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With recent headlines around the world concerning Egypt focused on demonstrations against Muhammad-defaming videos and the pro-democracy Arab Spring, one cannot be blamed for forgetting the fact that...
Updated : 2012.11.11 20:08
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A slew of European and Latin American diplomatic missions in Seoul are participating, with organizer Gallery Bellarte, in the Ibero-American Art Fair Seoul 2012 at Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul Arts C...
Updated : 2012.11.11 20:08
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Korea has a strategically important relationship with Lebanon, by virtue of its 350-strong troop contingent deployed there since 2007 to help oversee a United Nations peacekeeping operation. But tha...
Updated : 2012.11.11 20:07
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U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen Asia as the destination of his first overseas trip since re-election, according to the White House Thursday. Obama is scheduled to visit Thailand, Burma and Ca...
Updated : 2012.11.09 09:22
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Southeast Asia includes an enormous expanse of cultures, people and traditions across 2 million square miles and some 600 million people from Singapore to the Philippines and Vietnam to Indonesia. K...
Updated : 2012.11.04 20:19
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Turkey celebrated the 89th anniversary of its founding as a modern republic in a reception at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, Monday. A score of VIPs from the government and the foreign diplomatic community j...
Updated : 2012.11.04 20:19
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When one thinks of rum, it is difficult not to invoke the romantic images of the verdant environs of the Dominican Republic and, of course, the swashbuckling adventures of hardscrabble pirates. One ...
Updated : 2012.11.04 20:18
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Austrian Ambassador to Korea Josef Muellner delivers welcome remarks during a reception celebrating the European nation’s National Day and 120 years of diplomatic relations with Korea at Banyan Tree...
Updated : 2012.11.04 20:18
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Negotiation is an everyday part of our ordinary lives, from deciding on where to eat out to which movie to see. Negotiation is, however, the bread-and-butter of diplomats; it is what they do. Their c...
Updated : 2012.11.04 20:16
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Already mastered Korean, or perhaps sick and tired of studying English? You could try your hand at “Espanol” here in Seoul. The Mexican Embassy in Korea is offering Spanish language classes for all ...
Updated : 2012.10.28 20:12
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France’s robot band pictured above playing a rendition of La Marseillaise, the country’s national anthem, at its National Pavilion during the Yeosu Expo 2012 on its National Day, July 14. (Philip I...
Updated : 2012.10.28 20:12
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On the heels of receiving impressive accolades for Czech film “Flower Buds” at the Busan International Film Festival this month, the Czech Embassy here has brought a slew of dramatic and art house-ty...
Updated : 2012.10.28 20:12
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Outgoing Bulgarian Ambassador to Korea Kossio Kitipov said goodbye to not only his four-year posting here in Korea, but also to his 42-year career with his nation’s Foreign Service during an intimat...
Updated : 2012.10.28 20:11
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Top South Korean and American envoys will team up with each other later this week for on-the-spot efforts to promote public understanding on the Seoul-Washington alliance, organizers said Sunday. So...
Updated : 2012.10.22 10:16
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday after his native country won membership with the U.N. Security Council and the right to host the secret...
Updated : 2012.10.22 10:14
