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Top diplomats of Korea, US discuss preparations for Trump's visit to Seoul

The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held phone talks Sunday to discuss preparations for the upcoming summit between their leaders and other issues of mutual concern, the foreign mi...

Nov 5, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
Experts urge Moon, Trump to demonstrate unity, strong alliance

Experts on Sunday called for the leaders of South Korea and the United States to use their upcoming summit as a chance to reaffirm their strong alliance and dismiss worries over possible differences ...

Nov 5, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
President Moon welcomes six new ambassadors to Seoul

President Moon Jae-in welcomed the new chiefs of six diplomatic missions to Seoul on Thursday. Each of the six new foreign ambassadors to South Korea presented Moon with their credentials in separat...

Nov 2, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
S. Korea congratulates Tokyo on launch of its new Cabinet

South Korea congratulated Japan on the launch of its new cabinet on Wednesday, voicing hopes for a future-oriented partnership based on the "right" understanding of shared history. (AFP-Yonhap) Seo...

Nov 1, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] Looking beyond national interests with Turkey

Turkish Ambassador Arslan Hakan Okcal was a third grader in elementary school in Mainz, West Germany, when his father suddenly passed away in 1963. Left with his bereaved mother and two younger broth...

Oct 31, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
‘Czech Republic looks to PyeongChang Olympics with optimism’

Milan Stech, president of the Czech Republic’s Senate (right) and Czech Ambassador to Korea Tomas Husak pose at the country’s recently reopened embassy at the K Twin Tower B-dong, Jongno-1-gil 50, Jo...

Oct 31, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
ASEAN culinary delights showcased at trade fair

Food and beverages of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations were in the limelight last week at the ASEAN Trade Fair 2017, organized by the ASEAN-Korea Center in Seoul. The fair was held in conj...

Oct 31, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
‘Liberal Islam reconcilable with globalization’

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Korea Ramzi Teymurov (Joel Lee/The Korea Herald) Taza Pir Mosque in Baku (Azerbaijani Embassy) In Azerbaijan, mosques, synagogues, churches and temples fill the landscape ...

Oct 31, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
Korea, China agree to bring exchange, cooperation back onto 'normal' track

South Korea and China have agreed to put their bilateral relations back on the right track, apparently normalizing ties that have been soured over the deployment of a US missile defense system in Sou...

Oct 31, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
Korea, China to hold bilateral summit next week

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a bilateral summit next week, the first step toward normalizing the countries' relations that have long soured over the d...

Oct 31, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
Korea supports efforts for UNESCO listing of comfort women documents

South Korea's government supports civic group-led efforts to list documents related to Japan's wartime sexual slavery of women as a "Memory of the World" listing of UNESCO, a foreign ministry officia...

Oct 27, 2017
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Korea's ambassador to Japan calls for 'two-track' approach in improving ties

South Korea's next ambassador to Japan reaffirmed Wednesday a "two-track" approach to bilateral ties that separate historical disputes from future-oriented cooperation on North Korea and the economy....

Oct 25, 2017
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Korean president congratulates China's Xi on election outcome

South Korean President Moon Jae-in congratulated his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping Wednesday on his reelection as the head of the Chinese Communist Party. "I sincerely congratulate you that the 19t...

Oct 25, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
PM Lee asks US Olympic chief for help in getting Trump to visit PyeongChang

OLYMPIA -- Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon met with US Olympic Committee Chairman Larry Probst on Tuesday and asked for help in getting US President Donald Trump to visit South Korea for the PyeongChang W...

Oct 24, 2017
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] Tehran mayor eyes sustainable partnerships with global cities

In Iran, where hard-line conservatives feel emboldened to have more say over statecraft these days, Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Ali Najafi has been a time-tested defender of globalization and market-orient...

Oct 23, 2017
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