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A handful of tour buses carrying foreign diplomats, the Korean press corps and students slowly lumbered across Unification Bridge into the demilitarized zone carefully negotiating barricades assemble...
Updated : 2013.03.24 20:31
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The French-speaking foreign missions in Korea observed International Francophonie Day on March 20 and will celebrate the French language and French identity through a series of events through March a...
Updated : 2013.03.24 20:30
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Libya’s diplomatic mission here held a reception in Seoul on Monday to mark two years since Libyan youth took up arms and defied a deadly crackdown by strongman Moammar Gadhafi. The demonstrations ...
Updated : 2013.03.24 20:30
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Korea and Kenya forged ahead with plans to build a nuclear power plant and make the East African nation the second to have nuclear power on the continent. Kenyan Ambassador to Korea Ngovi Kitau part...
Updated : 2013.03.24 20:30
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“God is an Argentine, and so is the Pope,” read the headlines of one Buenos Aires newspaper. With the elevation of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the Roman Catholic Church’s first pontiff from...
Updated : 2013.03.17 21:04
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The Czech Republic marked the expansion of cultural relations with Korea by opening a new music conservatory in southern Seoul on Wednesday. The Czech Embassy in Korea marked expanding cultural ties...
Updated : 2013.03.17 21:02
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United States Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim looks on as an official points out arriving cargo at the Busan Port Authority in the southeastern-most port city and the gateway for a majority of U.S. imp...
Updated : 2013.03.17 21:02
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The Irish Embassy celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day, the nation’s official National Day, with a reception at the Regency Room of the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Thursday. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated annual...
Updated : 2013.03.17 21:01
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Southeast Asia and Korea promoted the local home furnishings sector by dispatching a trade mission to Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday and Thursday. Organized in cooperation with Thailand’s Department o...
Updated : 2013.03.17 21:01
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The Canadian Embassy may soon provide your palate a welcome respite from the customary Korean quaffs of Cass, OB and Hite. Canada’s foreign ministry is leveraging its diplomatic muscle behind somet...
Updated : 2013.03.17 21:00
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A multicultural couple living in Busan opened a cultural center and museum focused on Israel and the Jewish people for the first time in Busan on March 4. Jay and Keum Kronish opened The Busan Israe...
Updated : 2013.03.10 20:56
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The Bulgarian Embassy’s commercial office here, partnering with a slew of groups including The Financial Times and the European Union, organized a two-day seminar on investing in Bulgaria at the Lott...
Updated : 2013.03.10 20:56
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Information technology and globalization have certainly caused problems ― the loss of privacy like never before, cyber crime, even terrorism come to mind. But the centripetal force of globalization...
Updated : 2013.03.10 20:56
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The Seoul Literary Society, a group of Korean literature enthusiasts organized by the Swedish Embassy in Korea, celebrated its 30th session with three of Korea’s literary luminaries: Kim Yeon-su, Ki...
Updated : 2013.03.10 20:55
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Receding Arctic ice has opened up a speculative oil El Dorado that has got the world’s eight Arctic Council nations ― Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United State...
Updated : 2013.03.10 20:52
