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August 13, 2018 Diplomatic Circuit

ASEAN-Korea Center makes donation to Laos flood relief

The ASEAN-Korea Center donated 3 million won ($2,650) to the Embassy of Lao People’s Democratic Republic on Aug. 6 to aid flood recovery efforts from a dam collapse on July 23. The center’s Secreta...

Startup competition draws innovative ideas from ASEAN, Korean youths

The ASEAN-Korea Center, working in partnership with the Science and Technology Policy Institute, Seoul Metropolitan Government and Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation, is welcoming innovative ideas for...

August 13, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Ex-Korean envoy receives Pakistan’s highest civilian honor

The Pakistani Embassy, in collaboration with the Korean government and Pakistan Business Association Korea, held its Azadi Mela national day reception Sunday in Seoul, commemorating 71 years of indep...

August 13, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Indian Embassy brings ‘Sarang’ cultural festival to Korea

The Indian Embassy in Seoul will organize the fourth annual installment of Sarang, a cultural festival introducing India’s colorful and varied heritage, at venues across Korea in September. Sarang s...

August 13, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
‘Ecuador seeks SME cooperation with Korea’

Ecuadorian Minister of Industries and Productivity Eva Garcia Fabre visited Korea last week to strengthen bilateral commercial ties and introduce investment opportunities in Ecuador. She came at the...

August 13, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
New Zealand envoy enjoys luge ride in Tongyeong

New Zealand Ambassador to Korea Philip Turner on Friday visited Skyline Luge Tongyeong, an entertainment facility in South Gyeongsang Province owned by a New Zealand company, on his first official to...

August 6, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] ‘Reformed Georgia: pearl of South Caucasus after 2008 war’: Georgian Foreign Minister

Georgia urges Russia to respect its territorial integrity and sovereignty from violations in the occupied regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, stressed the country’s top diplomat on the 10th annive...

August 6, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
‘BRICS offers innovations for global sustainable development’: South African envoy

Against an onslaught of protectionism, the five major world emerging economies that comprise BRICS are strengthening cooperation in defense of multilateralism and free trade, and further preparing fo...

August 6, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Former prison lives with vestiges of Korea’s patriotic past

In the 1975 book “Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison” by Michel Foucault, the late philosopher builds on Jeremy Bentham’s concept of the panopticon -- a type of institutional building for...

August 2, 2018
Travel
Egypt welcomes investments in energy, construction, tourism

Egypt has undertaken reforms to become an advanced economy interwoven with the global economy, the country’s top envoy to Korea said last week. “Egyptians under the leadership of President Abdel-Fat...

July 31, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Colombia-Korea commerce shows steady growth with free trade agreement

After Colombia and Korea entered a free trade agreement in 2016, bilateral commercial volume topped $1.25 billion last year, according to Colombia’s top envoy to Korea, who added that his country hop...

July 31, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] Indian envoy leaves Korea with substantive legacy

In Korea, where things tend to get done rather quickly, the three-year tenure of former Indian Ambassador to Korea Vikram Doraiswami went like lightning. Soon after starting his ambassadorship here ...

July 31, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Korean SMEs eye booming Ethiopian market

Caption: Members of the Social Cooperative of Korean Small and Medium Business Federation pose with Ethiopian Ambassador Shiferaw Jarso (center) after a meeting at the Ethiopian Embassy in Seoul. (So...

July 25, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
CICI awards individuals for promoting Korea in photography, videography

Grand prize-winning entry “View Over Seoul,” by Romanian Embassy Executive Director Daniel Iordan Teodorescu (Daniel Iordan Teodorescu) The Corea Image Communication Institute winnowed a list of win...

July 23, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Turkey’s diplomacy attracts with enchanting culture

The Turkish Embassy held a fashion show Thursday at Hotel Shilla in Seoul, showcasing the country’s colorful wearables and embroideries worn by student models. The clothes were designed by Sule Ayda...

July 23, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit

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