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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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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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KT launches new mobile plans for foreign residents
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Korea to hold interagency meeting over Libya unrest
South Korea's foreign ministry said Friday it will convene an interagency meeting on Saturday to discuss countermeasures after the United Nations authorized military actions to curb Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi.The meeting will also check the economic impact from the unrest in Libya and "strongly urge" some 100 Korean nationals remaining in the turmoil-torn North African country to leave there, an
March 18, 2011
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We’re sticking with Japan: Korean firms
It’s business as usual for Korea as foreign firms flee Japan It looks like Korean firms will be holding the fort in Japan as a growing number of foreign companies appear to be withdrawing employees and their families over the nuclear radiation scare.Most Korean firms have decided to stick with Japan based on research and testimonies from their Japanese offices that the situation is stable in Toky
March 18, 2011
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G8 ministers condemn N.K. uranium enrichment program
The Group of Eight industrialized nations condemned North Korea’s uranium enrichment program at a meeting of their foreign ministers held in Paris earlier this week, a South Korean official said Thursday.The G8 foreign ministers adopted a “chairman’s summary” after two days of talks concluded Tuesday, denouncing the North’s uranium program as a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the o
March 17, 2011
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N.K. says to discuss uranium program
North Korea is willing to discuss its uranium enrichment program within the framework of multinational denuclearization talks, its official media said Tuesday, as regional powers continue their tug-of-war over when and how to resume the stalled dialogue. North Korea can “come to the six-party talks without any preconditions and does not oppose discussing the uranium enrichment issue,” its represen
March 15, 2011
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S. Korea opens school in Rwanda
An elementary school built by South Korea opened in Rwanda last week, ready to provide education to hundreds of young students, a state-run institute here said Tuesday.A ceremony was held on March 10 to celebrate the opening of the Wimana Elementary School in the city of Kamonyi, the Korea International Cooperation Agency said in a press release. Korean and Rwandan officials attend the opening cer
March 15, 2011
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Document verifies Japan forced labor of Koreans on peninsula
A decades-old document has revealed that Japan forced labor upon Koreans not only outside the country but at places on the Korean Peninsula during the 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea.The document, which is believed to have been drawn up by the Japanese government in the 1950s, is expected to back arguments that compensation should also be made to victims who claim to have been forced into labor on
March 14, 2011
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Seoul appoints 20 new envoys, 4 consuls general
South Korea appointed former Deputy Trade Minister Ahn Ho-young as its new ambassador to the European Union and Belgium on Monday in a reshuffle that also replaced 19 other ambassadors and four consuls general, the Foreign Ministry said.Ahn Seong-doo, former deputy chief of the ministry’s South Asian and Pacific affairs bureau, was named to head the embassy in Afghanistan, where South Korea has a
March 14, 2011
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Trilateral talks to be held as scheduled
S. Korea, Japan, China foreign ministers to meet in Kyoto this weekendForeign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China will meet as scheduled this weekend, Seoul said Monday, as Japan notified it will host the talks despite the earthquake and tsunami that are believed to have killed tens of thousands of people.The Tokyo government notified the governments of Seoul and Beijing that it will go ahea
March 14, 2011
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S. Korea wins largest-ever oil development deal from UAE
ABU DHABI -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced Sunday that his country has signed its largest-ever oil field development deal, potentially valued at 110 trillion won ($98 billion), with the oil-rich Middle East country. The deal, signed after Lee's summit with his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, here and
March 13, 2011
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S. Korea to send 102-member team of rescue workers to Japan
South Korea will send a large team of rescue workers to Japan Sunday night to help the neighboring country in rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, government sources said. The 102-member squad will depart for Japan at around 11:30 p.m. aboard an Air Force C-130 plane from a military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, the sources said. Japan's gove
March 13, 2011
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French writer communicates at lecture
Informing is not communicating ― not only the title of Dominique Wolton’s latest work, but also the subject of his lecture Friday.Organized by the French Institute, the cultural wing of the embassy, the lecture will examine the author’s theories concerning the building blocks of communication.The book, “Informer n’est pas Communiquer (Informing is not Communicating),” is available in Korean.The ta
March 13, 2011
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Canadian editors wanted for embassy blog
Inside Canada, the Canadian Embassy’s Korean-language blog, is looking for five Canadians residing in Korea to volunteer as contributing editors. The embassy is looking for interesting stories about Canadians living and working in South Korea aimed toward the local young generation in a section called “Korea is my second home,” to be launched in April. The stories, one a month for a six-month term
March 13, 2011
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Exchanges solidify German-Busan ties
Busan City and the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at attracting more investments by German companies to the port city.Signed on March 8 by Busan Mayor Hur Nam-sik and Juergen Woehler, secretary general of KGCCI, the agreement seeks to resolve the challenges German companies face while operating in Busan.“With more than 500 members, KGCCI i
March 13, 2011
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British consular office’s new hours for month
The consular section at the British Embassy will be closed for 90 minutes every Wednesday this month for staff training.The office will be closed from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 16, 23 and 30.The office is open from Monday to Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to noon to accept notarial applications, birth registrations, and to service pre-booked appointments such as marriage, notarial and citizenship cerem
March 13, 2011
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Colombia requests aid for rain, flood victims
A second wave of heavy rainfall is currently hammering Colombia and with it are appeals to the international community for assistance.In Seoul, the small Colombian Embassy recently held a charity drive at the Seoul Club to not only raise funds but to announce donations from local companies.“The Korean government donated $200,000, but I thought it wasn’t enough so my objective at this charity drive
March 13, 2011
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It takes two to tango to improve French-Korean business ties
After two decades of living in Korea, Philippe Li is going back to his home in Paris, but that does not mean he is finished with Korea.Li, the outgoing French Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry president, will be representing his ethnic home on a wider scale to the body that brings together and supports the development of the 114 French chambers abroad.“When I was elected as a member of the b
March 13, 2011
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Big year for Ireland at home, abroad
St. Patrick’s Day kicks off a promising year for Ireland’s futureLater this week, South Korea and the world will be tickled green when St. Patrick’s Day comes marching.In Seoul, one of the city’s most popular and widely participated events will happen on March 19 when the Irish community will tickle everyone’s green bone with Irish culture such as music, dancing and other popular events.The Irish
March 13, 2011
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Lee expresses condolences to quake-hit Japan in phone talks with Kan
ABU DHABI -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had a phone conversation with Japaneses Prime Minister Naoto Kan to deliver a message of condolence to the Japanese people reeling from unprecedented damage caused by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, according to Lee's aides. The 8.9-magnitude quake devastated Japan's northeastern region and was followed by a tsunami on Friday, with Japanese
March 13, 2011
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S. Korea to send rescue team to quake-hit Japan
Korean government officials discuss countermeasures after a huge quake hit Japan on Friday. (Yonhap News)South Korea will send a rescue team to help Japan in the aftermath of a massive earthquake, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Friday. Although no South Korean casualties have been reported so far, more than 9,000 Koreans live near the region where the 8.8-magnitude quake struck Friday, sparking con
March 11, 2011
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Campbell due in Seoul today on N.K. nuke
Kurt Campbell, Washington’s top diplomat for the Asia-Pacific region, was to meet senior South Korean officials to discuss North Korea and other regional concerns Saturday.Meeting Seoul’s chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac and Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kim Jae-shin, Campbell was expected to talk about Pyongyang’s new uranium enrichment program and the stalled six-nation talks on i
March 11, 2011