EVA Junior Fellows Network for international students, researchers and young graduates is inviting 25 new junior fellows for a two-day seminar in Helsinki.To be held at the end of August, the seminar provides the junior fellows with the opportunity to exchange ideas with Finnish business leaders and experts from different sectors. Fellows must be between the ages of 18-28, graduate or post-graduat

In December 2010, the United States Embassy began offering consular services in Busan on a monthly basis. Officials from the Embassy’s American Citizen Services Unit will offer consular services in Busan this month on Tuesday and Wednesday. A consular officer will be available tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at the American Presence Post, Lotte Gold Rose Buildin

The United States Embassy is closed on Feb. 21 in observance of Presidents’ Day. The embassy informed that generally, workdays following a holiday are exceptionally busy in the American Citizens Services Unit at the embassy, especially in the afternoon when appointments are required.A complete list of all of U.S. Embassy holiday closings for this year is available at http://seoul.usembassy.gov

Germany, like South Korea is an export nation that relies heavily on the free access of shipping lanes across the oceans.Previously, for Germany, its major exports headed across the Atlantic Ocean towards North America where there is never a problem with pirates.“Maritime security is something that has become more and more important for Korea and for Germany. We are both export nations and we depe

 About 200 people forced their way into a South Korean-run construction site in Libya, and half of them are still occupying the site, the foreign ministry said Friday.   Discontent over the government's housing policy is believed to be a reason for the intrusion in Derna in eastern Libya at around 12:30 a.m. (local time) Thursday, the ministry said. A similar incident happened at the same site las

One of the South Korean crew of a fishing boat recently released by Somali pirates apparently fell to his death from a hotel in Kenya, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Kim Yong-hyun, the chief engineer of the freed vessel Keummi 305, was found dead around 8:25 a.m. Thursday, Korean time, after falling from his third-floor hotel room. It is unclear whether he jumped as no suicide note has be

South Korea and Japan reconfirmed their shared position not to unconditionally jump into peace talks with North Korea during their ministerial-level talks this week, giving China and Russia a wide berth on the issue. Seoul’s Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said he and his Japanese counterpart Seiji Maehara agreed to “create the necessary terms” for the restart of the stalled international talks on

TOKYO (Yonhap News) ― South Korea’s foreign minister voiced concern about possible negative effects that the upcoming outcome of Japan’s review of new middle school textbooks could have on relations between the two countries, according to an interview published Tuesday.Japanese school texts accused of glorifying the country’s wartime past have long been considered a thorn in relations between Seou