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[Herald Interview] South Africa invested in continental inclusive growth

As the only permanent African member of the Group of 20, South Africa is committed to the continent’s industrialization and inclusive growth with a strategic policy framework tailored for the 21st ce...

July 23, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Kazakhstan laments unconscionable passing of figure skating icon

Kazakhstani and international residents in Korea mourned the death of the late Denis Yuryevich Ten, a Kazakhstani figure skater of Korean descent, at a memorial ceremony at the Embassy of Kazakhstan ...

July 23, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
[Weekender] Following palace murder trail on jaunty trip

YEONGWOL, Gangwon Province -- As the ferry leisurely sailed toward Cheongnyeongpo Cape, Gangwon Province, a needle-floored pine forest gradually rose from a distance. In the thick of sweltering summ...

July 19, 2018
Travel
Pakistan showcases slice of enticing culture, food

The Pakistani Embassy in Seoul, in collaboration with the International Food and Culture Exchange Association of Korea, co-hosted the inaugural Pakistan-Korea Culture, Food and Business Forum at Impe...

July 16, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
‘Turkey regains stability two years after foiled coup’

Two years after an aborted coup attempt in Turkey, the country has regained much of its domestic stability and security, stressed the top Turkish envoy to Korea, urging the international community to...

July 16, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] South Africa calls on world to fulfill Mandela’s unfinished mission

Every year on July 18, South Africa and the global community celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day. The day commemorates the late South African president’s antiapartheid struggles and sacrifices...

July 16, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] ‘Decarbonization sole path to prosperous future’

Mitigating global warming and embracing sustainable development goals based on decarbonization is the sole remaining ticket to an environmentally responsible and economically vibrant future, stressed...

July 9, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
‘21st-century communication requires global etiquette, national acumen’

Choi Jung-wha, president of the Corea Image Communication Institute, firmly believes that to thrive in a global community, people should learn to respect and care for others as cultured citizens. Sh...

July 9, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Bulgaria supports Europeanization of once-Balkanized Southeastern Europe

Nearly 30 years after a process of geopolitical fragmentation in Southeastern Europe, Bulgaria has supported the region’s “Europeanization” to align it closer to the democratic and prosperous Europea...

July 9, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Tour South Africa, trail Mandela’s footsteps

As South Koreans become increasingly conscious of democracy and human rights, and venture farther afield for one-of-a-kind experiences, South Africa’s tourism can offer just what they crave this year...

July 9, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Professor, envoy honored for first-class diplomatic efforts

Choi Jung-wha, president of the Corea Image Communication Institute, received the Yeongsan Diplomat Award on Wednesday for her decadeslong efforts to uplift Korea from obscurity to the world’s limeli...

July 5, 2018
Foreign Affairs
In Sweden, compassion still trumps bigotry

When Sweden opened its doors to more than 165,000 asylum seekers in 2015, half of them children and mostly coming from war-torn Syria, the Swedish government overhauled its education system to accomm...

July 4, 2018
Books
E-commerce forum to bridge ASEAN, Korean markets

Participants at the Capacity Building Workshop for the Greater Mekong Subregion's Cross-border E-Commerce organized by the ASEAN-Korea Center in Seoul in August, 2017. (AKC) The ASEAN-Korea Centre a...

July 3, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
[Herald Interview] Metropolitan Lisbon continental gateway to Europe, America, Africa

Following the European debt crisis that started in late 2009, Portugal and Lisbon took painful structural reforms, privatizing state assets and cutting expenditures to make their economies more effic...

July 2, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit
Indian mangoes available in Korea

Participants pose at a mango-tasting event at JW Marriott Dongdaemun in Seoul on Wednesday, organized by the Indian Embassy and Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea. In the photo are (from the left) V...

July 2, 2018
Diplomatic Circuit

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