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[Herald Interview] Masterminding building blocks of future with World Bank

“Money doesn’t automatically bring results you expect if you don’t use it properly.”

Nov 13, 2017
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Seoul not considering role in Indo-Pacific alliance: official

JAKARTA -- South Korea will not join an Indo-Pacific regime, at least for now, a ranking South Korean official said Thursday. The clear rejection came one day after US President Donald Trump noted t...

Nov 9, 2017
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‘ASEAN, Korean youths foresee strong partnership’: report

Amid South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s weeklong tour of Southeast Asian countries that started Wednesday, a seminal report prefiguring a bright future relationship between the Association of South...

Nov 9, 2017
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Korean, Indonesian leaders set for bilateral summit

JAKARTA -- The leaders of South Korea and Indonesia were set to hold their bilateral summit Thursday with their discussions expected to focus on ways to improve cooperation and joint efforts to denuc...

Nov 9, 2017
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Korean president to embark on three-nation Southeast Asia trip

South Korean President Moon Jae-in was set to leave for Indonesia Wednesday as part of his three-nation Southeast Asia tour for bilateral summits and regional forums. The South Korean leader was due...

Nov 8, 2017
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China to send high-level delegation to Korea amid improving ties

China is planning to send a high-level delegation to South Korea to explain the outcome of the ruling Communist Party's recent congress, the foreign ministry here said Tuesday. The move comes after ...

Nov 7, 2017
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Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway spurs Asia-Europe trade

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway began service on Oct. 30 with its first official run across Azerbaijan, Georgia and the east of Turkey, greatly facilitating regional trade as part of China’s “One Belt ...

Nov 6, 2017
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‘Moderate Islam holds key to modernization’

“I tell you that as a Muslim, regardless of your vocation, one of your duties is to practice Islam in a faithful way and encourage others to follow. This is an individual duty.”

Nov 6, 2017
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Friendship association welcomes Trump

A coalition of pro-American organizations here moved to welcome US President Donald Trump on his two-day visit to Korea starting Tuesday. “Our alliance was forged in blood and laid the foundation fo...

Nov 6, 2017
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‘NATO, Korea partners in universal peacemaking’

“The challenges of the 21st century are too complex for any one nation to face alone.”

Nov 6, 2017
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Bangladesh liberation speech granted UNESCO listing

The 1971 March 7th speech of Bangabandhu, given by Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a rallying call for the nation’s independence from Pakistan, has entered UNESCO’s world’s docu...

Nov 6, 2017
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[Herald Interview] ‘ASEAN sensible alternative to Chinese market’

Moving beyond 50 years of existence, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is strengthening its relations with South Korea for a mutually profitable future, said the chair of the ASEAN Committee...

Nov 6, 2017
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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
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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
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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
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