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Which surname will Moon and Jung give their child?
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BTS members dominate charts, award shows despite military service
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Nearly 10,000 elementary school staff suffer from depression: data
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Can Korea break away from apartment fixation?
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Assembly clash looms as opposition pushes vote on W4tr budget cut
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S. Korea's exports grow for 14th month in Nov. on record shipments of chips
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Inside Korea’s diplomatic failure at Japan’s memorial ceremony
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Can government be cool? South Korea's local officials think so
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[Herald Interview] Director of 'Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born' discusses bringing together viewers across ages, genders
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'Winter Ahead' by BTS' V tops iTunes charts in 75 countries
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S. Korea ready to pull last people out of Libya
Destroyer on standby near EgyptSouth Korea is ready to pull out all of its nationals from Libya if necessary after examining safety conditions, an official here said Monday as allied forces launch powerful strikes against the Libyan leader’s military. To assist the possible mass evacuation of Korean nationals to neighboring states, Seoul’s 4,500-ton destroyer Choi Young has been on standby off the
March 21, 2011
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Neighbors agree on nuke safety steps
Foreign ministers of S. Korea, Japan, China discuss disaster, N.K.KYOTO, Japan (Yonhap News) ― South Korea, Japan and China agreed Saturday to work closely together in disaster management and nuclear safety as their foreign ministers met for annual talks that were heavily overshadowed by a devastating earthquake and nuclear crisis.South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, Japanese Foreign Minis
March 20, 2011
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Report paints stark reality for North Koreans
The belief that South and North Korea are “one nation” might be a fantastic idea in theory, but it does not reflect the reality of the situation.Last week, the British and Netherlands Embassies co-hosted a seminar with the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights to highlight and discuss the launch of reports about the integration of North Korean defectors in South Korea and the violence a
March 20, 2011
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Southeast Asia guidebook for teens
The ASEAN-Korea Centre has published “ASEAN and Korea, We Are Friends,” a guidebook for teenagers.“It is a booklet designed for junior and high school students in Korea so that they can learn about our close neighbor ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations),” said secretary general Cho Young-jai.The book provides introductory information on the block’s relations with Korea and its ten member
March 20, 2011
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Paraguay River development key to economic growth
No matter the riches and opportunities Paraguay offers, the growth of this Latin American country’s export industries is hindered by its location.A landlocked country, Paraguay’s plan to become a regional hub for Asian products relies heavily on its main waterway, the Paraguay River, the backbone that connects Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina to the vital shipping lanes of the Atlantic Oce
March 20, 2011
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New envoy holds new vision for Ecuador
Adding value needed to break South American nation’s cycle of povertyThe new Ecuador ambassador has arrived with a plan: to ask Korean companies and officials to have vision and realize that Ecuador is not the same country that it was many years ago.“We are building an infrastructure for Ecuador that will help us get out of this circle of poverty,” Nicolas Trujillo told The Korea Herald during his
March 20, 2011
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Japan promises to keep S. Korea up to date on nuclear accident situation
Japan on Saturday promised to keep South Korea up to date on the situation at a quake-stricken atomic power plant, an official said, amid fears of a potential nuclear disaster in the country. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto briefed his South Korean counterpart, Kim Sung-hwan, on efforts to cool down nuclear reactors and fuel rods at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant during a bilat
March 20, 2011
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S. Korea to attend UN meeting on counter-piracy
South Korea will attend a U.N. meeting to be held in New York next week to discuss counter-measures against piracy off the coast of Somalia, the foreign ministry said Saturday. "The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia" will be attended by 150 delegates from 50 countries and 10 international organizations, the ministry said in a statement. (Yonhap News)
March 20, 2011
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S. Korea, Japan, China agree to boost cooperation in disaster management, nuclear safety
KYOTO, Japan -- South Korea, Japan and China agreed Saturday to work closely together in disaster management and nuclear safety as their foreign ministers met for annual talks that were heavily overshadowed by a devastating earthquake and nuclear crisis. South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi began the
March 20, 2011
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S. Korean rescue team retreats from devastated Sendai
SEOUL/NIIGATA (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government has pulled all members of its rescue team sent to quake-stricken Japan out of the ravaged city of Sendai due to concerns about the workers' possible exposure to radiation, a senior government official said Saturday. "Some members of the team who had remained in Sendai are moving to Niigata, where the main force is staying," said the officia
March 19, 2011
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S. Korean FM heads to quake-stricken Japan for tripartite talks
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan left for quake-ravaged Japan on Saturday for annual three-way cooperation talks with his Japanese and Chinese counterparts that were overshadowed by deepening fears of a potential nuclear disaster following the already-devastating earthquake and tsunami. The one-day meeting among Kim, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto and Chinese Foreign M
March 19, 2011
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Lee visits Japanese embassy to offer condolences
SEOUL/TOKYO (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak paid a visit to the Japanese embassy in Seoul Friday to convey a message of condolences for the victims of last week's massive earthquake and tsunami. Lee signed a condolence book, writing, "All of our people offer condolences for the victims. (We) are confident that Japan will quickly recover (from damage) and the Republic of Korea will be with
March 19, 2011
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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