In line with the 20th anniversary of Astana as its capital, Kazakhstan took a step forward in becoming a key hub for Islamic and Silk Road finance with the official launch of the Astana International Financial Center. The AIFC was inaugurated Thursday with the blessings of the country’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the international Expo venue, where the center is to operate. “Astana should become the main financial center of the Central Asian region and in the future be included in the lis

Participants at the Capacity Building Workshop for the Greater Mekong Subregion's Cross-border E-Commerce organized by the ASEAN-Korea Center in Seoul in August, 2017. (AKC)The ASEAN-Korea Centre and the Korea International Trade Association will co-host the 2018 ASEAN Digital Commerce Forum at Trade Tower in Seoul from Thursday through Friday. The event will be attended by diplomats, commerce officials and private sector representatives from the electronic commerce sector from the Association o

Nearly 10 years after the crisis, Lisbon is now a city teeming with economic vibrancy and cultural vivacity, an ideal place to invest, do business, network, study and enjoy life.

Participants pose at a mango-tasting event at JW Marriott Dongdaemun in Seoul on Wednesday, organized by the Indian Embassy and Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea. In the photo are (from the left) Vladimir Vazquez Hernandez, Mexican Embassy deputy head of mission; Satish Sivan, Indian Embassy deputy head of mission; Shin Myung-jin, chairman of the Korea Importers Association; Kim Hyun-myung, vice chairman of the Korea Importers Association; and Vasudev Tumbe, chairman of the ICCK. (Joel Lee/The

Bulgaria is gaining momentum as Southeastern Europe’s entrepreneurship and innovation hub, as well as an IT powerhouse.

“There were anxieties when the ASEAN FTA was first launched, but we have since embraced free trade and investment liberalization.”

WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- The United States Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to South Korea, filling a post that has been vacant since the launch of the administration.The Senate voted unanimously in favor of retired Adm. Harry Harris on Thursday, according to a diplomatic source. The former chief of the US Pacific Command is expected to take office early next month.   Harry Harris. YonhapHarris will serve as Washington's top envoy to Seoul at a time when the allies

“Today is a day we can commemorate our triumph over colonialism and the apartheid, and think through the challenges of globalization facing the African continent.”

“The cornerstone of the Korean Peninsula’s prospective denuclearization and establishment of a peace regime is the watertight coordination between the ROK and the US.”

Participants, including Latvian Ambassador to Korea Peteris Vaivars (center) and Estonian Ambassador to Japan and Korea Jaak Lensment (back, sixth from right), pose at the Latvian Embassy in Seoul, which organized the midsummer celebration on June 19 on behalf of Baltic diplomatic missions in East Asia. Baltic countries Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania celebrate the Midsummer Day annually on June 23, when the sun is visible for the longest time. People decorate their homes with wild flowers and tre

The Korea Foundation, in collaboration with Colombian, Peruvian, Mexican and Chilean embassies, has organized a plethora of public events through Aug. 17. “The Pacific Alliance Festival Hola” showcases in Seoul photographs, musical and dance performances and films of the four countries that make up the Pacific Alliance. As part of the festival, the exhibition “Land of the Pacific Embrace” features works of Colombian photographer Fernando Cano, Chilean photographer Christian Jamet, 13 Peruvian ph

“The world is not perfect and it will never be. But as long as we see each other without prejudice, embrace one another as we are and mutually offer what we have, we could keep alive our hope that the world is and can be better together.”

A UNESCO committee is expected to cite Japan's wartime brutality of forcing Koreans into harsh labor at some of its newly designated World Heritage sites, a government official here said Monday.UNESCO plans to hold the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee in Bahrain through next Wednesday.The panel is reviewing Japan's implementation of its 2015 commitment related to winning the much-coveted heritage status for23 industrial facilities, including those on Hashima Island. Many Koreans were

“In today’s China, more than in Korea, students are more willing to take risks with their education, because they don’t fully understand the risks around their choices.”

“Our deep trust and friendship is well exemplified by the fact that Korea accounts for the greatest number of visitors to the Philippines and our trade volume has exceeded $10 billion since 2010.”