Peru is looking for more South Korean investment in infrastructure, transport and minerals, pitching a $39 billion portfolio of projects to Korean companies in Seoul. Peru's investment push comes as Korean companies seek diversified mineral supply chains, building on a bilateral free trade agreement in force since 2011. The portfolio, presented by Peru's private investment promotion agency ProInversion at an investment seminar Monday, has 85 projects and six contract addenda. Among them are Line

Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov's first state visit to South Korea expanded diplomatic and economic ties from cooperation in energy and plant construction to include shipbuilding, transportation, logistics and water infrastructure. The Turkmen president attended the Korea-Turkmenistan Business Forum at Lotte Hotel Seoul on Tuesday alongside South Korean Prime Minister Han Seong-sook and about 180 government and business representatives from the two countries. The two sides signed 14 memo

The Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Herald Media Group signed a media partnership agreement Tuesday for the Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business 2026, which will bring senior German and Asia-Pacific political and business leaders to Seoul in October. Also known as APK, the event is a biennial platform for German business engagement with the Asia-Pacific region. It was last held in New Delhi in 2024. The 2026 conference is jointly organized by the German government and bu

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan — Registan Square, Shah-i-Zinda, Mirzo Ulugh Beg's observatory and the Imam Bukhari complex stand as reminders of Samarkand's more than 2,700-year history as a crossroads of the Silk Road. Its ancient networks extended across Eurasia, including to the Korean Peninsula. At Afrasiab, seventh-century murals show foreign visitors at the court of a Samarkand ruler. Two figures have been associated by many researchers with Goguryeo, one of Korea's ancient Three Kingdoms, although

The Indian embassy in Korea will take its flagship cultural festival to cities across South Korea this fall, seeking to deepen people-to-people ties as Seoul and New Delhi expand cooperation across economic and strategic sectors. The 12th edition of “Sarang — The Festival of India in Korea” will feature performances and workshops from Sept. 15-22 in Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, as well as Gimhae and Miryang in South Gyeongsang Province and Nami Island in Chuncheong, Gangwon Province, the Indian Embass

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Expectations are high in Uzbekistan ahead of the first Korea-Central Asia Summit, with Uzbeks hoping that their country's long-standing goodwill toward South Korea will translate into investment, technology and opportunities for ordinary people. Areas of interest range from advanced manufacturing and artificial intelligence to education and jobs, with Uzbeks looking for practical results from closer ties with Korea. The summit, scheduled for Sept. 16-17 in Seoul, will brin

Thirty-five years ago, Germany, France and Poland made a choice that changed Europe. Today, as Europe faces war and Asia confronts growing strategic uncertainty, the experience of the Weimar Triangle has a message for Korea and the Indo-Pacific: Peace is built through cooperation, trust and shared responsibility. In August 1991, Europe stood at a historic crossroads. The Berlin Wall had fallen. The Soviet Union was about to dissolve. Democracy was sweeping through Central and Eastern Europe. Acr

Since 1994, August has been declared Women’s Month in South Africa, and Aug. 9 is Women’s Day. This was an acknowledgement of the role women played in the liberation of South Africa from apartheid to democracy. This date emanates from Aug. 9, 1956, when more than 20,000 women from all walks of life, regardless of race, colour or creed, marched to the Union Building — the seat of the South African Government — to protest the extension of the pass laws to Black women. Pass laws were a form of a do

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Beneath a vast blue dome in the Uzbek capital, centuries of Islamic intellectual history are being recast as part of a modern national story at the Islamic Civilization Center. At the new cultural institute, ancient manuscripts and the Uthman Quran sit alongside multimedia displays tracing Central Asia’s contributions to science, medicine and scholarship. But why is constitutionally secular Uzbekistan placing Islamic civilization at the heart of the “New Uzbekistan”? Tashk

The Royal Thai Embassy in Seoul presented the Thailand Privilege Card program to a Korean audience Wednesday, highlighting long-term residency, travel and lifestyle benefits. Thailand Privilege Card, a state-owned enterprise under the Tourism Authority of Thailand, offers memberships that include long-term visas ranging from five to 20 years, airport VIP services, government concierge support and lifestyle benefits. “Korea is one of our top 10 member nationalities in the world,” Thailand Privile