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Envoys connect through social media challenges during pandemic Posted : 2021-04-05 11:00 Updated : 2021-04-05 17:22 New Zealand Ambassador to Korea Philip Turner holds a porcelain cup instead of a disposable one as part of the #GoGoChallenge in this video posted on the embassy's social media on March 23. Captured from Facebook By Kwon Mee-yoo The COVID-19 pandemic has changed lifestyle in many ways, and the lives of ambassadors in Korea are no exception. Their calendars used to be jam-packed with events as they communicated with other diplomats as well as public and private figures of the ...

Australia names first female ambassador to Seoul | Catherine Raper, the incoming ambassador to South Korea. (Australian Embassy) Australia has tapped Catherine Raper, a senior career diplomat, as its new and the first female ambassador to South Korea, its embassy here said Thursday. Raper, who most recently served as head of Australia's COVID-19 coordination unit, will be replacing the outgoing envoy, James Choi, who began his term here in 2016. She is expected to formally take office in Seoul in mid-January Raper has also worked in Taipei, Washington and the Australian Permanent Mission t...