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Egypt, South Korea agree on boosting cooperation in various fields
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and his visiting South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in agreed on Thursday on the importance of boosting joint cooperation to support Egypt’s vision, the Presidency office of Egypt said in a statement.This is the first visit by a South Korean president in 16 years, according to Bassam Rady, spokesperson of the Egypt’s …

Korean Cultural Center hosts introductory seminar on study and life in Korea
Members of the Korean Universities Alumni Association in Egypt and the students who win this year’s scholarships participated in the seminar.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology expands into Egypt
South Korea has been actively cooperating with Egypt in developing human resources: Hong Jin-wook

Opinion| Korea-Egypt partnership to continue for another 15 years
Last year, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Korea and Egypt. The friendship of the two countries has now come of age, ten years older than Daily News Egypt.

Egypt-Korea cooperation set out for new horizons in light of Vision 2030
The Korean ambassador to Cairo stressed that Korea will remain side by side with the Egyptian people in order to overcome the coronavirus pandemic

South Korean Ambassador celebrates national day, silver jubilee of Egyptian-Korean relations
Korean Ambassador Hong Jin-wook said that traditionally, the Korean Embassy holds a major celebration to mark the country’s National Day. This year was also particularly important for the embassy in Cairo, due to its being 25 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Egypt.

President Al-Sisi receives high-level Korean business delegation
Al-Sisi showed strong commitment to promoting our cooperation, says ambassador

Meet the Nubian woman working on raising Koreans’ awareness about Pharaohs
I want to change mainstream ideas in both countries, says El-Demerdash

Egypt is keen to remove any obstacles hindering investors: Moeit
Egyptian-Korean cooperation in railways, water treatment fields

50 Egyptian ICT companies discuss cooperation opportunities with Korean counterparts
Sharing digital content experience with Egypt vital method to boost cooperation, says ambassador Yoon

Construction of Egyptian-Korean Technological College likely to be finished in 2019
Korea supports Egypt’s economic reforms with its Knowledge Sharing Programme, says ambassador

Korea, Egypt discuss dispersing $3bn financial package: Korean ambassador
MoUs were signed during President Al-Sisi’s visit to Seoul in 2016

Military Production Ministry receives $2bn in offers from China, Korea, EBRD to produce solar panels
German alliance prepares a feasibility study of the project within 3 months

In Cartoon: Trump and his toys
Promoting Korean culture through food
The Korean Cultural Center in Egypt organised on Sunday its 3rd K-Food Contest. The event took place at the centre’s building, located in Dokki, and aimed to introduce Korean cuisine to Egypt, bearing in mind that most of the popular food in Egypt from the Far East comes from Japan and China. Park Jae …

Parliament approves 4 agreements worth $3.5bn for international cooperation with Germany, Korea, Japan, Kuwaiti Fund for Development
Germany and Korea to finance construction of 5 water desalination plants in South Sinai and Borg El-Arab airport expansion

The UN’s new North Korea rapporteur: ‘We have to be realistic’
The new UN rapporteur on human rights in North Korea hopes the lessons he learned from other countries will improve the UN’s cooperation with the communist regime. But he told DW that he knows it won’t be easy.

Korea aims to increase investments in Egypt to $3bn: Korean minister of industry
Cooperation protocol signed between the two countries in medium industries

New NATO military chief: Thoughtful, but no pushover
Having served in Korea and Afghanistan, NATO’s new military chief Curtis Scaparrotti is well prepared for the role. He is a thoughtful person, said a former comrade, but that shouldn’t lead Russia to underestimate him.

North Korea’s Kim orders more nuclear tests: state media
The KCNA news agency said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had called for an improvement in the country’s nuclear attack capability. He ordered more tests after watching the launch of two short-range missiles on Thursday.

North Korea readying nuclear weapons for use at a moment’s notice
Kim Jong Un has intensified his rhetoric regarding his country’s nuclear weapons arsenal. His commments follow a recent UN vote to impose unprecedented sanctions on Pyongyang.

Japan’s decision to compensate wartime Korean sex workers welcome, if also too late for thousands
The Japanese government recently agreed to pay $8.7m to dozens of Korean women who were forced into sex work to serve Japanese soldiers. The payment is meant as compensation for their suffering. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his “deepest regrets” and “contrition” to the victims. Among the estimated 100,000 to 200,000 women recruited from …
Removing roads to protect tigers
A logging company in far eastern Russia is planing to protect Siberian tigers by dismantling unused roads that run through the tigers’ habitat. The Siberian tiger – one of the largest land predators in the world – is highly endangered, with an estimated population of only about 500 animals remaining. And the tigers are under …

South Korean activists stand in solidarity with Egyptian detainees
Protests are part of a wider call for international action in solidarity with Egyptian detainees

Al-Sisi meets 12 new ambassadors
President seeks fostering bilateral relations with different countries