The Korea Herald

Korean-Americans favor Clinton

Sept 6, 2016

Korean-American voters in the US appear to strongly favor Hilary Clinton over Donald Trump for their next president, regardless of their political inclination, a recent survey by a US-based scholar revealed.The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California’s Network of Korean-American Leaders, showed that 70.25 percent of the respondents are planning to vote for Clinton in the upcoming US presidential election in November.Another 4.96 percent expressed support for Trum
Opposition to THAAD shows China's belief neighbors must give priority to Chinese interests: US expert

Sept 1, 2016

China's opposition to South Korea's decision to host the US THAAD missile defense system shows Beijing believes neighboring countries must put China's national interests ahead of their own, a US expert said Wednesday.Mark Tokola, vice president of the Korea Economic Institute of America in Washington, made the point in an article posted at KEI's blog website, stressing that it is North Korea's nuclear and missile development that led to the decision to place THAAD in the South."China continues t
Seoul to focus on inclusiveness, innovation in achieving UN development goals

Aug 31, 2016

South Korea will focus on seeking inclusive growth of fragile countries and innovative partnerships with the private sector as Seoul joins the international community's implementation of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, a vice foreign minister said Wednesday."The ratio of people living in extreme poverty on less than $1.25 per day vis-a-vis the overall population of the globe fell from 36 percent in 1990 to 12 percent in 2015," Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said during the
N. Korea's SLBM test necessitates urgent discussions during regional summit: Russel

Aug 31, 2016

North Korea's latest submarine missile test makes it urgent for US President Barack Obama and other East Asia leaders to discuss the threat when they hold an annual regional summit next week, the State Department's top Asia official said Tuesday.Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel made the remark during a Foreign Press Center briefing to preview Obama's upcoming trip to China for a summit of the Group of 20 nations and then to Laos for a series of regional summits, including the East Asia
Ikea threatens to cut investments in Russia after losing court battle

Aug 30, 2016

MOSCOW, (AFP) -- Swedish flatpack giant IKEA on Tuesday warned it could reduce its investment in Russia after a court ordered it to pay more than $7.8 million in damages in a long-running legal dispute.IKEA said it had plans to invest more than 100 bllion rubles ($1.54 billion) in Russia but "recent activities aimed at the IKEA Group related to old legal cases could slow down these investment plans."It issued the statement after a court in the western Russian city of Smolensk ordered IKEA to pa
UN health revises advice for 3 infections transmitted by sex

Aug 30, 2016

GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N health agency says three common infections transmitted by sex are increasingly resisting antibiotics, and is calling on doctors and patients to make sure the right drugs and doses are used.The World Health Organization on Tuesday updated its treatment guidelines for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, which together infect more than 200 million people every year. It's the first such WHO update since 2003, partly due to low past budgets and priority levels, and growing scie
Tensions mount as record numbers crowd French migrant camp

Aug 30, 2016

CALAIS, France (AP) -- Tempers are rising among migrants squeezed in record numbers into a shrinking slum camp in France's port city of Calais, where they spend hours in line waiting for food and showers.For the increasingly desperate and weary travelers in the camp known as "the jungle," the path to Britain -- where most hope to go -- appears blocked.Two migrants have died in fights within a month, and the future of the sprawling makeshift camp looks increasingly precarious. It was drastically
Millions at risk from rising water pollution: UN

Aug 30, 2016

PARIS, (AFP) -- Increasingly polluted rivers in Africa, Asia and Latin America pose a disease risk to more than 300 million people and threaten fisheries and farming in many countries, a UN report warned Tuesday.Already, some 3.4 million people die every year from water-borne ailments such as cholera, typhoid, some types of hepatitis and diarrhoeal diseases, said the United Nations Environment Programme."Many of these diseases are due to the presence of human waste in water," it said in a statem
Korea, Morocco agree to expand cooperation in education, culture, youth exchange

Aug 30, 2016

South Korea and Morocco have agreed to tighten collaboration in cultural sectors that include education, sports and youth exchanges as they seek closer bilateral diplomatic ties, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.In the sixth meeting of the bilateral joint cultural committee held a day earlier at the Moroccan foreign ministry, the countries reached the agreement under a shared understanding that exchanges between the two culturally rich nations would be mutually beneficial. During the meeting, C
Korean Peninsula tensions key topic for Obama's talks with Xi: White House

Aug 30, 2016

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula will be a key topic for US President Barack Obama's upcoming talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said Monday.Obama is scheduled to visit China later this week for a summit with Xi and a summit of the Group of 20 nations.The trip comes after the North ratcheted up tensions with a successful submarine-launched ballistic missile test that demonstrated the communist nation is making fast progress in its SLBM development.The Obama-Xi summit, set f
Korea excavates remains of 320 Korean War dead in H1

Aug 29, 2016

South Korea's defense ministry said Monday it excavated the remains of 320 soldiers killed during the Korean War in the first half, with six of them identified and returned home to their families. In the excavation that ended early this month, the government sent the remains of 36 Chinese soldiers back to their home country in March and sent the remains of two American soldiers back to the US in exchange for the remains of 15 Korean soldiers in April, the ministry said in a statement.Photo taken
Memorial stones set up in Japan to remember Korean victims of forced labor

Aug 28, 2016

A South Korean civic organization on Sunday said it has set up a memorial stone in Japan to remember Korean victims of forced labor during the Japanese colonial rule.Steppingstone for Peace said it installed several "stepping stones for peace" at three locations on Japan's Hokkaido, where Korean workers suffered from forced labor and many of them died, in cooperation with a Japanese private organization on Aug. 21-22.The Korean nongovernmental organization has sought to heal the "historical sca
Korea expresses deep condolences to quake-stricken Italy

Aug 25, 2016

South Korea on Thursday expressed "deep condolences" for the victims and their families affected by a deadly quake that recently hit central Italy.In a spokesman's statement, the country's foreign ministry also hoped that they can move past the sorrow and shock of the natural disaster as soon as possible through a swift recovery of their lives. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rattled the central region of Italy on Wednesday (local time). Foreign media reports showed that the death toll has risen to 1
Majority of Koreans support THAAD, worry about impact on ties with China: survey

Aug 23, 2016

A majority of South Koreans are in favor of the government's recent decision to place a US missile defense system on its soil, saying it is necessary to counter North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats, a survey showed Tuesday.In July, South Korea and the United States unveiled a plan to station a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery on the peninsula by end-2017. China has strongly objected to the plan on worries that it would undermine its strategic security interests, while Seo
China, Myanmar vow closer ties after Suu Kyi visits Beijing

Aug 20, 2016

BEIJING (AP) -- China and Myanmar have pledged to forge closer ties as "blood brothers'' following Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's visit to Beijing, her first diplomatic trip since taking power in March.The neighboring countries said in a joint statement they would strengthen trade and cooperation on issues along the border, where fighting between Myanmar government forces and rebels have occasionally spilled over. There was no mention of progress, however, on a stalled $3.6 billion dam projec