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South Koreans want to build integrated school complex in Angola
Ver Angola
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According to a statement from the Ministry of Education, obtained by VerAngola, the South Korean delegation, led by the president of the Korea-African Peace Foundation, Yongwoo Lee, was received by the Minister of Education late Thursday morning....
South Korea cut a deal with Trump. It didn't matter.
MSNBC
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July 11, 2025
In 2018, South Korea handed President Donald Trump the first trade victory of his administration. Under the agreement, new South Korean steel export restrictions were put in place and more U.S. automakers could export their cars to South Korea....
South Korean man gets three months’ jail for overstaying in Malaysia
Malay Mail
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July 11, 2025
GEORGE TOWN, July 11 — A South Korean man was sentenced to three months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today after pleading guilty to overstaying his permitted time in Malaysia. Jeon Eunjin, 55, entered the plea after the charge was read...
South Korea: Lee Completes Nomination Of All Cabinet Posts With Culture, Land Minister Nominees
MENAFN
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July 11, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, July 11 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has tapped a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party as land minister and the head of a travel platform as culture minister, the presidential office said Friday, completing...
South Korean Man Jailed Three Months For Overstaying In Malaysia
Bernama
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July 11, 2025
GEORGE TOWN, July 11 (Bernama) -- A South Korean man was sentenced to three months in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today after pleading guilty to overstaying his permitted time in Malaysia. Jeon Eunjin, 55, entered the plea after the charge...
What South Korea’s Election Signified
Persuasion
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July 11, 2025
Newly elected South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a press conference at the presidential office on June 04, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Ahn Young-Joon, Pool/Getty Images.) This article is brought to you by American...
Teachers from Kyrgyzstan to study in South Korea
AKIpress News Agency
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July 11, 2025
AKIPRESS.COM - The Ministry of Education of Kyrgyzstan and the Chungcheongbuk-do Provincial Office of Education in South Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on digital education. The signing ceremony was attended...
Commentary: As South Korean artistes clinch prestigious US awards, what’s next for Hallyu?
Channel News Asia
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July 10, 2025
With all this in view, the partnership behind Maybe Happy Ending seems like the next natural step. Park and Aronson stated that Maybe Happy Ending was developed as both a South Korean and US production concurrently from the very beginning. Perhaps...
South Korean president detained again over martial law charges
The Times
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South Korea’s impeached former president Yoon Suk-yeol has been detained for a second time over his declaration of martial law. Yoon is being held in a solitary cell as investigators widen their insurrection probe. The latest arrest warrant was...
Samsung spotlights Galaxy products, South Korean roots following financial blow
PR Week
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July 10, 2025
NEW YORK – Parked at the intersection of the Flatiron Building, Madison Square Park and Eataly is a blue, Samsung-branded van filled with Samsung’s latest Galaxy foldable phones including the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7. Tech fans ventured into the...
South Korea’s Balloon Ban Limits Activists Opposing North Korean Regime
StratNews Global
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July 7, 2025
The gear used by activist Lee Min-bok to launch balloons carrying leaflets critical of Kim Jong Un into North Korea has sat unused for months, collecting dust and cobwebs. South Korea’s crackdown on such balloon campaigns has curbed the activities...
South Korea repatriates 6 North Korean fishermen
Deutsche Welle
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July 9, 2025
South Korea has repatriated six North Korean fishermen who were rescued earlier this year after drifting across the maritime border separating the two countries. Seoul's Ministry of Unification said the men had repeatedly expressed the desire to...
AI certifications flood the South Korean market, but most exist only on paper
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
SEOUL - A wave of artificial intelligence (AI) certifications has flooded the market in South Korea over the past two years. But according to government data, most of these certifications exist only on paper and have never been used by a single...
South Korea sends six rescued North Koreans back across sea border
1News
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South Korea sent six North Koreans back across the rivals' sea border this morning, months after they drifted south in wooden boats in March and May. It came after months of failed efforts to contact North Korea to coordinate the repatriation of...
ASEAN, South Korea plan tourism recovery at Danang roundtable
TTG Asia
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July 9, 2025
Tourism officials from ASEAN member states and the Republic of Korea met in Danang, Vietnam, last week to explore ways to revive travel between the two regions following the Covid-19 pandemic. The ASEAN-Korea Roundtable in Tourism (AK-RT 2025) was...
Human Rights Watch Calls on South Korea
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on South Korea to eliminate age-related discrimination in the workplace, criticizing the policy that forces employees to retire upon reaching 60 years old. In a detailed 72-page report released on...
FTC Reviewing Merger Of South Korea's 2Nd, 3Rd Largest Cinema Operators
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, July 10 (IANS) South Korea's antitrust regulator said on Thursday it is reviewing the planned merger between the country's second and third largest theatre chains.Media giant JoongAng Group and retail conglomerate Lotte Group...
South Korea sends back North Koreans who drifted on wooden boats across sea border
The Independent
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July 9, 2025
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South Korea sends 6 rescued North Koreans back across sea border
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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What would have been a routine event in years past was complicated by the North’s decision to cut off communications with the South in recent years. North Koreans have occasionally drifted south in wooden boats before, sometimes accidentally and...
Culture and the arts at the heart of our communities
The Malta Independent
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We launched RETOLD - an unprecedented initiative which brings back to Malta leading international art and design projects, by Maltese artists and creatives, which made Malta proud abroad. This is an intrinsic part of my Ministry's and the...