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Senate confirms Harris as US ambassador to S. Korea

Jun 30, 2018

WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- The United States Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to South Korea, filling a post that has been vacant since the launch of the administration. ...
Integrating Africa seeks sustainable partnerships

Jun 25, 2018

“Today is a day we can commemorate our triumph over colonialism and the apartheid, and think through the challenges of globalization facing the African continent.”
ROK-US alliance wins plaudits for fledgling peace, security on Korean Peninsula

Jun 25, 2018

“The cornerstone of the Korean Peninsula’s prospective denuclearization and establishment of a peace regime is the watertight coordination between the ROK and the US.”
Baltics celebrate midsummer day

Jun 25, 2018

Participants, including Latvian Ambassador to Korea Peteris Vaivars (center) and Estonian Ambassador to Japan and Korea Jaak Lensment (back, sixth from right), pose at the Latvian Embassy in Seoul, w...
Pacific Alliance unveils vibrant colors at festival

Jun 25, 2018

The Korea Foundation, in collaboration with Colombian, Peruvian, Mexican and Chilean embassies, has organized a plethora of public events through Aug. 17. “The Pacific Alliance Festival Hola” showca...
Ecuadorian Embassy brings slice of Incan riches back to future

Jun 25, 2018

“The world is not perfect and it will never be. But as long as we see each other without prejudice, embrace one another as we are and mutually offer what we have, we could keep alive our hope that the world is and can be better together.”
UNESCO panel to note Koreans' forced labor under Japan's

Jun 25, 2018

A UNESCO committee is expected to cite Japan's wartime brutality of forcing Koreans into harsh labor at some of its newly designated World Heritage sites, a government official here said Monday. UNE...
[Herald Interview] Grasping Chinese market with educator’s insight

Jun 18, 2018

“In today’s China, more than in Korea, students are more willing to take risks with their education, because they don’t fully understand the risks around their choices.”
Philippine economy on bullish growth trajectory

Jun 18, 2018

“Our deep trust and friendship is well exemplified by the fact that Korea accounts for the greatest number of visitors to the Philippines and our trade volume has exceeded $10 billion since 2010.”
‘Public diplomacy key to refining soft power’

Jun 18, 2018

If there were verity in Joseph S. Nye’s assumption, the Korean government has wisely followed through on the celebrity scholar’s insight to magnify its soft power, drawing on public diplomacy tools such as K-pop, Korean drama series, taekwondo, food, etc.
[Herald Interview] International Red Cross ready to aid inter-Korean humanitarian projects

Jun 11, 2018

The International Committee for the Red Cross is committed to assisting humanitarian projects between the two Koreas amid their conciliatory efforts, even as it copes with the consequences of some of...
[US-NK Summit] ‘North Korea reform on human rights essential at Singapore summit’

Jun 11, 2018

Ahead of the historic summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday, a coalition of human rights organizations from around the world sent a letter...
[Contribution] EU protects data for strengthened privacy, business opportunities

Jun 11, 2018

The recent Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal made us realize how important strong data protection rules are for the society as a whole, including for the very functioning of the democratic process...
UK elicits global cooperation on clean growth

Jun 11, 2018

The United Kingdom is committed to simultaneously spurring national economic development and cutting greenhouse gas emissions, ensuring clean growth and the supply of affordable energy for businesses...
Seoul Square illuminations to mark 55th anniversary of EU-Korea relations

Jun 4, 2018

The facade of the Seoul Square building is illuminated with images celebrating 55 years of diplomatic relations between the European Union and Korea from Friday to Tuesday, after 8 p.m. (European Uni...