Each year, UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Center of Education selects the best cases for initiatives promoting understanding through education. The 2010 Best Practice Awards were given to five reports out of 58 cases from 15 countries. The Asia-Pacific Center of Education for International Understanding office in Seoul published five monographs for the best Education for International Understanding (EIU...

Envoy hopes investments will help bring nation’s economy into a new era After several high-level visits and important contracts, the Jordanian government decided to open an embassy in Seoul late last year. To head this important task they brought in Ambassador Omar Nahar, who opened an embassy in Tel Aviv after Jordan and Israel signed the peace treaty in 1994. The small embassy that had been ...

The alleged involvement of the South Korean spy agency in a fumbled industrial espionage job is the dominating debate in the diplomatic community here. At the center of the controversy is the bidding for a contract to supply trainer jets, tanks and missiles to Indonesia. South Korea’s T-50 supersonic planes are competing with Russia’s Y-130 trainer jets for the deal. Some high-ranking diplomats...

President Lobo tells The Korea Herald of his hopes to learn from Korean development and education and to draw investment to his country Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Monday expressed hope to learn how Korea developed its islands in the west coast into model cities of development and trade. The Latin American country is passing an amendment to its constitution to designate a sizable piece ...

“The fact that Czech photojournalists are going to places like Sudan, Sri Lanka, Laos, North Korea, and so on says something about the interests of Czechs in far away countries.” As said by Czech Republic Ambassador Jaroslav Olsa Jr. during the opening of the Czech Press Photo exhibition in Hongdae. Czech Press Photo is an annual competition and exhibition rolled into one, presenting an indepen...

The ASEAN-Korea Center organized an exhibition and seminar on the coffee industry in Southeast Asia. During the Exploring Cafe Industry from ASEAN event last week, coffee-related products from 20 Southeast Asian companies were presented. The items were selected by the ASEAN Trade Promotion Agencies and included premium coffee, highland tea, organic fruit juice, and snacks. The center’s Secreta...

One of the youngest students ever, a local grade 11 boy was awarded the Australian Mathematics Competition Medal last week by the Australian ambassador. “The Australian mathematics award was introduced in 1978 and continues to be the major mathematics school enrichment event in the region,” said Australian Ambassador Sam Gerovich. Ryoo Sang-woo from Chungbuk Science High School is the second st...

In Japan, the traditional concept of harmony called “wa” has taken on a new approach by reconciling opposing concepts in order to synthesize them into something greater. This concept is the foundation for contemporary Japanese designs in product manufacturing. The Japanese Embassy along with the Korea Foundation are holding an exhibition that brings together this harmony under one roof at a ver...

Earlier this month the world woke up to the news of the establishment of a new country in Africa. South Sudan, for lack of a better name it seems, seceded from Sudan after years of political wrangling and intense internal and international pressure. But with this new horizon comes gigantic challenges for South Sudan, while it lightens Sudan’s load. “Things are improving with the United States,...

Not many people know about the Gulf Cooperation Council or what it stands for but everyone knows about its member states and their importance in the development of this nation. To shed light on various issues, the GCC is teaming up with leaders from both sides to participate in two-days of seminars. “The relations between the GCC and South Korea are wide and comprehensive and encompass all fiel...