SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea officially launched a task force (TF) to review an agreement with Japan reached in 2015 to settle a long-standing bilateral feud over Japan’s imperial-era mobilization of Korean women as sex workers, the foreign ministry said Monday. The TF is tasked with fact-finding and assessing the processes leading up [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Wednesday extended its travel alert for two cities in Mindanao, the Philippines, citing safety concerns from ongoing conflicts between the Philippine government and the Islamic State-inspired group. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said the travel warnings imposed in May on Davao City and Cagayan de [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Sunday it would contribute US$1 million to help Libya, which is suffering from a years-long civil war. Seoul plans to deliver the donation through the Libya stabilization fund created in April under a global initiative, according to the foreign ministry. Eleven other nations have so far [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Koreans will be able to access phone translators for 6 different languages when they need to communicate with locals in foreign countries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on July 2 that the current phone translating service for 3 languages, English, Chinese and Japanese, will be expanded to offer [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Just how many Hallyu (Korean Wave) fans are out there? According to a report published on January 12 by the Korea Foundation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the number of clubs dedicated to Hallyu numbered 1,248 from 79 countries in December 2014. The number of overall club members stood [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 11 (Korea Bizwire) – On December 5, Hawaii State Library (McClly Library) held an opening ceremony for its recently overhauled “Korea Corner” and its newly installed Korean e-book system, joined by local dignataries and high-ranked officers. The renewed “Korea Corner” is part of efforts by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to open ”Korea Promotion Centers” in major [...]