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UN members 13th ROK-IAEA high-level policy consultation held in Seoul
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs Kweon Ki-hwan and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards Massimo Aparo held the 13th Republic of Korea-International Atomic Energy Agency (ROK-IAEA) High-level Policy Consultation in Seoul on Nov. 8. The ROK-IAEA High-level Policy Consultation, established in 2013, serves as a strategic communication channel that facilitates dialogue on current IAEA safeguards issues and ways to strengthen cooperation between Korea and the IAEA. During this year’s co
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-11-11 11:25
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UN members Gwangju Mayor Kang meets with Paraguayan ambassador…
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo Gwangju City Mayor Kang Ki-jeong met with Paraguayan Ambassador to Korea Miguel Ángel Ubaldino Romero in the reception room of the city hall on July 9 to discuss fire safety exchanges. "Korea is the country that has provided the most support and cooperation in improving Paraguay's firefighting facilities," said Ambassador Romero, adding, "Our relationship with Gwangju, which began in 2018, goes beyond friendship and makes us feel like family and friends." Mayor Kang responded, "Natural and social disasters are occurring in various forms every day, so I hope we can lea
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-07-11 16:11
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UN members President Yoon holds bilateral meetings with leaders of 4 Afri…
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo President Yoon Suk-yeol held bilateral meetings with President William Samoei Ruto of Kenya, President Andry Nirina Rajoelina of Madagascar, President Joseph Nyumah Boakai of Liberia, and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana, who are attending the Korea-Africa Summit on June 4. (June 4-5). During the morning session of the Korea-Africa Summit, President Yoon said that he could feel the will and sincerity of the leaders to promote Korea-Africa cooperation by listening to their remarks, and he looks forward to realizing the vast potential of each other as the
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-06-05 14:04
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UN members President Yoon holds a summit with Ethiopian Prime Minister A…
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo President Yoon Suk-yeol held a summit with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, who is visiting South Korea for the Korea-Africa Summit, on June 2 and agreed on the need to thoroughly implement sanctions against North Korea to block its nuclear and missile development in violation of UN Security Council resolutions. According the presidential office, the two leaders discussed the issue during a dinner meeting at the Yongsan presidential office. The two leaders plan to cooperate closely on the international diplomatic stage, including Ethiopia's support for South K
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-06-03 16:56
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UN headquarters UN officials condemn Israeli airstrikes on camp for displaced…
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo Senior UN officials have condemned Israeli air strikes on May 26 that hit a camp for displaced people in Rafah, southern Gaza, reportedly claiming over 35 Palestinian lives, including women and children, the UN News reported. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, voiced his horror at further loss of civilian lives in the war-ravaged enclave. “The images from the camp are horrific and point to no apparent change in the methods and means of warfare used by Israel that have already led to so many civilian deaths,” he said in a news release on May 26. On 26
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-05-28 15:38
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UN members Embassy of Iran in Seoul celebrates its 45th National Day at a…
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Seoul (Ambassador Saeed Koozechi) hosted a reception to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the National Day of Iran at Lotte Hotel Seoul in Sogong-dong on Feb. 8. "Forty-five years ago at this time, the Islamic Revolution triumphed in Iran, and the Islamic Revolution, under the leadership of Imam Khomeini, succeeded in introducing a system based on religious democracy in the social and political spheres through the power of the Iranian people themselves," said Ambassador Saeed Koozechi. "Since then, Iran has been conductin
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-02-15 10:51
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South Korea Ven. Chief Monk Hyangdeok promotes cultural exchanges w…
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo Venerable Chief Monk Hyangdeok (Park Seong-eok in Korean name) of the Cheonmansa Buddhist Temple in Ulsan is striving to promote world peace and cultural exchanges between Korea and foreign countries while attending major cultural events with foreign ambassadors in Korea. Ven. Chief Monk Hyangdeok, who is honorary consular of culture and economy of the Embassy of Ethiopia and UN NGO World Peace Ambassador, always prays for good luck and good health for all people he met, including foreign ambassadors, staff members of foreign embassies and their family members in Kore
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-02-14 16:03
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South Korea 'Koreans' unstoppable love of Starbucks'
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo The number of Starbucks stores in South Korea ranks fourth in the world, after the United States, China and Japan. According to Starbucks' global website on Feb. 12, the number of Starbucks stores in South Korea totaled 1,893 at the end of last year, up 116 from the previous year. That's just eight fewer than Japan (1,901), which has 2.5 times the population of South Korea. The number of Starbucks stores in South Korea has steadily increased by more than 100 each year, from 1,508 in 2020 to 1,639 in 2021 and 1,777 in 2022. In Japan, the number of Starbucks stores grew
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-02-14 14:01
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South Korea Samsung earns ‘product carbon reduction’ certification…
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo Samsung announced on Feb. 12 that eight product series1 in its 2024 Neo QLED 8K, Neo QLED 4K, OLED, and The Frame lineups have received the “Product Carbon Reduction” certification from TÜV Rheinland, the international independent third-party testing, inspection, and certification organization. The certification demonstrates the carbon footprint reduction ratio of these products compared to the previous year’s model, serving as a testament to the company’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions year-over-year. “As the world’s leading TV manufacturer, it is our responsibil
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-02-13 17:04
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UN members Kazakhstan, Korea join hands to bolster cooperation in th…
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo As part of the IV Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, a meeting was held between the Minister of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ermek Marzhikpayev and the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea Yu In-chon. They discussed the main directions for developing mutual cooperation between the two countries, strengthening ties and exchanging experience in the fields of sports, tourism and sports pharmacology. The Kazakh Minister expressed hope for strengthening mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation. Also, during the meeting,
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-02-07 14:42
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South Korea Former President Park Geun-hye says, "I don't blame anyone…
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo "As a person who served as president, I wrote my memoirs with the hope that they would serve as a lesson for future generations by revealing what I regretted and what I did well," said former President Park Geun-hye at the launch of her memoirs, "Park Geun-hye Memoirs: Past the Darkness and into the Future. On the same day, Park also released for the first time a handwritten memo she wrote in late fall 2021, when she was imprisoned for more than four years and nine months. At a book release ceremony held at a hotel in Daegu, Park said that in late 2021, about half a y
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-02-06 10:51
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South Korea South Korea's military strength ranks 5th in the world, up one…
By Lee Kap-soo South Korea's military strength is the fifth strongest in the world, according to a new report. North Korea, on the other hand, was ranked 36th. According to the '2024 Global Firepower' report released by the U.S. military power assessment organization Global Firepower (GFP) on Jan. 19, South Korea scored 0.1416 on the military power assessment index, ranking fifth among 145 countries surveyed. This is an improvement from last year's ranking (6th). South Korea's GFP military power ranking has steadily risen to ninth in 2013 and seventh in 2014, and has remained at sixth from 202
- Lee kap-soo 기자
- 2024-01-19 14:56
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South Korea Gov. Kim Dong-yeon meets with global leaders at World Econ…
By Lee Kap-soo Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon, who is participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF-Davos Forum) in Switzerland, participated in a series of sessions related to the climate crisis on the opening day of the forum on Jan. 17 (local time) and discussed the role of local governments with representatives of global companies and governments. In two sessions, 'Accelerating to Net Zero: Manufacturing Innovation Strategy' and 'Accelerating Responsible Renewable Energy,' held at the Kirk Park Village and Waldhus Hotel in Mönche, Gov. Kim said, "Consistency in environmental pol
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2024-01-18 16:58
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NGOs Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia
By Lee Kap-soo Deadly torrential rains and floods have affected more than two million people in several areas of Somalia, with over 100 killed and 750,000 displaced from their homes, the authorities and humanitarian partners said on Nov. 30 in the capital, Mogadishu. The crisis began with the start of the deyr rainy season in October and comes six months after the country emerged from a historic drought that brought it to the brink of widespread famine. “Recurrent climate shocks, widespread insecurity and rampant poverty have pushed the people of Somalia to the breaking point,” said George Con
- Lee Kap-soo 기자
- 2023-12-07 14:29
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