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Dano Park in the resort town of Gangneung, Gangwon Province, was the scene of the traditional Pakistani pastime of kite flying on Friday.Locals and international exchange students learned the basics of kite flying during a cultural festival showcasing Pakistani food, as well as introducing...
Updated : 2013.06.16 20:50
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Some 330,000 Koreans visited Indonesia last year, a 25 percent increase from 2009.To cope with the increased demand, the ASEAN-Korea Center launched a Korean language training program for the Southeast Asian country’s tourism and hospitality industry in Jakarta.The two-week language cours...
Updated : 2013.06.16 20:49
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The Russian Embassy hosted dozens of foreign envoys, high-level Korean diplomats and other VIPs at its chancery in the historic Jeong-dong district of Seoul on Tuesday.They gathered on a drizzly eveni...
Updated : 2013.06.16 20:49
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Jordan emphasized the role the kingdom plays as a force for stability, tolerance and peace in the Middle East during a reception celebrating its 67th anniversary of independence from British colonial ...
Updated : 2013.06.16 20:49
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The dreary second-floor shop for foreign diplomats appeared as lonely as it was out of place amid the posh boutiques and upscale offices that populate southern Seoul. Seoul’s drab and gray Diplomatic...
Updated : 2013.06.16 20:48
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The Education Ministry said Friday it plans to call on Japan to correct its distorted history textbooks laying claim to the South Korean islets of Dokdo.In March, Japan approved 21 high-school textbooks, some of which describe Dokdo, a group of rocky outcroppings lying in the East Sea betw...
Updated : 2013.06.14 20:05
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The Foreign Ministry on Friday appointed new ambassadors to 23 countries including the U.K., Australia, Italy and Vietnam. Lim Sung-nam, a former special representative for Korean peninsular peace and security affairs in charge of the six-nation talks for the denuclearization of North Kore...
Updated : 2013.06.14 20:04
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With uneven progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, its succeeding framework should be focused on people, equality and the environment to better fight poverty and achieve sustainable growth,...
Updated : 2013.06.11 21:15
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South Korea signed a deal with the board of the U.N. Green Climate Fund (GCF) Monday to help the new U.N. fund establish its headquarters here, ministry officials said. South Korea was chosen last Oct...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:29
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In his 2012 book “No One’s World,” political scientist Charles Kupchan sketches a global landscape with multiple centers of power and diverse versions of modernity. The West and the rising rest wil...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:29
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Charles Kupchan, a professor of international affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, offered his views in a recent interview with The Korea Herald on a range of issues including the U.S. poli...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:23
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President Park Geun-hye will hold a meeting with foreign affairs and security-related ministers on Monday, an official said, a day after officials from the two Koreas opened their first government-level talks in two years at a border village of Panmunjom.It will be the third time that Park...
Updated : 2013.06.09 20:43
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Africa beckons the world with its huge energy resources and fast-expanding markets. But its vast potential has been a mirage for Korea, which lags behind its rivals in aid, influence and strategy.Afte...
Updated : 2013.06.09 20:42
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Russia’s Far East is in many ways its “Wild West,” where hardened Cossacks some 350 years ago and young Soviets with courage and ambition, fewer than a hundred ― came to exploit Sakha diamonds and...
Updated : 2013.06.09 20:32
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As part of the Arab Cultural Festival, which it has been organizing since 2008, the Korea-Arab Society kicked off the 6th Arab Film Festival on Wednesday at Art Nine in southern Seoul.The five-day fil...
Updated : 2013.06.09 20:32
