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For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, Calvin students are getting a chance to study for a semester in South Korea. Recently, Calvin has signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) documents with Handong Global University and Baeksoek University. Not only does this open up study abroad trips to South Korea for Calvin’s students, but...
President Yoon Suk Yeol was seen bolstering a push to insert South Korea into a tighter coalition of Western countries decrying Moscow for its war in Ukraine during a surprise trip to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv last week, following his participation in the NATO summit and visit to Poland. The tour Saturday that covered the towns of Bucha and Irpin outside Kyiv, the alleged sites of Russian massacres, included a mee...
Korea refutes Iran's announcement of assets transfer Posted : 2021-02-23 16:48 Updated : 2021-02-23 23:31 Korean Ambassador to Iran Ryu Jeong-hyun, right, has talks with Abdolnasser Hemmati, center, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran, over how to transfer and use part of the Iranian assets in Korean banks. Captured from Iranian Government website By Kang Seung-woo Korea denied Tuesday claims made by Iran the previous day that Seoul had agreed to unfreeze and transfer to Tehran the assets it has at Korean banks. Diplomatic observers say Iran's announcement was made to pressure Korea t...
Defense cost-sharing deal between Seoul and Washington likely to be made soon Posted : 2021-02-18 16:28 Updated : 2021-02-18 16:52 Jeong Eun-bo, South Korea's top negotiator in defense cost-sharing talks with the United States, holds video talks with his U.S. counterpart, Donna Welton, at the foreign ministry in Seoul, Feb. 5. Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs By Jung Da-min Expectations are rising in diplomatic circles that Seoul and Washington will soon reach an agreement in their long-stalemated defense cost-sharing talks. These are based on the fact that the new U.S. President J...
South Korea has few options to calm North Korea over combined drill Posted : 2021-02-15 15:26 Updated : 2021-02-16 09:06 U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. Robert Abrams, third from left, inspects a joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States in this October 2019 photo. / Korea Times file By Kang Seung-woo While North Korea is expected to respond strongly to an envisaged combined military drill between South Korea and the United States, including a show of force, Seoul has few options to properly tame Pyongyang's anger which will likely lead to heightening tensions on t...