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Dominican Republic marks milestones on Independence Day

Dominican Ambassador to Korea Grecia Fordalicia Pichardo (in red, third from left) poses with other members of the foreign diplomatic community in Korea during a reception celebrating the Dominican R...

Updated : 2013.03.03 20:26

New Zealand talks up healthy food favorites in Busan

An event-goer gets a taste of a New Zealand food during the New Zealand Food Connection 2013 at Paradise Hotel in Busan on Tuesday. (New Zealand Embassy) The New Zealand's trade commission in Korea ...

Updated : 2013.03.03 20:25

Envoy hosts Slovakian star of volleyball league

The Slovakian Embassy in Korea hosted professional men’s volleyball star Martin Nemec of the Incheon Korean Air Jumbos, as the team vies to qualify for V-League playoffs, in a special reception at t...

Updated : 2013.03.03 20:25

Kazakh ‘civil servant’ looks to Korea ties for long-term goals

Kazakhstan’s new first deputy prime minister, Bakytzhan Sagintayev, thinks of himself less as a politician, and more as a civil servant. “I am first a civil servant, and then a politician,” said ...

Updated : 2013.03.03 20:25

Peru’s vice president dispels myths about women in politics

Visiting Korea to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Park Geun-hye, the vice-president of Peru had a simple three-word suggestion for what Korea’s first female head of state should do ove...

Updated : 2013.02.26 20:42

Korea, ASEAN leaders chart course for 2013

An international organization charged with invigorating ties between Korea and Southeast Asia held its 5th annual council meeting and a reception for the diplomatic community at a hotel in downtown S...

Updated : 2013.02.24 19:54

Serbia celebrates democracy and independence on National Day

Karadorde Petrovic, also kown as George Petrovich, led Serbia in its first uprising for national liberation against the Ottoman Turks on Feb. 15, 1804. The date is celebrated today by Serbia as its N...

Updated : 2013.02.24 19:53

SIWA raises most money ever for charity, honors foreign embassies

Korea’s largest expatriate women’s association said it raised the most money for charity ever for its diplomatic and community bazaar, the group’s touchstone event of the year, during its monthly ...

Updated : 2013.02.24 19:53

Could the next pope be from Asia?

Vatican watchers are abuzz about who will succeed Pope Benedict XVI when he officially steps down at 8:00 p.m. on Feb. 28, including the very real possibility that a cardinal from outside Europe coul...

Updated : 2013.02.24 19:52

Herald inspires youth with essay contest

The Korea Herald, Seoul National University of Education and the British Embassy awarded 160 primary and secondary students first, second and third-place prizes for their performance in an English-la...

Updated : 2013.02.19 20:03

European Union brings love to Korea in film festival

Dutch Ambassador to Korea Paul Menkveld delivers opening remarks before the screening of four shorts on the first day of “Europe Will Love You, the European Short Film Festival” at Konkuk Universit...

Updated : 2013.02.17 19:34

Kenya trains travel agents in new marketing program

Tour operators who participated in a new weeklong training program organized by the Kenyan Embassy and the Kenya Travel Board pose with Kenyan Ambassador to Korea Ngovi Kitau (center) for a group pho...

Updated : 2013.02.17 19:34

Pakistan vows solidarity on Kashmir Day

Pakistani Ambassador to Korea Shaukat Ali Mukadam gestures in a speech during a reception commemorating Kashmir Solidarity Day at a local restaurant in Seoul on Feb. 5. (Philip Iglauer/The Korea Hera...

Updated : 2013.02.17 19:32

Korean diplomacy sees new opportunity in Madagascar

A laborer holds up an ear of corn during harvest on a farm in Africa in this undated file photo. (AP-Yonhap News) For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Madagascar could mean more than a pot...

Updated : 2013.02.17 19:32

U.S. envoy urges N.K. to return to diplomatic process

United States Ambassador Sung Kim said North Korea must avoid a provocative nuclear test and return to an “authentic and credible diplomatic process” in opening remarks that also underscored this y...

Updated : 2013.02.11 20:24