WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean diplomats, U.S. officials and Korean Americans on Monday celebrated the recent U.S. designation of an old Korean legation as a historic place — a cherished recognition of the building that served as the centerpiece of Korea’s diplomacy in Washington in the late 19th century. The Old Korean [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea will never bargain over its “national prestige,” Pyongyang’s envoy to the U.N. said Monday, reaffirming the recalcitrant regime’s adherence to its nuclear weapons program in defiance of criticism against its growing security threats. Ambassador Kim Song made the remarks during a general debate at the U.N. General [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science ministry said Tuesday it has opened a joint artificial intelligence (AI) research lab in collaboration with New York University (NYU) as part of efforts to lead global-level AI research projects. The new Global AI Frontier Lab at NYU aims to become a global AI joint research [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Rare butterfly samples collected by world-renowned Korean entomologist Seok Joo-myung across the country during Japanese colonial rule will be returned to South Korea from Japan this week, a government agency said Tuesday. The National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) said it plans to receive a donation of about 120 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant step towards international standardization of urban infrastructure, South Korean-style street signs are set to appear in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, marking the first overseas implementation of South Korea’s addressing system. The South Korean Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced on September 22 that Minister Lee [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will accelerate efforts to verify the lists received from Japan of Korean passengers killed in a controversial 1945 sinking of a Japanese vessel, to help with victims’ compensation, a Seoul official said Thursday. Last week, Japan gave South Korea 19 cases out of some 70 documents related [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will provide Vietnam with US$2 million in humanitarian assistance to help cope with the aftermath of a strong typhoon that killed more than 150 people, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The government hopes that the provision will help with the recovery efforts and help the affected residents [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Two major umbrella unions and a civic group on Wednesday called for the preservation of a girl statue erected in Berlin years ago to symbolize the victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, saying it is the emblem of historical justice. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), the Federation [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) –The United States said Thursday that it is seeking new export controls on quantum computing, advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment and other technologies, in what it called a national security measure that observers said would have limited ramifications on South Korean firms. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security released [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Ethiopia have held a policy consultation meeting on envisioned joint projects in energy, transportation and health care fields through the cooperation fund, Seoul’s finance ministry said Wednesday. During the meeting held in Addis Ababa on Tuesday, the two nations chose energy, transportation and health and medical [...]