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S. Korea opens school in Rwanda

Mar 15, 2011

An elementary school built by South Korea opened in Rwanda last week, ready to provide education to hundreds of young students, a state-run institute here said Tuesday.A ceremony was held on March 10 to celebrate the opening of the Wimana Elementary School in the city of Kamonyi, the Korea International Cooperation Agency said in a press release. Korean and Rwandan officials attend the opening cer
Document verifies Japan forced labor of Koreans on peninsula

Mar 14, 2011

A decades-old document has revealed that Japan forced labor upon Koreans not only outside the country but at places on the Korean Peninsula during the 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea.The document, which is believed to have been drawn up by the Japanese government in the 1950s, is expected to back arguments that compensation should also be made to victims who claim to have been forced into labor on
Seoul appoints 20 new envoys, 4 consuls general

Mar 14, 2011

South Korea appointed former Deputy Trade Minister Ahn Ho-young as its new ambassador to the European Union and Belgium on Monday in a reshuffle that also replaced 19 other ambassadors and four consuls general, the Foreign Ministry said.Ahn Seong-doo, former deputy chief of the ministry’s South Asian and Pacific affairs bureau, was named to head the embassy in Afghanistan, where South Korea has a
Trilateral talks to be held as scheduled

Mar 14, 2011

S. Korea, Japan, China foreign ministers to meet in Kyoto this weekendForeign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China will meet as scheduled this weekend, Seoul said Monday, as Japan notified it will host the talks despite the earthquake and tsunami that are believed to have killed tens of thousands of people.The Tokyo government notified the governments of Seoul and Beijing that it will go ahea
S. Korea wins largest-ever oil development deal from UAE

Mar 13, 2011

ABU DHABI -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced Sunday that his country has signed its largest-ever oil field development deal, potentially valued at 110 trillion won ($98 billion), with the oil-rich Middle East country. The deal, signed after Lee's summit with his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, here and
S. Korea to send 102-member team of rescue workers to Japan

Mar 13, 2011

South Korea will send a large team of rescue workers to Japan Sunday night to help the neighboring country in rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, government sources said. The 102-member squad will depart for Japan at around 11:30 p.m. aboard an Air Force C-130 plane from a military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, the sources said. Japan's gove
French writer communicates at lecture

Mar 13, 2011

Informing is not communicating ― not only the title of Dominique Wolton’s latest work, but also the subject of his lecture Friday.Organized by the French Institute, the cultural wing of the embassy, the lecture will examine the author’s theories concerning the building blocks of communication.The book, “Informer n’est pas Communiquer (Informing is not Communicating),” is available in Korean.The ta
Canadian editors wanted for embassy blog

Mar 13, 2011

Inside Canada, the Canadian Embassy’s Korean-language blog, is looking for five Canadians residing in Korea to volunteer as contributing editors. The embassy is looking for interesting stories about Canadians living and working in South Korea aimed toward the local young generation in a section called “Korea is my second home,” to be launched in April. The stories, one a month for a six-month term
Exchanges solidify German-Busan ties

Mar 13, 2011

Busan City and the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at attracting more investments by German companies to the port city.Signed on March 8 by Busan Mayor Hur Nam-sik and Juergen Woehler, secretary general of KGCCI, the agreement seeks to resolve the challenges German companies face while operating in Busan.“With more than 500 members, KGCCI i
British consular office’s new hours for month

Mar 13, 2011

The consular section at the British Embassy will be closed for 90 minutes every Wednesday this month for staff training.The office will be closed from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 16, 23 and 30.The office is open from Monday to Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to noon to accept notarial applications, birth registrations, and to service pre-booked appointments such as marriage, notarial and citizenship cerem
Colombia requests aid for rain, flood victims

Mar 13, 2011

A second wave of heavy rainfall is currently hammering Colombia and with it are appeals to the international community for assistance.In Seoul, the small Colombian Embassy recently held a charity drive at the Seoul Club to not only raise funds but to announce donations from local companies.“The Korean government donated $200,000, but I thought it wasn’t enough so my objective at this charity drive
It takes two to tango to improve French-Korean business ties

Mar 13, 2011

After two decades of living in Korea, Philippe Li is going back to his home in Paris, but that does not mean he is finished with Korea.Li, the outgoing French Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry president, will be representing his ethnic home on a wider scale to the body that brings together and supports the development of the 114 French chambers abroad.“When I was elected as a member of the b
Big year for Ireland at home, abroad

Mar 13, 2011

St. Patrick’s Day kicks off a promising year for Ireland’s futureLater this week, South Korea and the world will be tickled green when St. Patrick’s Day comes marching.In Seoul, one of the city’s most popular and widely participated events will happen on March 19 when the Irish community will tickle everyone’s green bone with Irish culture such as music, dancing and other popular events.The Irish
Lee expresses condolences to quake-hit Japan in phone talks with Kan

Mar 13, 2011

ABU DHABI -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak had a phone conversation with Japaneses Prime Minister Naoto Kan to deliver a message of condolence to the Japanese people reeling from unprecedented damage caused by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, according to Lee's aides. The 8.9-magnitude quake devastated Japan's northeastern region and was followed by a tsunami on Friday, with Japanese
S. Korea to send rescue team to quake-hit Japan

Mar 11, 2011

Korean government officials discuss countermeasures after a huge quake hit Japan on Friday. (Yonhap News)South Korea will send a rescue team to help Japan in the aftermath of a massive earthquake, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Friday. Although no South Korean casualties have been reported so far, more than 9,000 Koreans live near the region where the 8.8-magnitude quake struck Friday, sparking con