The South Korean Embassy in Mexico said Thursday it will hold a Korean speaking contest in Havana together with South Korea's Hanyang University and Cuba's Jose Marti Cultural Center.Twelve finalists, who have been selected from a preliminary test of 25 applicants, will vie for the grand prize in the contest on Saturday.Hanyang University will invite the top prize winner to South Korea for one month during the summer vacation and offer an opportunity to learn the Korean language and experience K

Marines from South Korea, the United States and Thailand jointly carried out large-scale landing drills on the Thai beach of Hat Yao as part of the Cobra Gold military exercise, the Marine Corps here said Friday.South Korea mobilized the 4,900-ton Cheon Wang Bong-class amphibious landing ship along with eight amphibious assault vehicles and one tank for the trilateral drills. About 440 marine and navy forces joined as well. Another 400 forces joined from the U.S and Thailand, along with three wa

국내 체류하는 외국인의 범죄율이 내국인 평균보다는 낮지만 살인이나 강도를 저지르는 비율은 최고 2.5배 높은 것으로 나타났다.12일 IOM이민정책연구원은 '이슈 브리프' 최근호인 '체류 외국인 범죄에 대한 진실과 오해'에서 외국인과 내국인의 인구 대비 범죄율을 비교해 이 같은 분석을 내놨다.이에 따르면 2013년을 기준으로 전제 범죄 발생 건수 185만7천276건 가운데 내국인 범죄는 10만 명당 3천649건에 달해 외국인(1천585건)보다 갑절 이상 많았다.범죄 유형으로 봐도 강력 범죄(살인·강도·강간 등)는 내국인이 10만 명당 48.2건으로 외국인(44.6건)보다 많았고, 폭력 범죄(상해·폭행 등)도 내국인 707건, 외국인 529건으로 내국인 범죄율이 높았다.그러나 개별 범죄 유형으로 보면 외국인에 의한 살인 범죄율은 내국인보다 2.5배 높았고, 강도는 1.4배, 폭력 행위는 1.3배 높았다.출신 국가로 보면 중국인의 범죄 건수가 가장 많았지만 이는 국내 체류 외국인 가운데

The United States on Thursday reiterated its support for President Park Geun-hye's decision to shut down an inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests."We support President Park's approach toward North Korea and respect her resolve in shutting down the Gaesong complex in the face of DPRK's recent destabilizing actions on the peninsula,"State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner said at a regular briefing."We think that her decision refle

North Korea's latest nuclear test and long-range rocket launch has prompted the Korean Peninsula to slide into a Cold War-like rivalry, with China's state-run media keeping a wary eye on a shift in the security balance in East Asia. A day after South Korea decided to halt operations at an inter-Korean industrial park inside North Korea, considered a major source of hard currency for the isolated regime, North Korea kicked out all the South Koreans in the Kaesong industrial park, calling Seoul's

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se urged China to play a "responsible" role in the push for a "terminating" U.N. resolution against North Korea.In a 40-minute talk with his Chinese counterpart that Wang Yi held on the sidelines of a security meeting in Munich Thursday (local time), Yun briefed him on Seoul's decision to halt the operation of the inter-Korean industrial complex in Kaesong, a North Korean border city, according to the Foreign Ministry.It was a "difficult decision made to s

Former Olympic speed skating gold medalist Lee Seung-hoon finished well off the podium at the world championships in Russia on Thursday.Lee finished 10th among 12 skaters in the men's 10,000 meters at the International Skating Union  World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Russia. The 2010 Olympic champion in the distance checked in at 13 minutes, 23.73 seconds.It was nearly 27 seconds worse than Lee's personal best of 12:57.27, set during an ISU World Cup stop in February