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South Korea is in talks with China to set up a summit between President Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping for late June, the presidential spokeswoman said Wednesday.China will be Park's second overseas trip since taking office in February. In early May, she visited the United ...
Updated : 2013.05.22 10:12
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President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday instructed Korea’s diplomatic mission chiefs to help drum up international support for her vision for peace and cooperation on the peninsula and in Northeast Asia. “It’s important to secure cooperation from each country which is crucial to building the...
Updated : 2013.05.21 20:21
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Korea on Monday slammed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s defense of political leaders’ visits to the country’s controversial war shrine, reiterating its demand that Japan correct its understand...
Updated : 2013.05.20 21:22
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Updated : 2013.05.20 21:12
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South Korea and Russia are in talks for a summit meeting later this year on the sidelines of a multinational conference in the Eurasian country, Seoul’s ambassador to Moscow said Sunday.Wi Sung-lac, the South Korean ambassador to Russia, told reporters that the G20 Summit, scheduled for S...
Updated : 2013.05.19 21:07
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Uruguay is well-known for soccer ― the country’s national team are reigning world champions, and for tango, but the South American nation is perhaps equally passionate about barbecue steak.The Urugu...
Updated : 2013.05.19 21:01
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Colombia has become a major oil producer in fewer than 10 years ― Latin America’s fourth largest now, from about 500,000 barrels per day in 2004 to over 1 million bpd in 2012.That fact was not lost ...
Updated : 2013.05.19 21:00
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The Mexican Embassy in Korea hosted a dinner reception at a hotel in downtown Seoul on Tuesday to bolster the work of Mexican food professionals at a four-day international food exhibition. The recept...
Updated : 2013.05.19 20:57
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Incoming Australian Ambassador to Korea William Paterson introduced himself as a product of Victoria State in a food and wine tasting reception at a hotel in downtown Seoul on Wednesday.The “Put Vict...
Updated : 2013.05.19 20:55
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Arctic states Wednesday accepted South Korea, China, Japan, India, Italy and Singapore as permanent observers to the Arctic Council. They are joining the existing group of the United Kingdom, France, ...
Updated : 2013.05.16 21:03
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South Korea criticized an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thursday for making an "unhelpful" visit to North Korea, voicing concerns that the trip may undermine efforts in forging a coordinated approach toward Pyongyang. Foreign ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young made the remark...
Updated : 2013.05.16 16:17
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Korea became a permanent observer to the Arctic Council on Wednesday, stepping up its foray into the region where melting ice sheets are boosting the potential for maritime logistics, resources develo...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:59
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Economic prosperity, an aging population and stark gender imbalance have combined to turn Korea into a major destination for Asian migrants. But Asia’s fourth-largest economy appears to lack institut...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:49
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Japan did not inform South Korea or the United States of an "unexpected" visit by an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to North Korea, a Seoul government source said Wednesday, raising concerns that the trip may undermine efforts in forging a coordinated approach toward the bel...
Updated : 2013.05.15 15:45
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The U.S. government drew a clear line Monday between a sex scandal roiling South Korea and Seoul-Washington relations.Police in Washington, D.C., apparently at the instruction of federal prosecutors, are looking into allegations that then-presidential spokesman Yoon Chang-jung sexually abu...
Updated : 2013.05.14 09:02
