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Hyundai Motor eyes 80,000 jobs, W68tr investment at home by 2026
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Seoul bus drivers go on general strike, cause morning rush hour delays
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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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Korea enters full election mode
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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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[Kim Seong-kon] The April 2024 election will decide our future
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Seoul’s bus union prepares for strike
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[Herald Interview] Son Suk-ku chooses to be swayed by others in navigating life
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China announces participation in Yeosu Expo
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 orga
July 20, 2011
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Vietnam P.M. Nguyen Tan Dung one of most excellent Asian leaders
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 und
July 20, 2011
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Seoul may ban Japan lawmakers’ trip
Foreign minister warns Tokyo to end Korean Air boycott over DokdoJapan 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 Korea
July 19, 2011
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Seoul may act on planned Ulleungdo visit by Japanese lawmakers
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 about
July 17, 2011
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Swiss defense minister outlines future of Korea cooperation
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 the
July 17, 2011
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Australia-Korea trade reaches milestone
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 part, Au
July 17, 2011
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Creative search for a Human Rights logo
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 human rig
July 17, 2011
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British Embassy on Facebook
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 Kingdom
July 17, 2011
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Winners of ASEAN photo contest announced
The ASEAN-Korea Center announced the winners of its 3rd Multimedia Competition that ran from April to May.Over 900 photographic and video artworks were submitted by university students and young artists from the Southeast Asian member states of the regional block and Korea.The winners of the 2011 ASEAN-Korea Multimedia Competition are Hassnal Adam Raasalhague Sulainan from Brunei, Hoeng Keomakara
July 17, 2011
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Matching German wine with Korean food
Soju may be the typical accompaniment to “samgyeopsal,” but German Ambassador to Korea Hans-Ulrich Seidt is on a mission to promote a less obvious pairing with the Korean favorite ― Riesling white wine.“I like Korean food very much. And I realized that German white wine goes very, very well with Korean food, in particular Riesling from the different areas we have in Germany,” Seidt said Wednesday
July 17, 2011
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Envoy’s vision: From science to diplomacy
New Poland ambassador sees promise in academic partnershipsAmbassador and scientist ― those are the two titles that the new Polish envoy is bringing to an already strong and flourishing bilateral relationship.“I plan to put a lot of emphasis on developing science and technology cooperation,” said Poland Ambassador Krzysztof Ignacy Majka during his first interview with the local English press.As a
July 17, 2011
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Seoul may act against Tokyo’s Korean Air boycott
The South Korean government said on Friday that it will take various countermeasures if Tokyo refuses Seoul’s request to revoke its boycott of Korean Air in protest of its demonstration flight over Dokdo.Japan’s foreign ministry ordered its officials not to fly with Korean Air for a month starting next Monday in an unprecedented action against the private airliner for test flying its new Airbus A3
July 15, 2011
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Pirates demand compensation from S. Korean navy
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) _ Somali pirates holding South Korean hostages have demanded the release of prisoners and compensation from their government for a commando raid that killed several pirates earlier this year.The demand is the second time that pirates have sought to use hostages to negotiate a prisoner exchange in addition to a ransom.One of the pirates holding 25 crew aboard the MV Gemini t
July 15, 2011
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Seoul urges Tokyo to revoke Korean Air boycott
The South Korean Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged its Japanese counterpart to immediately revoke its boycott of Korean Air in protest of the airliner’s test flight over Dokdo in the East Sea.“We see the measure as the Japanese government’s sanction against a Korean private company,” Seoul’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Byung-jae told reporters.“Reflecting on the current relations between the t
July 14, 2011
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Forum on soft power as diplomacy engine
The government needs to establish a body dedicated to cultural diplomacy using the country’s soft power, a group of foreign affairs experts said Wednesday calling for a related law. At the Korean Public Diplomacy Forum in Seoul, experts said the government had not made the most of the nation’s soft power. “Though the country has seen remarkable economic and technological successes including hostin
July 13, 2011
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South Korea solicits support on regaining Security Council seat
South Korea said Tuesday it will work on gaining a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council in 2013-14, saying it can play an important role in the body for international peace and security as a country adjoined with the nuclear-armed North Korea. The council, which currently has five permanent veto-wielding members ― the United Kingdom, China, France, Russia and the United States
July 12, 2011
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‘Ban Ki-moon one of Korea’s biggest U.N. contributions’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is one of the biggest contributions Korea has made to the United Nations over the past two decades, according to Gabon’s permanent representative to the U.N. Noel Nelson Messone.“It’s very important that Korea has given to the U.N. system one of its brightest, most valuable sons,” the Gabonese ambassador said in an interview with The Korea Herald as he was visiting Se
July 12, 2011
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S. Korea, South Sudan establish ties
The South Korean foreign ministry said Sunday it had established diplomatic relations with South Sudan, congratulating the world’s newest state on its formal independence.The diplomatic accord was signed in South Sudan between South Korean Cabinet minister Lee Jae-oh and Deng Alor Kuol, the African nation’s foreign minister on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement.“With the establishment of d
July 10, 2011
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U.S. Embassy holds UCC contest
The United States Embassy is holding their annual user-created content contest for those residing in Korea.The theme for this year’s contest is anything related to the Go Green campaign such as recycling, environmental issues, planet Earth and energy saving practices.Movies should not exceed three minutes and be created in either English or Korean.The embassy will start accepting submissions from
July 10, 2011
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Czech envoy receives top diplomat prize
Czech Republic Ambassador Jaroslav Olsa Jr. is awarded the 2011 Palmer Prize for Diplomats. (Czech Embassy)Czech Republic Ambassador to Korea Jaroslav Olsa Jr. was awarded the 2011 Palmer Prize for Diplomats for his contribution to the advancement of democracy in Zimbabwe at the 6th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies in Vilnius, Lithuania.During his six-year term in Harare, Zim
July 10, 2011