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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Leaders of Korea, US, Japan to hold trilateral summit next week
The leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold a trilateral summit next week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Saturday.A senior Cheong Wa Dae official said that President Moon Jae-in and his US and Japanese counterparts, Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe, respectively, will hold a luncheon meeting on Thursday (Eastern Standard Time).(Yonhap)North Korea's continued provocations are expected to top the agenda for t
Sept. 17, 2017
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Daejeon mayor vows closer cooperation with Asia-Pacific cities
Daejeon Mayor Kwon Sun-taik said Thursday his city will enhance cooperation with major cities in the Asia-Pacific region to promote development in the region.Kwon made the remarks in a speech at the closing ceremony of the four-day 2017 Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors' Forum at the Daejeon Convention Center here. Daejeon is the host city of the event."The city of Daejeon will bear the pride and sense of duty as the host city of the 2017 Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors' Forum, and act
Sept. 14, 2017
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PM meets with Finnish parliamentary speaker
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon met with Finland's Parliamentary Speaker Maria Lohela on Wednesday and discussed bolstering cooperation, including tackling the low birth rate problem that is facing the two countries, his office said.Lee expressed hope that the two countries will expand mutually beneficial cooperation in economy, defense and education. Lohela said her visit included events promoting cooperation in business, tourism and health care, and she will continue efforts to expand the cooperati
Sept. 13, 2017
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PM meets with Bahrain's parliamentary speaker
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon met with the chief of Bahrain's lower house of parliament Tuesday and discussed ways to bolster cooperation and exchanges between the two countries, his office said.Bahrain's Council of Representatives Speaker Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al Mulla has been on a weeklong visit to South Korea since Sunday at the invitation of National Assembly Speaker Chung Se-kyun. During the meeting, Lee expressed the hope that South Korean firms would continue to take part in infrastructure proj
Sept. 12, 2017
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‘Sudan welcomes investments, technology transfers amid easing sanctions’
Anticipating the lifting of US sanctions in the near future, Sudan is ready to reinvigorate its global engagement and draw industrial expertise, technology transfers and agricultural investment from Korea, the country’s No. 2 diplomat has said. In an exclusive interview with The Korea Herald, Hamid Mohamed E. Momtaz, state minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the comprehensive embargo imposed on Khartoum since 1997 is likely to be abrogated by October. In January, Washington partial
Sept. 11, 2017
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Doldamgil returns to public from UK Embassy
The British Embassy in Seoul returned the Doldamgil Road to the public on Aug. 30, which had been occupied by the diplomatic mission for over 130 years. The 100-meter stretch of land at the back of the embassy did not formally belong to the British mission, but was incorporated into the compound since the 1960s. The issue was put under the spotlight in 2010, and raised with the embassy, leading to a memorandum of understanding between the embassy and the Seoul Metropolitan Government. “Whether r
Sept. 11, 2017
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Kazakhstan, a land of smiles, cries and dreams
ASTANA, Kazakhstan -- Hurriedly taking turns with his wife to feed their hyperactive 1-year-old son, Alexander Lee seemed restless, yet happy to be consumed by his family. I met Lee, a reporter at Kazakh TV of Korean ethnicity, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s summit in Astana in June, when I covered several key events at the time as a journalist. When I came back to Astana for a second time in late August, he was one of the first people I got in touch with. “I moved here in 2011 after
Sept. 11, 2017
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Korea to host general meeting of UN body on climate change next year
South Korea has been selected to host the general meeting of a United Nations-affiliated body on climate change next year, the government said Monday. The 48th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be held in the port city of Incheon, west of Seoul, in October 2018, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. The photo, filed on Oct. 14, 2010, captures a media session during the general meeting of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change held in Busan,
Sept. 11, 2017
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Moon taps parliamentary secretary-general as new ambassador to Russia
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday tapped the chief of the parliamentary secretariat as his new top envoy to Russia, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.Woo Yoon-keun, secretary-general of the National Assembly, has been tapped as South Korea's new ambassador to Russia.The lawyer-turned-politician has been serving in the parliamentary post since last year. Secretary-general of the National Assembly Woo Yoon-keun (Yonhap)The former lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party has a d
Sept. 5, 2017
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Indonesian architects blueprint models of attractive future
Inside the roughly gentrified studio Haenghwatang in northern Seoul, another attempt at innovative engineering is taking place, this time unveiling lush, local imaginations of Indonesian architects before the public eye.As a collateral event to the International Union of Architects World Congress in Seoul under the theme of “soul of the city,” works of more than 53 Indonesian architects that came to Korea are being showcased through Sept. 10.According to architects and event curators Danny Wicak
Sept. 4, 2017
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Latin American films come to town
The Latin American embassies, in collaboration with the Korea Film Archive, will organize a film festival in Seoul from Tuesday to Sunday, introducing their rich and diverse cultures and lifestyles through critically acclaimed films. The event will feature a variety of genres, encompassing drama, comedy, adventure, romance, thriller, biography and science fiction. Thirteen movies from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Ve
Sept. 4, 2017
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‘Turkey, lasting bulwark against global terrorism, extremism’
Amid celebrations of 60 years of official diplomacy with Korea, the Turkish Embassy on Wednesday observed its national holiday -- Victory Day -- and paid tribute to the triumph against occupying Greek forces in the Battle of Dumlupinar on Aug. 30, 1922, which helped create a modern, republican nation state. During a reception in Seoul, Turkish Ambassador to Korea Arslan Hakan Okcal also noted the thriving strategic partnership since 2012 between Ankara and Seoul, as the two nations have bolstere
Sept. 4, 2017
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‘ASEAN, Korea pave way for prosperous, secure future’
Building on the last 50 years of fruitful cooperation and integration, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is forging ahead with pragmatic plans to secure a future of common prosperity and security, the regional bloc’s top diplomats said last week, urging South Korea’s continuing engagement as an indispensable strategic partner. This year marks the golden jubilee of ASEAN, a group of 10 nations that have moved beyond their ideological, political, cultural, ethnic and linguistic difference
Sept. 4, 2017
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Korea, 5 Mekong nations agree to widen cooperation
BUSAN -- South Korea and five Southeast Asian countries surrounding the Mekong River agreed on Friday to strengthen diplomatic and economic cooperation during an annual high-level meeting in the southern port city of Busan.The 7th Mekong-Republic of Korea Foreign Ministers' Meeting adopted a second action plan outlining the long-term vision and priority projects for their cooperation until 2020.The conference was attended by the top diplomats of South Korea, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and
Sept. 1, 2017
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Korean leader vows increased cooperation, exchanges with Latin American countries
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday vowed to greatly enhance his country's cooperation and exchanges with Latin American countries, stressing the need for the countries to work together to address various regional and global issues, such as climate change and the fourth-industrial revolution."I believe the relationship between Asia and Latin America is very important. The South Korean government will further strengthen its efforts to spearhead peace and prosperity of Asia in the futur
Aug. 31, 2017
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Moon names new ambassadors to US, China and Japan
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has tapped new chiefs of missions to the United States, Japan and China, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, the world's most powerful countries that are also considered Seoul's key partners in efforts to rein in North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile technologies.The president named Cho Yoon-je the country's new ambassador to Washington, according to Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Park Soo-hyun.Cho, 64, served as a key adviser on Moon's election
Aug. 30, 2017
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Students eye Indonesia as new career horizon
Piqued by growing educational and employment opportunities in Southeast Asia, a select group of Korean students will study across Indonesian universities for a year starting from the fall semester through the Darmasiswa scholarship program.The one-year scholarship is organized by Indonesia’s Ministry of National Education in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs, and offered to foreign students from countries with diplomatic ties to Indonesia. Students learn about the Southeast Asia
Aug. 28, 2017
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Turkish celebrations to mark blooming ties with Korea
Marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Korea, the Turkish Embassy in collaboration with the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism will organize a series of cultural events this week ranging from music and dance to food and a reception. This year has also been marked the year of Turkey-Korea cultural relations, whose ties stretch back over 1,500 years.The first event at the National Theatre of Korea’s Daloreum Theater in Seoul at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday will featur
Aug. 28, 2017
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[Herald Interview] Planning for smart, sustainable future with Singapore
As a small city-state at the foot of peninsular Malaysia, Singapore has blazed a trail through the rough currents of international politics and business over the 52 years since its independence, which it marked on its National Day, Aug. 9. Dubbed the “Lion City,” “Garden City” or “Little Red Dot,” the cosmopolitan metropolis of 5.6 million people has a gross domestic product of $311 billion, or $55,000 per capita, making it the richest Asian country on an individual basis. As the Association of
Aug. 28, 2017
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Leaders of Korea, China exchange congratulatory messages to mark 25th anniv. of diplomatic relations
Leaders of South Korea and China exchanged congratulatory messages Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of normalizing diplomatic ties between the two countries, the foreign ministry said. In the message, President Moon Jae-in assessed that their bilateral relations have seen significant advance and expressed hopes that the Seoul-Beijing ties that he cherishes will further develop into a "substantial" strategic cooperative one, according to the ministry.Chinese President Xi Jinping also said he
Aug. 24, 2017