The Korea Herald

Southeast ASEAN ambassadors kick off furniture fair

Sept 15, 2013

Envoys from half a dozen Southeast Asian nations and the ASEAN-Korea Center kicked off the opening of an international furniture fair to showcase furnishings from the Southeast Asian region at the Korea International Exhibition Center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on Wednesday.A dozen Southeast Asian envoys, including Thai Ambassador to South Korea Kittiphong na Ranong, as well as ASEAN Korea Center General Secretary Chung Hae-moon, opened the five-day Korea International Furniture and Interior F
African envoys convene with politicians at National Assembly

Sept 15, 2013

Some three dozen ambassadors and heads of foreign diplomatic missions here in South Korea convened for a day-long forum on the nation’s ties with Africa in the Memorial Hall at the National Assembly on Friday. Diplomatic representatives of all 17 African nations with embassy-level ties here participated along with many others from the foreign diplomatic community in the “National Assembly Forum for Africa’s New Era” which sought to promote bilateral ties between the African region and South Kore
British Embassy, Seoul City lock horns over property

Sept 15, 2013

The Seoul city government and Junggu District Office have complained that the British Embassy is illegally blocking the entrance to an alley adjacent to Deoksugung Palace.The alley occupies a narrow kilometer-long sliver between a wall of the British Embassy and a wall of the northeast corner of the historic palace in the Jeong-dong neighborhood of downtown Seoul.The British Embassy here said that it has been leasing the area since the 1950s, and an embassy spokesperson expressed irritation that
Brazil-Korea ties buoyed on Independence Day

Sept 15, 2013

South American country Korea’s most important trading partner in region
S. Korea, U.S. not sending gov't officials to 6-way meeting in China

Sept 13, 2013

Effectively spurning one of China's initiatives aimed at reviving multilateral talks with North Korea, South Korea and the United States have decided not to send government officials to a six-nation meeting to be held later this month, diplomatic sources here said Thursday."Given North Korea's attitude and the current mood, we are not in a stage yet for a gathering of government officials from the parties involved in the six-way talks," a source said.China has offered an informal meeting of gove
[Photo News] Nuclear envoys

Sept 10, 2013
Syria crisis forcing Korea's top presidential aide to delay trip to U.S.

Sept 9, 2013

A top South Korean presidential aide handling national security affairs will have to adjust his plan to visit Washington in September, especially as the Barack Obama administration is preoccupied with the Syrian crisis, an informed source said Sunday.Kim Jang-soo, head of the national security office at Cheong Wa Dae, initially planned to travel to the U.S. this month, which would have been his first trip here since taking the post in February."Kim has been pushing for a trip to Washington for m
Malaysian envoy bids farewell to Korea posting at National Day reception

Sept 8, 2013

Malaysian Ambassador to South Korea said farewell to friends and colleagues in the foreign diplomatic community during a reception celebrating the Southeast Asian nation’s 56th National Day at a hotel in Seoul on Tuesday. Dato’ Ramlan bin Ibrahim is ending a four-year posting here and said he would return to his home country later this month. He began his posting in March 2009. “I will be leaving Korea in less than two weeks to Kuala Lumpur to begin my new assignment at the Foreign Ministry,” R
Canadian Embassy brings art to Sookmyung University

Sept 8, 2013

The Canadian Embassy here has organized an exhibition showcasing 31 works of art from the embassy‘s collection at Sookmyung Women’s University Museum through Nov. 29.In addition to the embassy’s “Colours of Canada Exhibition: Canadian Modern Art Exhibition,” which showcases contemporary Canadian artworks, it organized two solo exhibitions by Korean-Canadian artists Jinny Yu and Choi Young-man being held in conjunction with the main exhibition.The embassy organized the exhibition as part of its m
Post-humanist future explored at French culture center

Sept 8, 2013

Downloading consciousness, fashioning physical bodies out of a variety of parts, neuro-implants and personality altering medicine ― in some sense, the future is now, according to Dominique Babin, a writer and post-human theorist invited by the French Embassy to Seoul for a writer-in-residence program. With the translation of her 2004 book “A User’s Guide and Service Manual of the Post-Human (Manuel d‘Usage et d’Entretien du Post-Humain)” into Korean by Kungree Publishing, Babin wrapped up her th
‘Mexican FTA talks looking bright’

Sept 8, 2013

Talks for a long-stalled free trade agreement between Mexico and South Korea could resume by the end of the year, according to the incoming Mexican ambassador to South Korea. The talks, stalled since 2008, could restart with impetus from a face-to-face meet-up between the nations’ leaders on the sidelines of either of two multilateral summits in September and October, said Mexican Ambassador to South Korea Jose Luis Bernal. “We are waiting for the next meeting of our leaders,” Bernal said during
Park arrives in Vietnam for state visit

Sept 8, 2013

Attends joint fashion show, meets with business delegates
Park urges Japan to face up to history during summit with Germany

Sept 6, 2013

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Friday she hopes Japan will face up to history and work toward moving relations with Seoul in a "future-oriented manner," as she met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.Park made the remark when the German leader asked Park about relations between Seoul and Tokyo. The discussion arose during a bilateral summit held on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of 20 major economies in Russia's port city of Saint Petersburg, senior presidential foreign affai
Envoy warns against nuke testing

Sept 1, 2013

Karipbek Kuyukov was severely disfigured as a result of radioactive fallout from a nearby nuclear weapons testing site in Kazakhstan ― he was born without arms ― but that did not stop him from pursuing his dreams.He is now an artist, painting artworks with his mouth and feet, a key figure in the nation’s anti-proliferation efforts, leading an international movement against testing.Kuyukov was born in the late 1960s in the village of Yegyndybulak, a poor rural area on the Central Asian steppe abo
British Embassy accepting scholarship applications

Sept 1, 2013

The British Embassy here announced that it was accepting applications for the Chevening Scholarship for the 2014-15 academic year.Some 600 people from 118 countries are expected to go to the United Kingdom on the prestigious scholarship. Awards are typically for a one-year master’s degree in any subject and at any of the U.K.’s leading universities. The scholarship aims to support U.K. foreign policy priorities by creating lasting positive relationships with future leaders, influencers and decis