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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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China's vice premier to visit S. Korea, tourism high on agenda
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang is set to make a three-day visit to South Korea, where promoting tourism and commercial ties between the two nations will be high on the agenda, China's foreign ministry said Wednesday. Wang will arrive in Seoul on Thursday and launch the "Year of Visit to China," China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters during a regular press briefing. Wang is also scheduled to hold talks with South Korean Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan during the visit.
Jan. 21, 2015
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"I want to join IS", missing Korean teen tweeted
A missing South Korean teenager suspected of joining the Islamic State group had a twitter account, "Sunni Mujahideen", on which he tweeted his desire to enrol with the militant group, police said Wednesday.The 18-year-old middle school dropout, identified only by his surname Kim, went missing in Turkey earlier this month, and there is speculation that he crossed into Syria."Many materials suggest that he was greatly interested in IS, but we cannot confirm whether he has joined them", Chung Jae-
Jan. 21, 2015
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Seoul calls in Japan envoy to protest Dokdo claim
South Korea rebuked Japan Wednesday over the distribution of a Korean-language version of its defense white paper depicting Seoul's easternmost islets of Dokdo as Japanese territory.The defense ministry said it summoned the military attache from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul earlier in the day to protest Japan's act to hand out the summary of its defense paper that laid territorial claim to the Dokdo islets."The Seoul government lodged a strong protest against Japan in order to prevent such an u
Jan. 21, 2015
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‘Missing Korean in Turkey moved to Syrian border’
A Korean teenager who has gone missing in Turkey had moved to near the Syrian border with a local man by car, Seoul officials said Tuesday, sparking speculation that he might have entered the conflict-ridden country and joined the Islamic State militant group. The 18-year-old tourist, surnamed Kim from Seoul, vanished on Jan. 10 after leaving a hotel in the border town of Kilis, according to Korea’s Foreign Ministry and police. He touched down in Istanbul on Jan. 8 and flew to the southern city
Jan. 20, 2015
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Japan must heed calls on wartime sex slaves: scholar
Japan’s national interests could be eventually undermined unless it heeds calls for resolving a long-standing issue of wartime sex slaves that continues to fray Tokyo’s ties with its neighbors, a South Korean scholar warned Tuesday.Seok Tong-youn, secretary-general of the Seoul-based Northeast Asian History Foundation, also blasted some right-wing nationalists in Japan for trying to obliterate the Japanese military’s system of sexual slavery during World War II, denouncing the move as “nonsense.
Jan. 20, 2015
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‘Missing teen traveled to Syrian border’
A Korean teenager who went missing in Turkey had been driven by a local man to a town near the Syrian border, Seoul officials said Tuesday. This sparked speculation that he may have entered the conflict-ridden country and joined the Islamic State militant group. The 18-year-old tourist from Seoul, surnamed Kim, vanished on Jan. 10 after leaving a hotel in the border town of Kilis, according to Korea’s Foreign Ministry and police. He touched down in Istanbul on Jan. 8 and flew to the southern cit
Jan. 20, 2015
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Korean missing in Turkey; IS ties alleged
A Korean teenager has gone missing in Turkey near the Syrian border, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday, following news reports suggesting the involvement of the Islamic State militant group. The 18-year-old tourist, from Seoul, vanished on Jan. 10 after leaving a hotel in the border town of Kilis, the ministry said. He entered Turkey two days earlier for an eight-day trip with another man, who reported his disappearance to the Korean Embassy on Jan. 12. Turkish daily Milliyet reported that the
Jan. 18, 2015
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Korea, Spain to mark 65 years of ties
Marking the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations, Korea and Spain will hold a variety of celebrations this year which will help expand mutual understanding and exchanges, Spanish Ambassador Gonzalo Ortiz said. Ortiz, who started his post in Korea in October, shared his views on bilateral relations, the Spanish economy and the popularity of Spanish culture in Korea during his visit to The Korea Herald office on Wednesday.“Spain is a middle-sized, soft-power nation with double roots to Latin A
Jan. 18, 2015
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Luxembourg can act as gateway to EU for Korean financial firms
Luxembourg is a gateway to the eurozone for Korean financial companies seeking to set up overseas offices, the country’s Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna said last Tuesday during a visit to Korea. Gramegna, who was Luxembourg’s ambassador to Korea and Japan between 1996 and 2002, visited Seoul for two days to invigorate bilateral investment in the financial industry. Gramegna told The Korea Herald in an interview that he received “encouraging impulses” from Mayor Park Won-soon, Financial Service
Jan. 18, 2015
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Photo exhibition depicts Southeast Asian lives
The ASEAN-Korea Center wrapped up a 10-day photo exhibition featuring diverse cultures of Southeast Asia in Seoul on Sunday. The ASEAN-Korea Multimedia Competition Exhibition will move to Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, next week and to Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, in February. “The 11 talented artists have opened new horizons in our cultural cooperation, adding valuable input to our political and economic exchanges,” ASEAN-Korea Center secretary-general Chung Hae-moon said in a keynote speech
Jan. 18, 2015
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Tourists flock to Turkey as lira falls in value
With the value of Turkey’s lira plummeting nearly by half against major currencies over the last five years, tourists are flocking to the country from all over the world, its tourism association Tursab said on New Year’s Day.More than 250,000 Korean tourists traveled to Turkey last year, a more than 30 percent increase from 2013. Turkey received nearly 38 million international visitors in the same year, raking in $28 billion in revenue.The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul ― one of the largest and oldest
Jan. 18, 2015
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Pope visits typhoon-hit Philippine city to console survivors
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) -- Pope Francis traveled to the far eastern Philippines on Saturday to comfort survivors of a devastating 2013 typhoon, braving rains and heavy winds himself and conceding that it was hard to find the right words when surrounded by so much pain."So many of you have lost everything," Francis told 150,000 Catholic faithful gathered before Mass under a steady rain in an open field near the airport in Tacloban, the city hit hardest by Typhoon Haiyan. `"I don't know what to
Jan. 17, 2015
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Korea, Japan set for sex slavery talks
Seoul and Tokyo are set for a fresh round of talks aimed at resolving their row over Japan’s sexual slavery involving Korean women during World War II in an effort to narrow their historical differences and improve bilateral ties. Lee Sang-deok, director-general for Northeast Asian affairs at the Foreign Ministry here, is slated to meet with Junichi Ihara, director-general for Asian and Oceanian affairs at Japan’s Foreign Ministry, on Monday in Tokyo. Launched last April, the consultations will
Jan. 16, 2015
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Foreign minister to attend Davos forum next week
South Korea’s foreign minister will leave for Switzerland next week to attend this year’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum to discuss global economic and geopolitical issues, officials said Thursday.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se is likely to depart Seoul around Wednesday to attend the forum to be held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, officials from the foreign ministry said. The forum is scheduled to kick off on Wednesday for a four-day run.This year’s forum is expected to draw about 2,
Jan. 15, 2015
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U.S. experts pressure Abe on history
Amid Japan’s frosty relations with Korea and China, a growing number of U.S. scholars are ramping up pressure on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to take a more forward-looking approach toward wartime history. The hawkish premier is currently working on a statement to be unveiled on Aug. 15 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, which will likely determine Tokyo’s relations with its two key neighbors. With Abe pushing for a constitutional revision, a greater military role and
Jan. 15, 2015
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Rep. Suh demands Tokyo uphold 1993 Kono apology
Suh Chung-won, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Saenuri Party, pressured Tokyo to uphold a 1993 landmark apology for Japan’s wartime enslavement of Asian women Thursday, stressing any step backward would further worsen the bilateral relationship. During a meeting with Korean correspondents in Japan, Suh said that among many pending bilateral issues, what mattered the most was restoring the honor of Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II.“Japan should again p
Jan. 15, 2015
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S. Korea, Japan reach agreement on fishing quota in exclusive waters
South Korea and Japan have belatedly reached an agreement on the amount of fish they can catch in each other's exclusive waters over the next 18 months, the Seoul government said Monday.The two countries had been unable to renew their annual fisheries agreement for the July 2014-June 2015 period.Negotiations for the 2014-2015 agreement began early last year, but they had been unable to narrow their differences over Japan's request to operate a 199-ton ship in South Korean waters.Japan also wante
Jan. 12, 2015
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Colombian F.M. visits to bolster free trade
For Korean companies eyeing Latin America’s emerging markets, Colombia could be a launch pad for kick-starting their business. The country is breaking out of years of protectionist legacies to become a safe haven for investment and trade. Millions have moved out of poverty to form a fledgling middle class, ready and willing to splurge on consumer goods. After half a century of bloody armed conflicts with the guerrilla organization FARC, the clouds are finally parting with progress in the peace p
Jan. 11, 2015
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[Herald Interview] Experts talk history, future of unification
This year marks Korea’s 70th independence anniversary from Japanese colonial rule and division of the Korean Peninsula. Following reconciliatory overtures by Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae at the end of last year, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un extended an olive branch by displaying his willingness to hold a summit with the South and improve cross-border ties in his New Year’s address. The Korea Herald interviewed German Ambassador Rolf Mafael and senior researcher Park Young-ho at the Kore
Jan. 11, 2015
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Seoul, Washington hold first space policy talks
South Korea and the United States have held their first talks to discuss the issue of growing space debris and ways to beef up cooperation, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday.At the so-called space policy dialogue held in Washington Thursday, officials from Seoul and Washington exchanged views on how to cooperate with each other on the peaceful use of outer space, it said.Space debris refers to an array of now-defunct objects flying in universe such as spent satellites and used rocket parts th
Jan. 9, 2015