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On the road to freedom, Egypt celebrates national day

Jul 24, 2011

January’s popular uprising against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will continue to have an impact not just across Egypt and the Middle East but also the world, Egyptian Ambassador Mohammad El-Zorkany told a gathering on the country’s national day on Thursday. “The revolution that erupted in Egypt on the 25th of January 2011 is proceeding and is evolving and I think eventually we will gi...
Artist uses charcoal to bring Italy closer to Korea

Jul 24, 2011

Italian artist Omar Galliani’s newest exhibition “Seoul’s Soul” consists of multiple monumental charcoal drawings that demonstrate his ability to blend together reality, spirituality and the imagination. But Galliani brought more than a collection of enigmatic, sensual artworks to Seoul ― he brought with him conduits for diplomacy between Italy and South Korea. “Seoul’s Soul” is Galliani’s firs...
Touching Israel through film

Jul 24, 2011

Country’s new talent connects at PiFan showcase Israel and Korea may not share a common tongue, but it was the international language of film that shone through at the Israeli Film Reception on Wednesday, held in cooperation with the 15th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Two Israeli films showcased at PiFan were celebrated at the event: “Rabies,” a horror written and directed by Na...
S. Korea, U.S., Japan call on N. Korea to take actions to renounce nuclear program

Jul 23, 2011

BALI, Indonesia, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan urged North Korea on Saturday to take actions to dismantle its nuclear program before the resumption of stalled multinational talks can take place. In a joint statement after a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of a key ASEAN forum, South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ...
Inter-Korean dialogue still needed ahead of nuclear talks: China

Jul 21, 2011

BALI (Yonhap News) ― The foreign ministers of South Korea and China reaffirmed their joint stance that improvement in inter-Korean relations is a prerequisite to moving toward reopening multinational talks on North Korea’s nuclear program, officials said Thursday. The South Korean foreign minister held talks for about 40 minutes with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of an ASE...
NIS agents detained in China on spying charges

Jul 21, 2011

Two South Korean intelligence officials have been detained by Chinese authorities for 11 months for information-gathering activities related to North Korea, South Korean media reported Thursday. According to multiple news reports, citing unnamed diplomatic sources, two agents belonging to the National Intelligence Service were arrested by Chinese Ministry of State Security last August in Shenyan...
‘World food supply faces tough future’

Jul 21, 2011

The world’s population will hit 7 billion people later this year, the U.N. estimates. With this, comes the challenge of feeding a population that has increased by 40 percent in just over 20 years. Just this week, the U.N. declared a famine in parts of Somalia with neighboring countries also affected by the worse drought to hit the horn of Africa in 60 years. To find ways to respond to the great...
China announces participation in Yeosu Expo

Jul 20, 2011

HONG KONG (Yonhap News) -- China announced Wednesday that it has decided to take part in next year's World Expo in Korea's southern city of Yeosu in a bid to show the world its efforts to protect the marine environment. The 93-day event will kick off in the Korean port city of Yeosu in May and is expected to attract more than 8 million visitors from more than 100 countries around the world. The...
Vietnam P.M. Nguyen Tan Dung one of most excellent Asian leaders

Jul 20, 2011

The Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was officially inaugurated on June 27, 2006. He has proved his capability to lead the country and overcome many difficulties to ensure social security and the stability of Vietnamese people’s income be maintained and to develop Vietnam to a new high level, despite the fact that Vietnam has been facing many difficulties and is still poor ― a country un...
Seoul may ban Japan lawmakers’ trip

Jul 19, 2011

Foreign minister warns Tokyo to end Korean Air boycott over Dokdo Japan has more to lose than gain from its recent boycott against South Korea’s main airline, as such a move is far from enough to undermine South Korea’s sovereignty over Dokdo islets or Korean Air’s business, the Foreign Ministry here said Tuesday. Last week, Japanese foreign minister instructed officials to refrain from using K...
Seoul may act on planned Ulleungdo visit by Japanese lawmakers

Jul 17, 2011

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday it would consider countermeasures if Japanese lawmakers land on Ulleungdo, a Korean-administered island located between the two countries near the disputed island of Dokdo. Ulleungdo is Korea’s administrative and military defense base for Dokdo, which the Japanese call Takeshima. “We’re closely monitoring the situation after learning from news media abo...
Swiss defense minister outlines future of Korea cooperation

Jul 17, 2011

Armaments is one possible point of cooperation between Switzerland and South Korea if the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission becomes obsolete in the event of reunification of North and South, Swiss Defense Minister Ueli Maurer told a gathering at the Swiss Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday. Switzerland, along with Sweden, is one of two nations making up the NNSC, tasked with keeping the peace at t...
Australia-Korea trade reaches milestone

Jul 17, 2011

The scale of trade between Korea and Australia has increased dramatically since relations were established five decades ago. Overall trade between the two countries ballooned to more than $27 billion during that period, making Korea Australia’s third largest trading partner. The bilateral trade relationship is fueled by exports of Korean cars, petroleum products and automobile parts. For its p...
Creative search for a Human Rights logo

Jul 17, 2011

There are symbols that almost everyone knows ― a heart stands for love, a white dove for peace ― yet there is no logo that symbolizes human rights. The German Embassy announced a global competition to find the international symbol for humanity’s fundamental rights. Until July 31, candidates can submit proposals for what will be known the world over as the accepted logo for the principle of huma...
British Embassy on Facebook

Jul 17, 2011

The British Embassy has joined the growing ranks of local embassies on Facebook. “We launched our official Embassy Facebook page in an effort to keep pace with the growing use of social networking services in Korea,” British Ambassador Martin Uden told The Korea Herald. The page opens another window through which the embassy can communicate and interact with people in Korea and in the United Ki...