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Wed, August 21, 2019 | 05:29

ASEAN, India join public diplomacy program in Korea

Aspiring leaders from ASEAN, India and Korea are visiting Seoul and Busan from Aug. 18 to 23 as part of Korea’s effort to enhance relations with Southeast and Southwest Asia. Titled “Public Diplomacy Camp,” the event is organized by the Korea Foundation (KF) to bolster the government’s efforts to communicate with people in other countries and serve the KF’s goal of public dip...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-19 16:23

Latvia speeds up campaign on 5G, digital technology

High-speed internet and digital technology have been among the selling points of Latvia highlighted by its embassy in Korea after the diplomatic mission opened in 2015. Three latest developments in the Baltic state’s information and communication technology (ICT) industry added to its embassy’s campaign for a tech-savvy Latvia. The three developments are the launch of a 5G mo...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-19 16:22

Libyan holds foreign powers responsible for political unrest

We are the charge d'affaires and staff of the Embassy of Libya in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. The Libyan people are exposed to a declared war and armed aggression led by war criminal Khalifa Haftar backed by criminal militias and hired mercenaries and with the support of Axis of Evil countries - the UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and France.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-19 16:21

[ASEAN INTERVIEW SERIES] Should Kim Jong-un be invited to ASEAN-Korea summit?

With a little more than three months left before the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit in Busan, the question of inviting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is becoming trickier to answer than last year.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-19 16:20

British envoy steps up as mentor for aspiring diplomats

A teen student mistakenly referred to British Ambassador to Korea Simon Smith sitting across a small roundtable from her during a Q&A session of the Youth Ambassador Academy in Seoul, Aug. 9. Smith, who is referred to as “Your Excellency” like other foreign envoys in Seoul, is not the type of person Korean middle and high school students usually meetAsking him questions in En...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-12 16:12

Korea critical for Bolivian president's economic initiative

Bolivia and Korea are making gradual yet consistent progress in their relations since Bolivian President Evo Morales first took office in 2006, was re-elected in 2009, and after amending the Constitution, has been serving his third term since 2014.After closing their respective embassies in each other's capitals during the Asian financial crisis, Korea re-opened its embassy i...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-12 16:11

Korea, Africa jointly organize inaugural youth camp

Africa is a “young” continent, with about 70 percent of its population aged 30 or younger. This suggests youth cooperation is essential for any country that wants to get close with Africa in the long term. Accordingly, Korea took a step closer with the inaugural Korea-Africa Youth Camp which was held from Aug. 6 to 12 in Seoul and North Jeolla Province’s Gimje and Muju.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-12 16:10

[ASEAN INTERVIEW SERIES] How Vietnam-North Korea ties can help denuclearization

The question of whether Vietnam's Doi Moi reform initiated in 1986 could be a model for North Korea is “very presumptuous,” according to Vietnamese Ambassador to South Korea Nguyen Vu Tu. He says the question, commonly searched on Google, should be addressed to North Korea and Vietnam can offer help only if Pyongyang requests it. Ambassador Nguyen's view is that Vietnam and N...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-12 16:00

Egypt eyes Korean investment after IMF bailout

Marking the 67th anniversary of the revolution that gave birth to its independent republic, Egypt plans to end a three-year IMF bailout program this year. This will help draw more Korean investment into Egypt and take the North African country a step closer toward its economic vision, according to Egyptian Ambassador to Korea Hazem Fahmy. He said economic development, with th...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-05 16:35

Seoul jointly celebrates Moroccan king's reign

The distance between Morocco and Korea, as Vice Foreign Minister Lee Tae-ho put it, may be “considerable” in terms of their geographical locations. But this has not stopped them from deepening their relations, such as Morocco being the first country to host a Korean embassy in Africa, in 1962, the 2018 celebration of the “Year of Korea and Morocco,” three sets of bilateral ta...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-08-05 16:32

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