Indonesian ambassador assesses 50 years of Indonesia-Korea bilateral cooperation, discusses future

Inspired from a workshop of Glada Hudik-teatern, a Swedish theatrical organization founded in Hudiksvall in 1996, the portraits were taken to emphasize the desires and visions of people with Down syndrome; and that their identities should not be undermined by their condition. Icons was first exhibited in 2016 at the Fotografiska museum in Stockholm, one of the world's largest photography museums...

Meanwhile, Indian Ambassador to Korea Amit Kumar highlighted people-to-people exchanges as a key pillar for strengthening the India-Korea strategic partnership. Delivering remarks at the roadshow, Kumar applauded the leaders of India and Korea for promoting awareness, building mutual understanding as well as fostering people-to-people relations. "Today’s roadshow is one step in that direction,”...

These days, the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which is an important guarantee of our peaceful and prosperous life and a solid legal foundation, is widely celebrated not only in our country, but also among our compatriots living abroad. The Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan was adopted on Dec. 8, 1992, at the eleventh session of the S...

Top environmental officials of South Korea, China and Japan held a virtual trilateral meeting Thursday over joint efforts to reduce fine dust air pollution and work toward carbon neutrality, Seoul officials said. South Korea's Environment Minister Han Wha-jin, China's Ecology and Environment Minister Huang Runqiu and Japan's State Minister of the Environment Miki Yamada attended the 23rd Tripart...

The top diplomats of South Korea and the Bahamas held talks in Seoul Tuesday on bilateral ties and cooperation on the international stage, Seoul's foreign ministry said. During the meeting with his Bahamian counterpart Frederick Mitchell, Foreign Minister Park Jin expressed hopes to enhance bilateral ties based on their continued cooperation in the economy and humanitarian support among other ar...

The US Forces Korea (USFK) will host a component command of the US Space Force (USSF), likely the second regional space command to be established by the United States outside of its mainland, amid growing missile threats from North Korea, sources here said Saturday. The US Department of Defense plans to open a component command of the Space Force under the wing of the USFK, and the USSF is sched...

One of my uncles in my rural village in Senegal said to me the other day, “Malle! Climate change is impacting our access to food, but most importantly it is destroying social cohesion and creating hopelessness. We farmers have heard a lot about the millions of investments in agriculture, but we are not feeling or seeing it. Does anyone care?” My uncle is not alone in asking this question. Millio...

Indian Embassy in Seoul will host the 10th Indian Film Festival -- Nov. 18 to Nov. 20 -- in Busan, the Indian Embassy in Seoul said in a press statement Friday. The embassy said the festival will screen selected award winning, critically acclaimed Hindi and popular regional films with Korean sub-titles at the Busan Cinema Center. According to the statement, the film festival would showcase dive...

The Academy has five scientific institutions: the Center for History and Ethnology, the Center for Language, Literature and Terminology, the Center for Art and Culture, the Center for Socio-Economic Research, the Center for International Studies and the Foundation for Turkish Culture and Heritage. At the same time, a subsidiary body of the Council of Entrepreneurs has been created, which provides...

“Korea is an observer of the SICA,” she noted saying El Salvador is set to have temporary presidency of SICA in the second half of 2023. Echoing the Vice Minister’s view, Korea Herald Vice President Shin Yong-bae recounted 60 years of El Salvadoran and South Korean diplomatic relations, and the involvement of The Korea Herald during those years. Shin applauded Badia for facilitating Korean comp...

Education minister highlights government initiatives to diversify education to create more learning opportunities

Vejjajiva noted that Thai companies had diversified from conventional businesses into areas in which South Korea has leading and compatible advantages, such as biotechnology, EV supply chains and renewable energy and decarbonization technology. “These Thai Chaebols are now looking for partners all around the globe, including in South Korea,” stressed Vejjajiva. The Thai Embassy would introduce ...

President Yoon Suk-yeol met with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Wednesday and asked him to help promote the development of bilateral relations by working to increase people-to-people exchanges, the presidential office said. Aso, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is visiting South Korea as head of a Japan-South Korea cooperation committee made up of elders and est...