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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Korea enters full election mode
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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Immigrant woman stabbed to death by Korean husband
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Official campaigning kicks off for April 10 elections
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Dialogue hopes fade as doctors pick hard-liner as new head
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Coupang pledges W3tr to expand Rocket Delivery nationwide by 2027
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[Election Battlefield] Political novice to face off star politician in ‘swing district’
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Court upholds jail term for man who attempted to murder ex-girlfriend
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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U.S. House to push new asset freeze on North Korea
The U.S. Congress is expected to begin discussing a fresh batch of sanctions next week to freeze North Korea’s overseas financial assets to help rein in its diversion of scarce funds to nuclear programs, officials said Wednesday.Rep. Ed Royce, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Relations, is believed to have been drawing up a bill aimed at preventing Pyongyang from acquiring hard currency since its Feb. 12 nuclear test that defied international laws and warnings. The U.S. government, mea
Feb. 21, 2013
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Herald inspires youth with essay contest
The Korea Herald, Seoul National University of Education and the British Embassy awarded 160 primary and secondary students first, second and third-place prizes for their performance in an English-language contest during an award ceremony honoring the hard-working young people and their families at the British Embassy on Tuesday.Some 160 young people prevailed out of more than 1,500 who submitted essays in November last year for the English-language essay contest organized to promote enthusiasm
Feb. 19, 2013
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Korea, Cook Islands to begin diplomatic ties
South Korea and the Cook Islands will adopt a joint statement this week to establish formal diplomatic relations, making the South Pacific Ocean country the 190th with which Seoul has diplomatic ties, the foreign ministry said Monday.The signing ceremony will be held on Friday in Rarotonga, the most populous island of the insular country. Seoul will be represented by Ambassador to New Zealand Park Yong-kyu and Cook Islands by Foreign Minister Tom Marsters, the ministry said.Last October, the Sou
Feb. 18, 2013
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Seoul citizens spend 42 minutes getting to work
Citizens in South Korea’s capital city of Seoul travel 11.1 kilometers for 41.5 minutes a day on average to go to work, with 70 percent using public transportation, a survey showed Monday.According to the survey of 198,000 households in the metropolis conducted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government on their commuting pattern, it also takes them 36.7 minutes to travel 9.76 kilometers on their return home as of October 2010.Apart from the everyday commute, Seoul citizens travel 8.9 kilometers per d
Feb. 18, 2013
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Obama to send top security adviser to Park’s inauguration
WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― U.S. President Barack Obama will dispatch a delegation, led by his national security adviser Tom Donilon, to the upcoming inauguration ceremony of South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye, the White House announced Friday.“President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Seoul, Korea to attend the Inauguration of Her Excellency Park Geun-hye, President-elect of the Republic of Korea on Feb. 25, 2013,” it said in a brief press rel
Feb. 17, 2013
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European Union brings love to Korea in film festival
Eight categories of love are explored in 55 short films from 44 countries in “Europe Will Love You, the European Short Film Festival” at Konkuk University’s KU Cinematheque movie theater through Feb. 21 and at Korea University’s KU Cinema Trap from Feb. 22-24.Organized by the European Union Delegation in Korea, the European Short Film Festival is Europe’s first official short film festival here, with its inaugural year opening Friday with the theme “love.” Each film explores what organizers said
Feb. 17, 2013
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Kenya trains travel agents in new marketing program
The Kenyan Embassy and the Kenya Tourism Board organized a new weeklong training program in Seoul and Busan for about 80 tour operators from Feb. 3 to upgrade their skills on how to market Kenya as a tourist destination.The training program was organized as a follow-up to the recent introduction of direct flights in June by Korean Air between Incheon International Airport and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi. The training session was conducted by travel i
Feb. 17, 2013
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Pakistan vows solidarity on Kashmir Day
Pakistan’s Kashmir Solidarity Day was observed by the Pakistani Embassy in Seoul and Friends of Kashmir Association, a Korean support group that counts two former Korean ambassadors and a retired general as members, at a local restaurant on Feb. 5.Kashmir Solidarity Day has been observed annually since 1990 in Kashmir and around the world as a day of protest against Indian control over part of Kashmir.Pakistani Ambassador to Korea Shaukat Ali Mukadam said in a speech at the event that the day is
Feb. 17, 2013
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Korean diplomacy sees new opportunity in Madagascar
For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Madagascar could mean more than a potential foray into computer-animated comedy. It could mean food security and biofuel exports worth billions of dollars ― indeed, more than half of all imports of corn for Korea, the world’s third-largest importer of the crop. That is why Korean diplomats are working hard to help Daewoo Logistics regain a huge land deal it lost after a 2009 coup d’etat in the island nation in anticipation of new elections slated fo
Feb. 17, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Yun faces nuke crisis, uncertainties
Foreign Minister nominee Yun Byung-se is the architect of President-elect Park Geun-hye’s policy of reengaging North Korea and is tasked to save it from derailment amid escalating tension following the belligerent neighbor’s new nuclear brinkmanship.The 60-year-old former career diplomat was named the nation’s foreign affairs chief to assist the incoming leader in coping with regional uncertainties such as revived nationalism in Japan and the ever-complicated rivalry between the U.S. and China.H
Feb. 13, 2013
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U.S. envoy urges N.K. to return to diplomatic process
United States Ambassador Sung Kim said North Korea must avoid a provocative nuclear test and return to an “authentic and credible diplomatic process” in opening remarks that also underscored this year’s 60th anniversary of the U.S.-Korean Defense Treaty at an international conference in Seoul on Tuesday.“(North Korea) has raised a series of requests from the international community ranging from a peace treaty, to normalization of relations, to lifting economic sanctions. Our consistent position
Feb. 11, 2013
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Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition receives applications
The Australian Embassy is inviting talented young Korean chamber ensembles to apply for participation in this year’s Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition. The deadline for submitting application forms with DVD audition recordings is March 11 and the APCMC is scheduled for July 8-14. Winners will receive cash prizes and support from Musica Viva Australia, the country’s oldest independent professional performing arts organization. The competition is known as creating professional careers out of
Feb. 11, 2013
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Korea, Southeast Asia explore deepening ties
Southeast Asian ambassadors in Korea met with Korea’s chief ASEAN envoy here to explore ways to enhance ties between Korea and the Association of Southeast Nations during a meeting at the ASEAN-Korea Center in downtown Seoul on Tuesday.ASEAN-Korea Center Ambassador Chung Hae-moon met with the 10 ASEAN ambassadors to Korea to discuss how the ASEAN Committee in Seoul and the ASEAN Korea Center could “cooperate to move the ASEAN-Korea partnership forward toward a shared goal of progress and prosper
Feb. 11, 2013
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Economic diplomacy priority No. 1 for France
New French Ambassador to Korea Jerome Pasquier said his No. 1 priority as his country’s top diplomat in Korea was “economic diplomacy,” and that he wanted to start his posting here by listening to suggestions from the French business community and its Korean partners.Pasquier said he would like to hear from the French community in Korea as well ― but especially suggestions and opinions from entrepreneurs on how to make doing business in Korea easier for French companies. He said he would make ec
Feb. 11, 2013
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[Photo] New Peruvian envoy
Peruvian Ambassador to Korea Jaime Pomaredo presents his Letter of Credence to President Lee Myung-bak at Chong Wa Dae in a ceremony that officially begins Pomaredo’s posting as his nation’s chief diplomatic representative in Korea.
Feb. 11, 2013
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Russia celebrates Diplomatic Service Day
Russian Foreign Service Officers celebrated Diplomatic Service Day, a special holiday for diplomats in Russia, with many foreign envoys and Korean diplomats at the Russian Embassy in downtown Seoul on Thursday.“Our professional holiday is aimed at the confirmation of the value of deep traditions of the Russian diplomatic service and underlining a very important role of diplomacy in the modern world,” said Russian Ambassador to Korea Konstantin V. Vnukov in a speech during a reception at the cele
Feb. 11, 2013
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Russia trying to dissuade N. Korea from nuke test
Russia is putting pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear test plan that threatens global peace, according to officials of South Korea's Incheon city on an official visit to Russia.Incheon mayor Song Young-gil met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Friday and discussed a range of topics that included North Korea's threatened third nuclear test, they said."Russia is exerting its utmost efforts to dissuade North Korea from conducting a nuclear test," an Incheon city off
Feb. 10, 2013
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President-elect Park's delegation in Washington
A high-level delegation sent by South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye arrived in Washington Wednesday amid lingering questions about its specific mission and mandate."(We) came here to deliver President-elect Park's intent on ensuring the further development of the bilateral ties on the military, political, diplomatic and economic fronts," Rep. Lee Hahn-koo, head of the delegation, told reporters upon arriving at an airport.Lee, the floor leader of the ruling Saenuri Party, is leading the g
Feb. 7, 2013
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Korea protests Japan’s plan for new office on territorial issues
Korea on Wednesday called on Japan to rescind its plan to set up a new government body responsible for territorial sovereignty policies to reinforce its claim to neighboring islands including Dokdo. The Foreign Ministry expressed regret, calling the plan “unacceptable.” Japan’s NHK reported that the organization would be installed within the Cabinet Secretariat. It said the office will deal with policies on the Korean islets in the East Sea, the Senkaku or Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea cl
Feb. 5, 2013
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[Newsmaker] From gentle bureaucrat to unlikely crusader?
Well known for his dovish and docile temperament, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan took center stage after going head-to-head with the mighty presidential transition team on Monday over its plan to unhitch trade functions from his agency. The controversy pivots around President-elect Park Geun-hye’s envisioned transfer of the ministry’s trade-related operations to a newly expanded Ministry of Knowledge Economy, which will be renamed the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy. After weeks of appare
Feb. 5, 2013