Canada’s Alberta provincial government will donate a pavilion to the Alpensia ski resort in Gangwon Province to commemorate the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in 2018 and a 40-year provincial alliance. Alberta’s senior representative for the Asia-Pacific basin, Ron Hoffmann, the Canadian Ambassador Eric Walsh, managing director of the Alberta Korea Office, Gregory Baker, participated in the unveiling ceremony at the resort on Wednesday. The pavilion will use high-quality wood ― spruce, pine and fir

The Ecuadorian Embassy and the Commercial Office of Ecuador held a gastronomic reception on Monday, showcasing the country’s signature foods. Twelve Ecuadorian companies ― Amerifoods, Cafecom, Trinyfresh, Platayuc, Congelados Ecuatorianos, Uyamafarms, Samai Snacks, ElCafe, Cereal Andino, Pacari, Salinerito and Gusto Coffee ― participated in the Seoul Food 2015 exhibition at KINTEX in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province, from May 12-15, showcasing shrimp, cocoa, coffee, avocados, bananas and other produce.“

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in South Korea where he will be discussing security issues amid fresh fears of North Korean belligerence.Kerry arrived in Seoul on Sunday from Beijing and will see top South Korean officials on Monday, less than a week after South Korea's spy agency said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered his defense chief executed with an anti-aircraft gun for complaining about the young ruler. The allegation, if true, adds to concerns about the erratic nature of Kim's

Kuwait hopes for the quick launch of a medical cooperation program with South Korea, the Gulf country's parliamentary speaker said Friday, expecting that more Kuwaitis may benefit from Korea's advanced medical infrastructure under the program.   The expectations from Marzouq Al-Ghanim, the speaker of Kuwait's unicameral National Assembly came as the two countries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on healthcare cooperation during President Park Geun-hye's four-nation visit to the Mi

Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan held three-way talks here Friday to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in counter-terrorism, cybersecurity and extremism.    Choi Sung-joo, South Korea's ambassador for international security affairs, and his Chinese and Japanese counterparts, Liu Guangyuan and Tsukasa Kawada, led the one-day talks.   The trilateral consultation on counter-terrorism was last held in July 2012 and Friday's talks are the latest sign of easing tensions among the t

South Korea and India will strengthen their strategic partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Seoul next week, Seoul's top envoy to New Delhi said Friday.   Modi is scheduled to arrive Monday on the last leg of his East Asian tour that has taken him to China and will later take him to Mongolia.   His two-day visit will be aimed at strengthening the two countries' ties not only in trade and investment but across a wide range of sectors, including politics and defense, according

South Korea urged Japan Thursday to abide by the spirit of its Pacifist Constitution in implementing its new defense policy."We expect discussions on Japan's defense policy to proceed in the direction of contributing to peace and stability in the region while sticking to the spirit of the Pacifist Constitution," foreign ministry spokesman Noh Kwang-il said at a press briefing.In particular, he added, South Korea will never accept any measure related to its national interests and the security of

Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will meet with UNESCO chief Irina Bokova next week, a ministry spokesman said Thursday, as Japan pushes to win world heritage status for industrial facilities linked to wartime Korean slave labor.Bokova, director-general of UNESCO, is scheduled to visit South Korea next week to attend the World Education Forum in Songdo, west of Seoul, from Tuesday through Friday.Yun and Bokova will hold talks Tuesday, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Noh Kwang-il.The meeting

South Korea raised its travel warning on parts of Nepal Thursday, warning against further earthquakes in the region.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it raised the warning by one notch in Annapurna, Langtang and Mount Everest, which are popular travel destinations among South Koreans.The new warning level advises Korean citizens to leave the affected areas. The rest of Nepal will remain under the lower warning level issued on April 27, which urges Koreans to refrain from traveling.The decisio

South Korea Thursday appointed its chief negotiator in nuclear cooperation talks with the United States as its new ambassador to Russia.President Park Geun-hye picked the veteran diplomat, Park Ro-byug, to take up the post, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The president will award credentials to the diplomat later in the day.Park Ro-byug led Seoul's years-long negotiations with Washington on their civilian nuclear energy partnerships. The two sides struck a deal last month that would

A U.S. district court has struck down evidence used in the indictment of a South Korean businessman accused of illegally selling banned items to Iran, saying the evidence was seized in violation of his right to privacy.Kim Jae-shik, head of Karham Eng. Corp. in Seoul, was indicted in March 2013 on charges that he conspired to export U.S. aircraft parts without the required export licenses to intermediaries in China and Korea and ultimately customers in Iran.The aircraft parts, known as "accelera