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Making voting in Mexico easier

Foreign affairsAug 21, 2011

In order to inform Mexicans living in Korea about their right to vote, the embassy has launched a special website. The site, www.votoextranjero.mx, provides information to help Mexicans exercise their right to vote in a timely manner ahead of the July 2012 elections.Social networking sites Twitter a
Canada Embassy enhances online presence

Foreign affairsAug 21, 2011

The Canadian Embassy is taking its online presence to the next level through the launch of new online products and the enhancement of previous online publications. By scanning the Canadian Embassy’s QR code, smartphone users in Korea can now easily access the embassy’s new mobile website. In ad
Gift that keeps on giving from Czech Republic

Foreign affairsAug 21, 2011

The Czech Republic Embassy last week donated 15 books and related newspaper and magazine documents to the Seoul Museum of History that date back almost a century.“These are travelogues and books written by Czechoslovakian writers who visited in the 1910s and 1920s that are about Korea,” said Czech R
Reaching new climate change deal in Durban

Foreign affairsAug 21, 2011

A global deal must be the aim of a future climate change pact said British Ambassador Martin Uden.“I don’t need to tell you that climate change is a tremendous challenge,” said Uden.The United Kingdom has committed to deep carbon cuts. “In 15 years our emissions will be half of what they were in 199
Spanish envoy broadens focus of ties

Foreign affairsAug 21, 2011

Spain plans language institute here, sees trade with Korea growingIn Korean society, “hwangap,” the traditional way of celebrating a 60th birthday, means that one has completed a cycle and is starting another one.“We are starting the second cycle of our diplomatic relations,” Spanish Ambassador Luis
Son of N.Korea's Kim absent from Russia trip: KCNA

North KoreaAug 21, 2011

SEOUL (AFP) -- North Korean's heir apparent appeared to be absent from the entourage on leader Kim Jong-Il's trip to Russia, according to a list announced by the North's state media during the rare visit.Korean Central News Agency confirmed Sunday Kim's "unofficial visit to Siberia and the Far East"
Seoul mayor vows to stake office on free lunch vote

PoliticsAug 21, 2011

SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon pledged Sunday to stake his mayorship on the results of this week's referendum on the city's free school lunch program, upping the ante in the controversial vote. Oh Se-hoon (Yonhap News)"I will stake my mayorship on the results of Wednesday's refere
N. Korean leader's Russian visit expected to focus on economic cooperation

North KoreaAug 20, 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's latest trip to Russia appears to be primarily aimed at boosting economic cooperation and attracting more aid and investment from the resource-rich neighbor, experts said Saturday.While meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a Siberian city next week, Kim
N.Korean leader in Russia, will meet with Medvedev

North KoreaAug 20, 2011

MOSCOW (AP) -- Reclusive North Korea's autocratic leader Kim Jong-il crossed into Russia Saturday on his armored train to discuss with President Dmitry Medvedev the possible renewal of nuclear disarmament talks and the construction of a pipeline that will stream Russian natural gas to both Koreas, t
Chief justice nominee leans toward right

PoliticsAug 19, 2011

President Lee Myung-bak’s nominee for Supreme Court chief justice is expected to bring the court’s political pendulum considerably to the right as he takes over from his liberal predecessor. Yang Sung-tae, who served as justice of the top court from 2005 to 2011 February, was named the new chief lat
Korea to be Greenpeace’s 41st outpost

Social affairsAug 19, 2011

Group to open Korean office soon to focus on nuclear power, maritime environmentThe main issues in Korea in the last 10 years have been peace, environment and energy. Greenpeace’s announcement in June that it would open a Korean office looks set to stir these issues further.Greenpeace started in Van
Kim Jong-il’s Russia visit ‘imminent’

North KoreaAug 19, 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is likely to embark on a Russian visit as early as Saturday, South Korea’s intelligence officials said Friday. “Kim Jong-il’s visit to Russia appears imminent,” an official at the National Intelligence Agency told a parliamentary intelligence committee, according to m
Campaign heats up for vote on school meals

PoliticsAug 19, 2011

Election commission bans mayor from picketing, probes education board for ‘encouraging’ vote boycottThe nation’s conservative and liberal forces, siding with Seoul government and education authority respectively, exchanged barbs Friday, arguing about whether citizens should participate in the upcomi
[URGENT] N. Korean leader's Russian visit imminent, Seoul's spy

North KoreaAug 19, 2011

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is likely to embark on a Russian visit as early as Saturday, South Korea’s intelligence officials said Friday. “Kim Jong-il’s visit to Russia appears imminent,” an official at the National Intelligence Agency told a parliamentary intelligence committee, according to m
Ewha Univ. cancels Paju campus plan

Social affairsAug 19, 2011

Ewha Womans University, the nation’s most prestigious women’s school, on Friday scrapped its plan to build a campus on the site of a former U.S. military camp in Paju, north of Seoul, citing price issues. The price of the campus site, owned by the Ministry of Defense, has gone up to a level that the