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Seoul mulls body to boost cooperation with Africa

South Korea is considering establishing an organization to be tasked with sharing its development experience with Africa and further promote cooperation with the region, an official said Sunday. The...

Updated : 2013.05.05 20:28

Park’s first U.S. trip has packed agenda

President Park Geun-hye left for the U.S. on her first overseas trip as president Sunday, accompanied by more than 100 aides and bureaucrats and one of the country’s largest-ever business delegation...

Updated : 2013.05.05 20:18

Park to unveil vision for peace, cooperation in Northeast Asia

President Park Geun-hye will outline her vision for peace and cooperation in Northeast Asia for the first time during her visit to the U.S. this week. The new initiative envisions a long-term trust-...

Updated : 2013.05.05 20:15

ASEAN-Korea Center hosts ambassadorial lecture series

The ASEAN-Korea Center is organizing a special lecture series with former ambassadors to East Asian countries on the topic of “Rising ASEAN and Korea” in cooperation with the chambers of commerce and...

Updated : 2013.05.05 19:50

Famous Italian novelist promotes women’s literature

Despite progress in leveling the playing field in publishing, women still face discrimination, award-winning Italian poet and novelist Dacia Maraini said in a lecture organized by the Italian Embassy...

Updated : 2013.05.05 19:50

Dutch Embassy honors last Queen

Guests watch the ceremony of Queen Beatrix’s abdication and the coronation of Crown-Prince Willem-Alexander on big video screens erected in the garden of the residence of Dutch Ambasador to Korea Pa...

Updated : 2013.05.05 19:49

Iraq oil minister visits to boost energy ties

Iraqi exports of oil to Korea are on track at 200,000 barrels per day under term contracts, but Korea should reopen direct flights and lift its travel ban to further strengthen ties, the Middle East ...

Updated : 2013.05.05 19:49

EU, Korea eye foreign policy tie-up

The European Union and Korea are in talks to upgrade political and economic dialogue on managing crises around the world in a new agreement that could eventually see cooperation on military operation...

Updated : 2013.05.05 19:48

Allies to start USFK cost talks

South Korea and the United States are expected to begin senior-level negotiations this month to renew a cost-sharing agreement for American troops stationed in the South, diplomatic sources here said...

Updated : 2013.05.02 20:22

Australia smashes Korean spy ring: newspaper

SYDNEY (AFP) ― A South Korean spy ring has been uncovered in Australia trying to cultivate public servants to obtain trade secrets, a report said Thursday, but officials insisted relations with Seoul...

Updated : 2013.05.02 20:21

Japanese envoy counters criticism of Tokyo's history view

A top Japanese envoy sought Wednesday to calm negative sentiment in the U.S. against the Shinzo Abe government's controversial take on history. In an op-ed piece in the Washington Post, Ambassador t...

Updated : 2013.05.02 09:23

‘Budget woes may create hitches in Korea-U.S. alliance’

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― Overall relations between South Korea and the United States are expected to remain healthy in the coming years but budget constraints on both sides may strain the alliance,...

Updated : 2013.05.01 20:54

Budget woes may create hitches in Seoul-Washington alliance: CRS

Overall relations between South Korea and the United States are expected to remain healthy in the coming years but budget constraints on both sides may strain the alliance, a recent U.S. congressiona...

Updated : 2013.05.01 09:28

Korea to attend international meeting on Somali pirates

A South Korean delegation plans to attend an international conference this week on how to tackle piracy problems in waters off the coast of Somalia, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. The 14th p...

Updated : 2013.04.30 20:39

Local group claims 113 war prisoners alive in N. Korea

About 113 South Korean prisoners of war have been confirmed to be alive in coal-mining regions in North Korea’s border with China, a local group claimed Monday. Dream Makers for North Korea, which c...

Updated : 2013.04.29 20:14