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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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[Grace Kao] Hybe vs. Ador: Inspiration, imitation and plagiarism
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Songpa-gu sends flood relief assistance to Paraguay
Songpa-gu district chief Park Choon-hee presented a 30 million won ($29,000) check to Paraguayan Ambassador to South Korea Ceferino Valdez for flood relief in the South American country’s capital city of Asuncion at Park’s office in Seoul on Tuesday.Torrential rains caused the worst floods in the history of Paraguay at the end of June, displacing 300,000 people. Asuncion was the most affected area, particularly low-lying areas near the Paraguay River, with more than 75,000 people forced to flee
July 27, 2014
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20 Koreans awarded scholarships to U.K.
British Ambassador to South Korea Scott Wightman (front row, center) poses for a photo with recipients of Britain’s Chevening Scholarship during an orientation event at his residence in Seoul on July 16. (Philip Iglauer/The Korea Herald)British Ambassador Scott Wightman presented the Chevening Scholarship to some 20 Korean students at his residence on July 16 to help them study for up to one year in the U.K. “We are sending around 20 scholars to study in the U.K. this year and I know that this n
July 27, 2014
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Korea teams up with U.N. in new ‘global citizenship’ program
South Korea is working with the United Nations to foster a sense of global citizenship here and abroad through a teacher exchange program that brings foreign teachers here and gives Korean teachers a chance to visit classrooms in dozens of countries around the world.Some 57 teachers from Singapore, Russia, the United States, Australia and Britain completed a three-week program last Tuesday with a wrap-up session and closing ceremony at the offices of the U.N.-affiliated Asia Pacific Center of Ed
July 27, 2014
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Envoy celebrates his faith at Ramadan
When most people were likely sound asleep at 3 a.m. on Thursday, Mohammed Chraibi, the Moroccan ambassador here, was starting his day. He woke up hours before sunrise, ate a light meal of prunes, cherries and dates and drank some water. In his living room a short time later, at about 3:30 a.m., he and his family performed morning salat, the first of five ritualistic prayers that devout Muslims perform daily. It was in this way that Chraibi began his daily fasts in observance of the Islamic holy
July 27, 2014
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Gandhi statue unveiled at Buddhist temple
Indian Ambassador Vishnu Prakash and Busan Mayor Suh Byeong-soo participated in the unveiling ceremony of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at a Buddhist temple in Busan on Monday.Prakash, along with Hannarae Foundation of Culture chairman Ven. Shim San and other city and national government officials, participated in the unveiling of a bust created in honor of India’s iconic leader at Hongbeopsa Temple in South Korea’s second-largest city.The bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi, crafted by Indian sculptor G
July 27, 2014
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Malaysian, Dutch embassies mourn downed flight MH17
The embassies of the Netherlands and Malaysia here received flowers and condolences from well-wishers, including officials, businesses and the public, over the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shot down in the skies above Ukraine.The Malaysian Embassy opened a condolence book last week for all who wished to commemorate those who died on the flight.The Malaysian chancery in Seoul opened its doors Monday through Wednesday for those wishing to express condolences in writing or with flowers for
July 27, 2014
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Tokyo gov. says Abe aims to improve ties
President Park Geun-hye on Friday had a rare meeting with Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe at Cheong Wa Dae amid strained diplomatic ties between the two countries on account of territorial and historical feuds. During the meeting, Masuzoe delivered a message by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that he would make efforts to improve the relations between the two countries.The governor told Park that Abe had stressed the importance of building future-oriented bilateral ties in a recent meeting before h
July 25, 2014
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World sees Korea as technology powerhouse: survey
Citizens of 17 major nations regard South Korea as a technology powerhouse that ascended from the ashes of a devastating war, a survey showed Friday. The Foreign Ministry released results of a worldwide survey on the image of the country. It commissioned Samjong KPMG LLC, an accounting and consulting house, to poll 6,000 people aged 18 or older in countries including Germany, India, Vietnam, Mexico, Turkey, Egypt and South Africa for one month from mid-October. It excluded the U.S., China, Japan
July 25, 2014
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Japan, China held talks to discuss summit: report
Senior officials from China and Japan met early this month in Beijing to explore the possibility of a summit on the margins of an economic conference later this year, a news report said Thursday.The Japanese delegates from the Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian affairs bureau held talks with officials including Xiong Bo, a deputy director-general for Asian Affairs at Beijing’s Foreign Ministry, Kyodo News reported. The Tokyo diplomats delivered Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s hopes for a formal m
July 25, 2014
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President to meet visiting Tokyo governor Friday
South Korean President Park Geun-hye will meet this week with visiting Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe, her office announced Thursday, an event that may help warm frosty ties between the neighboring nations.The president plans to receive a courtesy call from the governor Friday morning at his request, Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Min Kyung-wook said.Masuzoe will be the first Japanese politician to formally meet with Park in South Korea in 17 months, with the two nations still locked in political and diplom
July 24, 2014
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After surviving reshuffle, Yun faces heavier diplomatic agenda
After weathering recent cabinet shake-ups, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se is coming under pressure to improve testy relations with South Korea’s neighbors by untangling a matrix of diplomatic and geopolitical interests.Relations between Korea and Japan are at their lowest ebb in decades. An erratic Pyongyang continues to develop atomic weapons, whereas six-nation denuclearization talks remain in their sixth year of dormancy. Yet the Sino-U.S. rivalry is growing fierce, propelled by fast-evolving
July 23, 2014
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S. Korea, Romania to join forces in IT industry
South Korea's science ministry said Wednesday it has opened an information technology research center with its Romanian counterpart to conduct a handful of IT projects in the Eastern European country over the next three years.Under the deal signed between South Korea's Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and Romania's Ministry of Communications and Information Society, the Bucharest-based center will map out pilot projects regarding the IT industry and push ahead with them. The two have
July 23, 2014
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Meeting of Koreas' top diplomats at ARF undecided: official
South Korea's foreign minister may encounter his North Korean counterpart during next month's Asia security forum, but it is unclear whether they will hold a formal meeting, a government official said Tuesday.This year's ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) will be held in Myanmar's capital of Naypyidaw on Aug. 9-10 amid nagging threats from North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions and growing territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas.North Korea's new foreign minister Ri Su-yong, who assumed h
July 22, 2014
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Ex-lawmaker named new S. Korean ambassador to Japan
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has tapped a former four-term lawmaker with close ties to Japan as her new top envoy to Tokyo, officials said Tuesday.Yoo Heung-soo, the head of the Korea-Japan Friendship Association, was chosen for his wide network of personal relationships with members of the Japanese government and public, which is expected to help mend frayed ties between Seoul and Tokyo, the officials said.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as Yoo's appointment is subject to
July 22, 2014
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Pakistan at crossroads of security threats, economic potential
More than 30 years after South Korea and Pakistan established diplomatic ties, a notable change took place this year marking their improving relations. In April, Chung Hong-won became Korea’s first prime minister to travel to Islamabad. This was followed by a visit by Kang Chang-hee, then speaker of the National Assembly, who led a delegation of members of both ruling and opposition parties in January. Their trips came as Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was inaugurated in June 2013, b
July 21, 2014
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(Photo News) Portuguese president in Korea
July 20, 2014
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[Herald Interview] ‘Learning, preparedness key to disaster risk reduction’
This is the 10th installment in a series of interviews with chiefs of United Nations offices in Korea. ― Ed.The Sewol ferry disaster in April raised global alarm over disaster prevention and crisis management. A public furor persists over the government’s flawed response, while the state auditor billed it a “man-made debacle” resulting from a concoction of official negligence, corruption and corporate greed. Despite the continuing grief and misery at the rescue scene, Korea should now work to ra
July 20, 2014
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Could travel alerts crimp Kenya ties?
With a number of high-profile official meetups, including the first joint economic commission in 17 years and three important agreements inked on July 9, South Korea’s ties with Kenya are stronger than ever. But a recent spate of deadly terrorist attacks in the East African country could crimp those ties, and could even threaten Kenya’s crucial revenue from tourism. There have been a number of travel warnings for Kenya recently, including a U.S. warning on June 19, and, on July 12, the U.K. issu
July 20, 2014
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Korean envoy receives Polish medal
A former South Korean ambassador to Poland received a special medal during a reception at the Polish ambassador’s residence in Seoul on July 11.Polish Ambassador to South Korea Krzysztof Ignacy Majka presented former South Korean Ambassador to Poland Peak Young-sun with the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Merit at a reception at the ambassador’s residence in Seongbuk-dong, Seoul.Peak received the medal for his work in the lead up to a state visit by Polish President Bronislaw Komorow
July 20, 2014
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Scientist gets nod for boosting Korea-U.K. research ties
A Korean scientist was presented with the honorary award the Commander of the Order of the British Empire by British Ambassador to South Korea Scott Wightman for contributing to bilateral diplomatic ties during a special reception at the ambassador’s residence in Seoul.Chung Hee-sun, dean of the Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology at Chungnam National University, received the award on July 9 for her contribution to improving academic exchanges and knowledge sharing between South
July 20, 2014