Egypt’s top diplomat in South Korea said the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi last year on June 30 was necessary for the future of Egyptian democracy, as the envoy marked the 3rd anniversary of the Jan. 25th Revolution in 2011 at Hankook University of Foreign Studies in Seoul on Jan. 23. Egyptian Ambassador to South Korea Hany Selim said the revolution that took place in 2011 was part of a wider push for democracy and human dignity across the Arab world, and that the Egyptian military’s over

Indian and South Korean universities signed MOUs to boost student and educational exchanges in early January.Professor Nah Yoon-jong, executive director of the International Ccoperation Division at Tongmyong University, signed MOUs with the leaders at two Indian universities ― Indian Institute of Technology and Amity University in Guwahati and Dehli, respectively. He also signed a letter of engagement with Banaras Hindu University.The series of cooperation agreements between the centers of highe

China's new ambassador to South Korea will likely take office in mid-February, according to the Chinese Embassy here on Sunday.China had requested Seoul's approval for the appointment of Qiu Guohong, the director general of the Department of External Security Affairs at the Chinese foreign ministry, in early January.Qiu would replace former Ambassador Zhang Xinsen, who finished his four year stint as China's envoy to Seoul and returned home last month."After finishing the bilateral process betwe

South Korea lashed out Friday at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his remarks that Tokyo is considering bringing their territorial dispute over Dokdo to the International Court of Justice.Japan has long laid claims to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, stoking deep resentment among South Koreans against Japan, which colonized the Korean Peninsula in 1910-45.Seoul's Foreign Ministry condemned Abe's comment made a day earlier, calling it nothing but "empty rhetoric and a meaningless

A legislative panel at the Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday passed a bill requiring new school textbooks to use the Korean name East Sea as well as the Sea of Japan.The 5-4 vote in the education subcommittee kept alive the Korean-American community's hopes that Virginia will become the first U.S. state to introduce legislation to identify the waters between Korea and Japan as the East Sea.The state's Senate approved a similar bill last week.Koreans contend the Sea of Japan, still more pop

BEIJING (Yonhap) ― The U.S. special envoy for North Korea held talks with senior Chinese officials on Monday to discuss their policy toward the North as Pyongyang pushes Seoul to cancel annual military drills with Washington.U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies arrived in Beijing late Sunday on the first leg of his three-nation trip that will also take him to South Korea and Japan this week. In Beijing, Davies started talks with Chinese officials, including Executive Vi

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is willing to play a mediator's role in resolving difficult issues between the two Koreas, a South Korean official now visiting Iran said Monday.The Iranian leader made the remarks during his meeting with South Korean Assembly Speaker Kang Chang-hee in Tehran on Monday, according to Kang's spokesman Bae Sung-rye.Kang is the first South Korean Assembly speaker to visit Iran since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1962.The spokesman said Rouhani told

The most important issue concerning North Korea is the challenge it poses by continuing to pursue nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, the top U.S. diplomat on Asia said Sunday.Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel made the remarks after meeting South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Kyung-soo in Seoul, saying the talks were part of intensive and in-depth discussions between South Korea and the U.S. on important issues related to North Korea.Russel, who accompanied Deputy Secretary of