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South Korea: Students demand $15,000 each after teacher ends exam 90 seconds early

South Korea: Students demand $15,000 each after teacher ends exam 90 seconds early

SEOUL: A total of 39 students have filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from the government after the ending bell in last month’s college entrance exam rang 90 seconds earlier than scheduled by mistake at a test site in Seoul. The students lodged the suit with the Seoul Central District Court, demanding 20 million won ($15,296) each in […]

South Korea names new foreign minister, National Intelligence Service director

South Korea names new foreign minister, National Intelligence Service director

SEOUL: President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday tapped his national security adviser to become the new spy chief and a former ambassador to the United Nations as the new foreign minister, his office said. National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong was named to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director […]

NATO and its partners: An inevitable global security architecture?

NATO and its partners: An inevitable global security architecture?

Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (Yonhap) By Habib Toumi SEOUL: Amid the recent moves by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to create a series of overlapping and distinctive multilateral and mini-lateral alliances beyond its initial geographical limits, reactions across the globe have been vastly different, ranging […]

World’s first printed book with metallic letters displayed in Serbia

World’s first printed book with metallic letters displayed in Serbia

By Dr. Ana Stjelja BELGRADE: The world’s first printed book with metallic letters was displayed in Adligat thanks to the embassy of South Korea. In 1374, the Buddhist monk Baegun compiled the book “Gikji Simce Yodjol” (Anthology of Zen Teachings of Great Buddhist Monks) in South Korea to present the main teachings of Buddhism. This […]

2023 GCS International Board Meeting held at GCS HQs

2023 GCS International Board Meeting held at GCS HQs

  By Seok-Jae Kang, Asia Journalists Association Vice President  SEOUL: The 2023 GCS International Board of Directors Meeting was held at the conference room of GCS International in downtown Seoul, Korea on January 26, 2023. The board members unanimously approved the 2022 income-expenditure report and the 2023 budget and business plans. Board members attending the […]

South Korea’s ex-President Lee granted special presidential pardon

South Korea’s ex-President Lee granted special presidential pardon

SEOUL: President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday granted wide-ranging special pardons to former President Lee Myung-bak and a series of high-profile politicians and former officials convicted of corruption and other irregularities during the previous administrations. Former South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo, a close confidant of former President Moon Jae-in, was also pardoned with about […]

Bento resigns as South Korea coach after loss to Brazil in World Cup

Bento resigns as South Korea coach after loss to Brazil in World Cup

South Korea’s head coach Paulo Bento (Yonhap) DOHA: Paulo Bento is not returning as head coach of the South Korean men’s national football team, as a record-long tenure came to an end with a loss in the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Bento made the announcement in the early hours of […]

Korea fires some 130 artillery shells into eastern, western buffer zones: South Korean military

Korea fires some 130 artillery shells into eastern, western buffer zones: South Korean military

SEOUL: North Korea fired some 130 artillery shells into eastern and western maritime “buffer zones” on Monday in violation of a 2018 bilateral military agreement, Seoul’s defense authorities said, amid the South Korea-U.S. live-fire drills in a border region. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that it detected the artillery firings, thought to involve […]

South Korea: Beacon of hope for Asia in times of climate change, global warming

South Korea: Beacon of hope for Asia in times of climate change, global warming

By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: South Korea holds a prominent position among the developed countries with a total population of 51.8 million. This is despite the obstacles and difficulties faced by neighboring countries. The total area of the Korean Peninsula is estimated at approximately 100,329 square kilometers, with a population density of 530.7 people […]

Metropolitan Busan: South Korea’s main gate to the outside world

Metropolitan Busan: South Korea’s main gate to the outside world

By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: Busan is considered one of South Korea’s most important metropolitan areas and a source of pride for every South Korean as it is South Korea’s premier commercial port and gateway to the outside world. It is one of South Korea’s closest cities to Japan. There are only 190 kilometers […]

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