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Mon, May 25, 2020 | 15:10

Rwandan envoy named Africa's future leader

Rwandan envoy named Africa's future leader

Rwandan Ambassador to Korea Dailia Yasmin Amri Sued has been named one of the next-generation leaders of Africa by a pan-African think tank. The African Leadership Institute (AFLI), a private organization based in South Africa with a goal of nurturing “visionary, strategic, self-aware and ethical” leaders across the continent, said recently on its website that Amri Sued is am...

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-05-20 16:45

Africa encourages investment on health workers on International Nurses Day

Africa encourages investment on health workers on International Nurses Day

Today, the African Union (AU) Commission joins the world to commemorate International Nurses Day in support of the invaluable contribution of nurses to the prosperity of health care delivery systems across the globe. At the onset, the commission pays respect and tribute to all the nursing staff who have lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their care, value and dedi...

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-05-18 15:21

Indian musicians compose song to help world overcome pandemic

Indian musicians compose song to help world overcome pandemic

Indian musicians jointly composed a song to help the world overcome the COVID-19 pandemic according to the Indian Embassy in Korea last week.It said the song, titled, “United We Fight,” was produced with support from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), a “soft power” arm of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) tasked with promoting cultural exchanges worldwide.

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-05-18 15:20

'Flood has proved a bitter lesson for us': Uzbek president

'Flood has proved a bitter lesson for us': Uzbek president

What we all observe today is how humanity is struggling with both the coronavirus and equally the resulting economic crisis. A growing number of countries are gradually softening lockdown measures to overcome the difficult situation. Thanks to the Almighty, the epidemiological situation in Uzbekistan has currently been stabilizing. With each passing day, there are more recove...

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-05-12 08:00

UK envoy at COVID-19 response forum

UK envoy at COVID-19 response forum

British Ambassador to Korea Simon Smith delivers a speech during a forum jointly hosted by the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning and National Research Council at The-K Hotel in Seocho-gu, Seoul, May 8. The ambassador congratulated Korea for its response to COVID-19 during...

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-05-11 15:24

ASEAN calls for human rights protection amid COVID-19 fight

ASEAN calls for human rights protection amid COVID-19 fight

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has now sadly resulted in infections and caused deaths across the globe, including in the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). We express our serious concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and its negative effects on the lives and well-being of the people of ASEAN. We appreciate the efforts of ASE...

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-05-11 15:23

Azerbaijan's historic city marks 28th year of Armenian occupation

Azerbaijan's historic city marks 28th year of Armenian occupation

As part of a systematic policy of aggression of the Republic of Armenia against the Republic of Azerbaijan, a historical Azerbaijani city of Shusha was occupied by armed forces of Armenia on May 8, 1992. As a result of the occupation, Shusha city and 30 villages of Shusha district were destroyed, 195 innocent civilians were killed, 165 were wounded, 58 persons went missing, a...

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-05-11 15:22

Australia-linked monument wins cultural heritage status

Australia-linked monument wins cultural heritage status

The Australian Embassy in Korea welcomed the cultural heritage status granted to a memorial last week, after it was to set up to honor a former hospital in Busan and its founder, an Australian missionary who came here in the early 1900s.

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-05-11 15:21

COVID-19: Our experience in South Korea

COVID-19: Our experience in South Korea

It was 18 months into our posting in South Korea that COVID-19, really started to take hold here. Up until that point, our posting had been going well. I started as the deputy ambassador in the British Embassy in July 2018. This was our third positing as a family after wonderful experiences in Uganda and Malaysia. I had also been in Iraq just after the war in 2003.

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-05-11 15:20

My first 100 days as ambassador to the Republic of Korea

My first 100 days as ambassador to the Republic of Korea

Due to the similar culture, both China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) attach great importance to the growth ceremonies among which we have the same tradition of celebrating the first hundred days for children, for it means the newborn baby has crossed the first hurdle of its life.

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