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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
Campbell due in Seoul today on N.K. nuke

Mar 11, 2011

Kurt Campbell, Washington’s top diplomat for the Asia-Pacific region, was to meet senior South Korean officials to discuss North Korea and other regional concerns Saturday.Meeting Seoul’s chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac and Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kim Jae-shin, Campbell was expected to talk about Pyongyang’s new uranium enrichment program and the stalled six-nation talks on i
Key figure in Shanghai scandal absent from scene

Mar 11, 2011

The whereabouts of the Chinese woman who allegedly took classified information from South Korean diplomats through inappropriate relationships remained unclear Friday, as Seoul prepared to ask for Beijing’s official cooperation in investigating her.Deng Xinming, the 33-year-old housewife at the center of the escalating sex scandal, has not been seen near her house or made contact with acquaintance
Seoul braces for dealing with new Japanese minister

Mar 10, 2011

Matsumoto’s Ito connection invokes painful history but should not affect tiesJapan promptly named its new top diplomat this week after his predecessor resigned for accepting illegal political donations, a change South Korea views will have little impact on ties that have been running strong in recent years. But compared to his predecessor Seiji Maehara, Tokyo’s incoming Foreign Minister Takeaki Ma
Ministry to toughen discipline on diplomats

Mar 10, 2011

Shanghai scandal sparks dispute over how to manage non-career envoysSouth Korea’s foreign minister prompted his officials each to “feel heavier occupational and ethical responsibilities as a civil servant” this week, vowing continued reform efforts days after a sex scandal involving several Korean diplomats in Shanghai was made public.Four officials, including former Consul General Kim Jeong-ki, a
U.N. Command says Yeonpyeong shelling a 'planned attack'

Mar 9, 2011

U.N. Command says Yeonpyeong shelling a “planned attack” The United Nations Command in South Korea has concluded North Korea's attack on a South Korean border island last year was a planned provocation, dismissing the communist nation's claim the attack was part of a self-defensive measure, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. The UNC, overseeing the armistice between the divided Koreas since th
S. Korea bans travel to Libya

Mar 9, 2011

South Korea on Wednesday decided to ban its nationals from traveling to or staying in Libya amid intensifying violence between protesters and government forces there, the foreign ministry said. The ban will take effect early next week for a period of one month after undergoing necessary procedures. Those who do not comply will face punishment of up to one year in prison or at least 3 million w
Gadhafi is ‘great psychologist,’ says Ukrainian nurse

Mar 9, 2011

A Ukrainian nurse who worked for Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi told a TVI reporter that he is in good health and a “great psychologist,” according to the Telegraph. The most well-known of Gaddafi's nurses was Galyna Kolotnytska. US diplomats believe she may have been the Libyan dictator's lover as well as his nurse. (AP)In the interview aired last Saturday, Gadhafi’s nurse -- only identified by he
Top U.S. officials due here for talks on North Korea

Mar 8, 2011

New USFK commander visits SeoulSEOUL/WASHINGTON ― Senior U.S. officials will travel to South Korea later this week to discuss North Korea, bilateral ties and other issues of bilateral and regional concern, the State Department said Monday.Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, “arrives in Seoul on March 12, and he will meet with senior officials,” Philip Cro
S. Korea, Japan discuss N.K. uranium program

Mar 8, 2011

Nuclear envoys of South Korea and Japan discussed how to deal with North Korea’s renewed uranium enrichment activities and the terms of resuming multinational talks on Pyongyang’s denuclearization in Seoul on Tuesday. The meeting comes as tensions on the Korean Peninsula continue to run high over the communist North’s ongoing nuclear ambitions as well as the issue of repatriating dozens of North K