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Foreign ministers of Korea, Germany discuss cooperation on NK nuclear threat

Sept 21, 2016

Top diplomats from South Korea and Germany discussed ways to expand cooperation in fighting the growing nuclear threat from North Korea, sharing the view that its latest test is a grave provocation that cannot be tolerated, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier held a bilateral meeting on Tuesday (local time) in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, according to the ministry.Yun emphasized
Korea and Mexico progress in strategic partnership

Sept 18, 2016

On Sept. 15-16, Mexico celebrated its 206th anniversary of independence, which coincided with Korea’s Chuseok holiday this year. While congratulating the Korean people and government, our country wants to take this auspicious moment to assess the progress we have made together in our bilateral cooperation and Strategic Partnership for Mutual Prosperity that was initiated in 2005. Ten years after our leaders agreed to elevate our relations to a higher plane, we confirm that collaboration has bloo
Exhibition illuminates secret to happiness in Denmark

Sept 18, 2016

A photo exhibition featuring the happy lives of Danes will run on Namido, northeast of Seoul, until Nov. 6. Showing picturesque parts of Copenhagen and people enjoying their time with family, “Happy Danes” offers a glimpse of why the Nordic country regularly tops world happiness reports. Denmark came first in the United Nations’ World Happiness Report in 2013, 2014 and this year, and came in third last year. Danish Ambassador Thomas Lehmann speaks at the opening ceremony of “Happy Danes” on Nam
Forum ponders constructive path for Korea, Japan

Sept 18, 2016

Amid the prolonged rift between Japan and Korea, a group of experts from diverse fields met in early September to probe ways to narrow the fissures and plan a more constructive future. The event, titled the “4th Korea-Japan Future Dialogue,” gathered 30 opinion leaders from both countries representing academia, media, politics, law and public administration. It was jointly organized by the East Asia Institute, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies and Genron NPO. Out of the disparate analyses, t
FM leaves for U.S. to attend U.N. General Assembly

Sept 17, 2016

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se left for New York on Saturday to attend the U.N. General Assembly meeting, part of his brisk diplomacy to craft tough international sanctions against North Korea over its latest nuclear test.During his attendance at the U.N. meeting between Saturday and Thursday, Yun plans to hold a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings with his foreign counterparts, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, to dis
Top diplomats from S. Korea, Japan to discuss N.K. nuke issue

Sept 16, 2016

The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan will hold a meeting later this week in New York to discuss countermeasures against North Korea's recent nuclear test, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.The bilateral meeting between South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida will be held Sunday (local time) on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session, the ministry said.The two diplomats will discuss the current agenda items of the UN Secu
UN chief expresses opposition to calls in S. Korea for nuclear armament

Sept 16, 2016

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed opposition Thursday to growing calls in South Korea for nuclear armament, saying such a move runs counter to international norms, a South Korean lawmaker said.Ban made the remarks during a meeting with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Chung Se-kyun and the floor leaders of the ruling Saenuri Party, the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea and the People's Party -- Chung Jin-suk, Woo Sang-ho and Park Jie-won, respectively.UN Secretary-General Ban
NK warns of additional provocation

Sept 16, 2016

North Korea is ready to launch new attacks, the country's foreign minister has said, suggesting the communist regime may take further provocative action following North Korea's recent nuclear test. "North Korea is ready to launch another attack in defiance of the provocations by the United States," North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said. He made the remarks during a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Venezuela on Thursday (local time).North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho s
Response to NK nuclear test key focus of trilateral talks: State Department

Sept 16, 2016

WASHINGTON -- How to respond to North Korea's fifth nuclear test will be the main focus when US Secretary of State John Kerry holds a meeting with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, the State Department said.The top American diplomat is scheduled to hold discussions in New York on Sunday with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. US Secretary of State John Kerry introduces US President Barack
Top diplomats of South Korea, US, Japan to discuss NK issue

Sept 14, 2016

The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold a meeting early next week in New York to discuss countermeasures against North Korea's recent nuclear test, the foreign ministry in Seoul said Wednesday.The trilateral meeting will be held among South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. They will meet Sunday (local time) on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session. South Kor
[Newsmaker] Opposition parties 'not fundamentally opposed to THAAD'

Sept 14, 2016

South Korean National Assembly Speaker Chung Se-kyun on Tuesday said the country's opposition parties are "not fundamentally opposed" to the deployment of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system to the country.Chung made the remark during a meeting with U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) after Ryan said THAAD's deployment is important for the sake of the solid alliance between the two countries, National Assembly spokesman Kim Young-soo said."Opposition parties are pointing out the way the govern
National Assembly speaker Chung begins trip to US

Sept 12, 2016

South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun will leave for the United States on Monday to strengthen cooperation between the legislatures of the two countries in promoting peace on the Korean Peninsula and beyond, his office said.Chung is to be accompanied by the floor leaders of the ruling Saenuri Party, the main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea and the People's Party -- Chung Jin-suk, Woo Sang-ho and Park Jie-won, respectively.It is the first time that a parliamentary chief has trav
Marrying technology and tradition in digital world

Sept 12, 2016

The Gothic Bead installation is a co-production by the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canadian Film Center Media Lab and Seneca College with 3-D scanning led by the AGO’s Lisa Ellis and the VR creative team led by French artist and designer Priam Givord. The medieval Christian sculpture with intricate inner engravings will be exhibited in this fall at the AGO in Toronto. (Ian Lefebvre / Art Gallery of Ontario)The work of Ana Serrano, chief digital officer of the Canadian Film Center, involves mergi
Organic Irish food whets appetite

Sept 11, 2016

In Ireland, cows graze on unsoiled grass and feed on preserved hay in winter. Around the island on the western seaboard of Europe, oodles of salmon, crab, lobsters and mussels are netted to be consumed at home and shipped abroad. Under the initiative “Origin Green,” Irish seafood and agricultural products are increasingly marketed and sold worldwide as healthy edibles. A delegation of Irish trade mission representing the agri-food sector visited Korea last week to promote its industry and streng
Novelist spells out joy and pain of storytelling

Sept 11, 2016

Tucked away in his seaside villa on the island of Ibiza off the eastern coast of Spain, Spanish writer Javier Moro toils eight hours a day in front of a computer screen, tortuously weaving words into sentences, paragraphs and chapters to perfect his novel.Sealed off from the rambunctious crowd outside, Moro withdraws into a “space of silence,” as he calls it, where he can let his imagination flourish. “I conceive literature as an intellectual and personal adventure,” he told The Korea Herald las