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New Indonesian envoy introduces self to diplomatic community

The Indonesian Embassy in Korea hosted the foreign diplomatic community, business executives with ties in the Southeast Asian country and local media on April 4 to more fully introduce its country an...

Updated : 2013.04.14 20:03

Korean, Turkish national libraries expand cooperation

The national libraries of Turkey and Korea expanded their cooperation with the opening of a new section of the National Library of Korea, “Window on Turkey.” Turkish Ambassador to Korea Naci Sarib...

Updated : 2013.04.14 20:03

Georgia upgrades ties with Korea, East Asia

Korean relations in the Caucasus could be poised for a leap forward in every area including diplomacy, energy investment, tourism and even wine imports, with the opening of an embassy in Georgia this...

Updated : 2013.04.14 20:02

Saudi Arabia upgrades visa services

The Saudi Arabian Embassy announced it has upgraded its visa services for travelers and business persons going to the largest Arab country in western Asia. The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Korea will mo...

Updated : 2013.04.07 19:46

Queen’s Birthday graces Seoul through charity gala

Tickets for this year’s Queen’s Birthday Ball, a glittery and regal gala organized annually to raise money for charity, are now on sale, the British Embassy here and the British Association of Seoul ...

Updated : 2013.04.07 19:45

Local embassy staffer receives royal Swedish order

A Korean local staffer at the Swedish Embassy here was awarded the prestigious Royal Order of the Polar Star in a ceremony at the residence of Swedish Ambassador to Korea Lars Danielsson on Monday. ...

Updated : 2013.04.07 19:45

Cine France kicks off season with ‘Populaire’

With pomp and celebrity, Cine France kicked off its new season of French film at its new venue, Cine Nine, in the Sadang-dong neighborhood of Seoul on Tuesday. “We were seeking a new dynamic in thi...

Updated : 2013.04.07 19:44

Angola celebrates 11 years of peace

Since the end of Angola’s 27-year-long civil war on April 4, 2002, the country’s economy has prospered thanks to oil. Africa watchers feared parliamentary elections last year in August could reign...

Updated : 2013.04.07 19:42

Australian envoy finishes four-year posting

Australian Ambassador to Korea Sam Gerovich returned to Canberra at the end of last week, completing a four-year posting here which started on March 24, 2009. Gerovich will be replaced by Bill Pater...

Updated : 2013.03.31 20:22

[Photo News] Climate security

Special Representative for Climate Change Neil Morisetti gestures during a speech at a reception on March 20 for participants of the two-day Climate Security Conference held on March 21 and 22 in Seo...

Updated : 2013.03.31 20:22

Post-revolution Tunisia lauds Korea ties

Tunisia celebrated its 57th year of independence from colonial rule Tuesday, as well as the second anniversary of popular demonstrations that swept the North African nation and toppled the 34-year-lo...

Updated : 2013.03.31 20:20

Foreign envoys discuss report on human development

A panel of foreign envoys, government officials and experts on development issues will discuss the recent findings of a United Nations report on human development at Korea University on April 4. Ban...

Updated : 2013.03.31 20:19

Silicon Valley in the Andes

With Korea as a strategic partner, Ecuador is poised to embark on its most ambitious infrastructure project ever, a so-called “city of knowledge” on the edge of the Amazon Rainforest. Yachay, whic...

Updated : 2013.03.31 20:19

Nuclear waste a growing headache

ULSAN ― North Korea’s weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country’s radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South K...

Updated : 2013.03.27 20:36

Munch photo exhibition at Samgakji Station

Some 20 photos of paintings by Edvard Munch are on display at Samgakji Station through August in celebration of Norway’s 150th anniversary of the modernist painter’s birth. (Norwegian Embassy) Seo...

Updated : 2013.03.24 20:31