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Turkish PM to visit Korea this week

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will arrive in South Korea this week for talks with Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon, Lee's office said Monday. Yildirim will arrive in the country Tuesday for a two...

Dec 4, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
Korea, France to hold high-level talks to discuss NK issues

Senior diplomats of South Korea and France will meet in Seoul this week to discuss cooperation against North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats, the foreign ministry here said Monday. Lee D...

Dec 4, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
Korea submits KORUS FTA plan to parliament

The South Korean government will establish a plan to renegotiate the free trade agreement with the United States and notify its course of action to the National Assembly, the trade ministry said Mond...

Dec 4, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
Tillerson urges China to curb oil supply to N. Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged China Thursday to curb its oil supply to North Korea in the wake of its latest missile launch. North Korea faces tightened sanctions following its test-la...

Dec 1, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
‘Georgia set to expedite Europe-Asia trade via multimodal routes’

Georgian Ambassador Otar Berdzenishvili (Joel Lee/The Korea Herald) Charting a democratic and free economic path since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Georgia has adroitly exploited its ...

Nov 27, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
Costa Rica honors ex-Korean envoy for superb diplomacy

The Costa Rican government honored former Korean Ambassador Shin Soon-chull with the National Order “Juan Mora Fernandez,” which is endowed upon ambassadors and other high-level foreign individuals t...

Nov 27, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
‘South African economy ripe for cutting-edge investments’

South Africa is Korea’s largest trade partner in Africa, but there is much room to grow two-way trade and investment by targeting innovative sectors, according to the country’s top envoy here. The S...

Nov 27, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] What Britain’s liberal air taught Thae Yong-ho

After Thae Yong-ho, former deputy chief of the North Korean Embassy in London, defected to South Korea in the summer of 2016, UK Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field had a chance to ...

Nov 27, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
China's senior party official to visit Korea this week

A senior official at an advisory body to the Chinese government will visit South Korea this week to discuss ways to step up South Korea's relations with China, as well as Hong Kong, the foreign minis...

Nov 27, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
Ruling party leader to visit China this week

Choo Mi-ae, the leader of the ruling Democratic Party, will travel to Beijing this week to attend an international meeting of political parties and talks with Chinese officials and South Korean resid...

Nov 27, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
[PyeongChang 2018] Latvia highlights soaring friendship with Korea on 99th anniversary

Latvia and Korea -- separated by over 7,200 kilometers -- are said to share close, kindred aspirations for prosperity and cooperation, crystallized through centuries of struggle for self-determinatio...

Nov 20, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] ‘Religious tolerance is a test of democracy in Indonesia’

Indonesia, by virtue of its geography as a vast nation of 17,000 islands, couldn’t isolate itself from waves of Islamic influence that started arriving on its shores largely since the late 13th centu...

Nov 20, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
New Zealand, Korea celebrate innovative ties

The New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Korea, also known as the Kiwi Chamber, marked another year of innovation, growth and friendship between New Zealand and Korea at an annual year-end hui, or gath...

Nov 20, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
Iranian handicrafts to be unveiled

The Iranian Embassy will help showcase the country’s handicraft treasures from Thursday to Sunday at the Korea Foundation Gallery in Seoul, marking the 2017 Iran-Korea Cultural Exchange Year. The ev...

Nov 20, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] ‘Arctic, fragile vessel of nature, sustainable heritage’

Canadian Arctic scientist John England (left) and Canadian Inuit activist Caitlyn Baikie speak to The Korea Herald about the Arctic region’s precious ecosystem and challenges facing Inuit communities...

Nov 13, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit

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