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Mon, July 22, 2019 | 00:31

Mandela Day celebration in Seoul

Charge d'Affaires Gert du Preez, back row third from left, of the South African Embassy in Korea, and other participants pose during their visit to the Korea Red Cross Joongang Voluntary Service Center in Jongno-gu, central Seoul, Thursday. The embassy staff baked bread and shared it with the needy in commemoration of Nelson Mandela International Day. The United Nations has c...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-19 18:01

Bastille Day celebration in Seoul

French Ambassador to Korea Fabien Penone, left, poses with Sohn Kyung-shik, chairman of CJ Group and also the Korea Employers Federation (KEF), during a reception at his residence to celebrate Bastille Day, July 13. The French National Day marks revolutionaries’ storming of the Bastille fortress, July 14, 1789. The incident signaled the start of the French Revolution. /...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-15 11:41

Argentina commemorates national day with new envoy

Argentine Ambassador to Korea Alfredo Carlos Bascou, after taking office in April, hosted his first national day reception July 9 on the occasion of the 203rd anniversary of Argentina’s Independence Day. The reception took place amid enhanced bilateral relations last year, ranging from the first summit in 14 years between their heads of state on Dec. 1, to the signing of the ...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-15 11:41

Quebec rolls up sleeves to draw more Korean tourists

The Quebec government is stepping up a campaign for a wave of Korean tourists to continue after the Korean soap opera “Goblin” boosted interest in 2017. The Canadian province of Quebec has had a 60 percent increase in Korean visitors, thanks to the TV drama filmed in the provincial capital Quebec City. The provincial government, which independently administers certain affairs...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-15 11:39

[INTERVIEW] 'Tourism tops Latvia-Korea cooperation'

Latvia is putting a priority on tourism in its relations with Korea, especially after the success of a temporary direct air route between the two countries in May and June, according to a senior Latvian diplomat. In a recent interview with The Korea Times in Seoul, Undersecretary of State Janis Mazeiks said traveling to Latvia not only offers chances to explore the Baltic sta...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-15 11:35

High-quality Latvian food knocks on Korean market

More and more Koreans are developing a taste for foreign cuisines as they travel abroad more often. The Embassy of Latvia in Korea is keeping up with this trend, launching a campaign promoting Latvian food and beverages recently after a record-high 10,000 Koreans traveled to the Baltic state last year. Representatives from five Latvian food companies - Cido Grupa, Ilgezeem, B...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-15 11:34

Celebration for Nordic talks finale

Four Nordic ambassadors to Korea pose with other participants during the third and last series of NORDtalks at Oil Tank Culture Park in Mapo-gu, western Seoul, June 27. The four are Finnish Ambassador Eero Suominen, second from left, Norwegian Ambassador Frode Solberg, third from left, Swedish Ambassador Jakob Hallgren, sixth from left, and Danish Ambassador Thomas Lehmann, s...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-08 12:00

South African tourism eyes 'untapped' Korean market

More than 30 travel agencies, airlines and travel arms of South Africa’s central and provincial governments joined hands in Korea last week to promote South Africa as a travel destination. The annual promotional campaign, titled “South African Tourism Trade Workshop,” aims to attract Asian tourists in line with South Africa’s National Development Plan initiated in 2013.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-08 11:59

Rwanda marks liberation silver jubilee

Twenty-five years after a genocide that devastated the country, Rwanda has bounced back and is moving forward to become a middle-income country by next year under its Vision 2020 plan. The transformation has been made possible because Rwandans, after experiencing mass slaughter resulting from hatred, have made every effort to embrace peace, unity and reconciliation, according...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-08 11:57

[INTERVIEW] Belarus - pivotal partner for New Northern Policy

Helping Koreans and Belarusians get a better sense of connectivity has been a priority for Belarusian Ambassador to Korea Andrei Popkov since he arrived in 2016. He says this is why he has high expectations for President Moon Jae-in’s New Northern Policy inspired by Nordpolitik, Seoul’s signature foreign policy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The New Northern Policy inheri...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-07 15:29

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