Articles by Joel Lee
Joel Lee
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ASEAN-Korea Center makes donation to Laos flood relief
The ASEAN-Korea Center donated 3 million won ($2,650) to the Embassy of Lao People’s Democratic Republic on Aug. 6 to aid flood recovery efforts from a dam collapse on July 23. The center’s Secretary-General Lee Hyuk delivered the donation to Laos Ambassador to Korea Khamsouay Keodalavong, and expressed his sympathy and wish for a speedy rehabilitation of the disaster-stricken areas in the Southeast Asian country. “The Korean government and people are all united in helping Lao people in their st
Diplomatic Circuit Aug. 13, 2018
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Startup competition draws innovative ideas from ASEAN, Korean youths
The ASEAN-Korea Center, working in partnership with the Science and Technology Policy Institute, Seoul Metropolitan Government and Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation, is welcoming innovative ideas for entrepreneurship as part of the inaugural ASEAN-Korea Startup Idea Competition from Aug. 10 through Sept. 10. Applicants -- either individually or in groups of up to three -- can submit creative ideas for improving the lives of people from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Korea. Each t
Diplomatic Circuit Aug. 13, 2018
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Ex-Korean envoy receives Pakistan’s highest civilian honor
The Pakistani Embassy, in collaboration with the Korean government and Pakistan Business Association Korea, held its Azadi Mela national day reception Sunday in Seoul, commemorating 71 years of independence.While Pakistan celebrates its liberation from the British Raj and Hindu dominion on Aug. 14, Korea remembers its independence from colonial Japan on Aug. 15. The two countries share experiences of colonialism, emancipation and partition, which have inspired their postwar international engagem
Diplomatic Circuit Aug. 13, 2018
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Indian Embassy brings ‘Sarang’ cultural festival to Korea
The Indian Embassy in Seoul will organize the fourth annual installment of Sarang, a cultural festival introducing India’s colorful and varied heritage, at venues across Korea in September. Sarang started as a small event in 2015, and has since grown in size and popularity, according to the embassy. It has brought art forms from throughout India to the Korean public. Last year, which marked the 70th anniversary of India’s independence, saw sold-out performances of Indian classical music for the
Diplomatic Circuit Aug. 13, 2018
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‘Ecuador seeks SME cooperation with Korea’
Ecuadorian Minister of Industries and Productivity Eva Garcia Fabre visited Korea last week to strengthen bilateral commercial ties and introduce investment opportunities in Ecuador. She came at the invitation of the Korea Foundation -- a public diplomacy institution under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- as part of its cooperation program with Central and South American countries.The bureaucrat had meetings with her Korean counterparts in government and the private sector, including the Korea
Diplomatic Circuit Aug. 13, 2018
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New Zealand envoy enjoys luge ride in Tongyeong
New Zealand Ambassador to Korea Philip Turner on Friday visited Skyline Luge Tongyeong, an entertainment facility in South Gyeongsang Province owned by a New Zealand company, on his first official tour to the region.The Skyline Luge Tongyeong development is the biggest investment in Korea to date by Skyline Enterprises, a Kiwi company with a diversified portfolio and operating predominantly in leisure and entertainment fields in New Zealand and overseas. The firm plans to invest a further 10 bil
Diplomatic Circuit Aug. 6, 2018
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[Herald Interview] ‘Reformed Georgia: pearl of South Caucasus after 2008 war’: Georgian Foreign Minister
Georgia urges Russia to respect its territorial integrity and sovereignty from violations in the occupied regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, stressed the country’s top diplomat on the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. In an exclusive interview with The Korea Herald, Georgian Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani said that the issues were of international significance, and deserve the attention of the international community, including South Korea.Highlighting Tbilisi’s notable ach
Diplomatic Circuit Aug. 6, 2018
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‘BRICS offers innovations for global sustainable development’: South African envoy
Against an onslaught of protectionism, the five major world emerging economies that comprise BRICS are strengthening cooperation in defense of multilateralism and free trade, and further preparing for the “fourth industrial revolution,” according to South Africa’s top envoy to Korea.South Africa assumed the rotating annual presidency of BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- on Jan. 1 this year, which lasts through Dec. 31. It hosted the 10th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg from
Diplomatic Circuit Aug. 6, 2018
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Former prison lives with vestiges of Korea’s patriotic past
In the 1975 book “Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison” by Michel Foucault, the late philosopher builds on Jeremy Bentham’s concept of the panopticon -- a type of institutional building for social control, where prisoners are surveilled by a watchman at the center -- as a disciplinary tool of the modern state machinery. In the course of its ruthless imperial expansion and oppression, Japan constructed a long chain of panopticon-shaped penitentiaries across the Korean Peninsula from the
Travel Aug. 2, 2018
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Egypt welcomes investments in energy, construction, tourism
Egypt has undertaken reforms to become an advanced economy interwoven with the global economy, the country’s top envoy to Korea said last week.“Egyptians under the leadership of President Abdel-Fattah el Sissi have been embarking on an ambitious economic program to transform the country into a fully-fledged, dynamic economy,” said Egyptian Ambassador to Korea Hazem Fahmy at the embassy on Wednesday on the occasion of the 66th anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution. “We have managed in a very sho
Diplomatic Circuit July 31, 2018
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Colombia-Korea commerce shows steady growth with free trade agreement
After Colombia and Korea entered a free trade agreement in 2016, bilateral commercial volume topped $1.25 billion last year, according to Colombia’s top envoy to Korea, who added that his country hoped to export some $570 million of goods to Korea this year. With a population of 50 million -- the third-largest in Latin America after Brazil and Mexico -- Colombia is a growing economy with a young, well-educated and rising middle class.Colombia is part of a regional economic bloc, the Pacific Alli
Diplomatic Circuit July 31, 2018
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[Herald Interview] Indian envoy leaves Korea with substantive legacy
In Korea, where things tend to get done rather quickly, the three-year tenure of former Indian Ambassador to Korea Vikram Doraiswami went like lightning. Soon after starting his ambassadorship here in April 2015, Doraiswami helped prepare the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Korea in May of that year, laying the groundwork for the success of New Delhi’s “Act East” policy -- a core foreign policy initiative to deepen India’s engagement with East Asia.His tenure ended with the equal
Diplomatic Circuit July 31, 2018
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Korean SMEs eye booming Ethiopian market
Caption: Members of the Social Cooperative of Korean Small and Medium Business Federation pose with Ethiopian Ambassador Shiferaw Jarso (center) after a meeting at the Ethiopian Embassy in Seoul. (Social Cooperative of Korean Small and Medium Business Federation)The Social Cooperative of Korean Small and Medium Business Federation visited the Ethiopian Embassy on Monday to discuss ways to promote and vitalize commercial exchanges between Ethiopia and Korea.The organization is the first cooperati
Diplomatic Circuit July 25, 2018
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CICI awards individuals for promoting Korea in photography, videography
Grand prize-winning entry “View Over Seoul,” by Romanian Embassy Executive Director Daniel Iordan Teodorescu (Daniel Iordan Teodorescu)The Corea Image Communication Institute winnowed a list of winners for the second “Korea Through the Lens, Video and Photography” contest last week. The grand prize went to Executive Director Daniel Iordan Teodorescu at the Romanian Embassy, for his shot of Seoul’s panoramic nightscape titled “View Over Seoul.” He will be awarded Incheon-Paris round-trip business
Diplomatic Circuit July 23, 2018
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Turkey’s diplomacy attracts with enchanting culture
The Turkish Embassy held a fashion show Thursday at Hotel Shilla in Seoul, showcasing the country’s colorful wearables and embroideries worn by student models. The clothes were designed by Sule Aydan, the principal at the Izmir Olgunlasma Institute. “We enjoy excellent political relations,” Turkish Ambassador to Korea Ersin Ercin told The Korea Herald, adding that cultural cooperation was increasingly a critical component of the bilateral relations and gave a substantial boost to commercial ties
Diplomatic Circuit July 23, 2018
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