S. Korean son of late N.K. party chairwoman arrives in Pyongyang for permanent residence
A South Korean son of Ryu Mi-yong, the late chairwoman of a North Korean minor political party, has arrived in Pyongyang to live in the communist country for good, a North Korean propaganda media outlet said Sunday. Ryu and her husband, Choe Tok-sin, who served as foreign minister in South Korea during the 1960s, emigrated […]
No. of visitors to major royal palaces in Seoul hits 5 mln in H1
The number of people who visited the four main royal palaces and Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul surpassed the 5 million mark in the first half of the year for the first time in three years, the cultural authorities said Monday. The four palaces from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) are Gyeongbok, Changdeok, Changgyeong and Deoksu. Jongmyo […]
Police chief vows thorough probe into assault on Vietnamese woman
South Korea’s police chief on Monday expressed regrets over a recent assault on a Vietnamese woman by her Korean husband and vowed to conduct a thorough investigation into the case. Min Gap-ryong, commissioner general of the Korean National Police Agency, made the remarks during his talks with To Lam, Vietnamese minister of public security, in […]
S. Korea to send rotational troops to South Sudan
A new contingent of South Korean troops will be deployed to South Sudan later this month to carry out U.N. peacekeeping operations, the Army said Monday. A send-off ceremony took place in Incheon, west of Seoul, for more than 280 rotational troops to serve at the Hanbit unit in the African country for eight months. […]
Ancient city of Babylon designated UNESCO World Heritage Site
Babylon, the capital of ancient Babylonian empire and a unique testimony to one of the most influential empires of the ancient world, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) announced on July 6 in a meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, that “Babylon, an ancient city near the capital, Hilla, […]
Record 52,000 non-regular school workers join strike for 3 days: ministry
A nationwide walkout by contract school workers entered its third day on Friday, with the number of strike participants falling to 13,281 from the previous day’s 17,300, according to the Ministry of Education. The cumulative number of contract school workers, mostly cafeteria cooks and after-school daycare assistants, who participated in the three-day nationwide strike by […]
Korean cultural festival to open in France next week
A Korean cultural festival will be held in Rouen, northern France, next week, featuring traditional music, art and street parades, the Korean Cultural Center in France said Friday. The 6th annual Korea Live will run from Monday to Friday in the capital city of Normandy. It is organized by the Korean Culture Association in France, […]
Participants to Summer Davos hail Chinese contribution
The 2019 Summer Davos meeting, also known as the 13th Annual Meeting of the New Champions kicked off on July 1 in northeast China’s coastal city of Dalian. The forum is attended by more than 1,900 politicians, business people, scholars and media representatives from over 100 countries. As the world’s second largest economy and the […]
China further widens market access with new negative lists, industry catalogue
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on June 30 released revised negative lists for foreign investment market access and a revised catalogue of industries that encourage foreign investment, introducing greater opening-up measures. The two lists aimed at pilot free trade zones (FTZ) and the rest of the country, respectively. […]
China-EU investment pact likely in 2020
The negotiations on a China-EU bilateral investment treaty (BIT) are moving forward and the two sides have made positive headway in the text and an associated list, according to Chinese officials. Analysts said there is a high possibility that the high-level agreement will be signed next year as scheduled amid the lingering China-US trade war […]
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