable power supply, a government pa...

September 19, 2017
Social affairs
Mexico, Korea bolster commerce, security ties

The Mexican Embassy in Seoul marked its 207th anniversary of independence Friday, also celebrating thriving ties with Korea in commerce, security and everything in between over the last six decades. ...

September 18, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
‘ASEAN Culture House conduit of knowledge, understanding’

With the launch of the ASEAN Culture House in Busan on Sept. 1, the public gains a valuable platform through which to peer into the thriving lives of Southeast Asians, said the president of Korea Fou...

September 18, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
‘Costa Rica thrives on peace, cooperation with East Asia’

Across serene and pacific Costa Rica, the military has long been a thing of a bygone era. The Central American country renounced its military in 1949, and has since spearheaded a path of peace and de...

September 18, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
[Around the Hotels] Packages and promotions

Authentic Mexican food at Millennium Seoul Hilton The Millennium Seoul Hilton’s flagship restaurant, Cafe 395, is holding a promotion of Mexican cuisine through Wednesday. Authentic Mexican dishes p...

September 15, 2017
Food
‘Sudan welcomes investments, technology transfers amid easing sanctions’

Anticipating the lifting of US sanctions in the near future, Sudan is ready to reinvigorate its global engagement and draw industrial expertise, technology transfers and agricultural investment from ...

September 11, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
Doldamgil returns to public from UK Embassy

The British Embassy in Seoul returned the Doldamgil Road to the public on Aug. 30, which had been occupied by the diplomatic mission for over 130 years. The 100-meter stretch of land at the back of ...

September 11, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
Kazakhstan, a land of smiles, cries and dreams

ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Hurriedly taking turns with his wife to feed their hyperactive 1-year-old son, Alexander Lee seemed restless, yet happy to be consumed by his family. I met Lee, a reporter at K...

September 11, 2017
Diplomactic Circuit
[Around the Hotels] Promotions and Packages

White asparagus meals at Millennium Seoul Hilton The Millennium Seoul Hilton’s Italian restaurant Il Ponte is holding a promotion of Italian dining featuring a five-course menu of white asparagus th...

September 8, 2017
Food
Translators uplift Korean literature to global heights

Every time Goksel Turkozu browsed through a bookstore in Turkey, he felt there could be more books of Korean literature in translation in his country where the passion for everything Korean runs high...

September 5, 2017
Culture

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