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Building momentum for another 60 years

On this occasion, a bold political decision is needed to set the course for the next 60 years of bilateral ties.

2024.1.29

Swiss Ambassador to Korea Dagmar Schmidt Tartagli speaks with the Korea JoongAng Daily in her office at the Swiss Hanok in Seoul recently. [PARK SANG-MOON]

[FRIENDS FOR DECADES] Swiss envoy shares tales of friendship spanning 60 years and beyond

Few people know that the last emperor of Korea had a Swiss hostess to organize receptions for foreign guests on the palace grounds. “In 1900, during his travels in East Asia, the Swiss adventurer Max Huber met a Swiss maid at the imperial...

2024.1.28

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Tamara Mawhinney, chargée d'affaires of Canada to Korea, speaks with the Korea JoongAng Daily and the JoongAng Ilbo at the Canadian Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 10. [KANG JUNG-HYUN]

[Friends for decades] Korea and Canada celebrate their 60th with a common vision

Tamara Mawhinney may be new to Korea, but she's into all things Korean. The chargée d'affaires of the Canada Embassy wears a modern version of hanbok, Korean traditional dress, to events she attends in Seoul to promote Canada’s interests...

2023.1.18

Special anniversary

Foreign Minister Park Jin, left, and Chargee d'affaires of Canada to Korea Tamara Mawhinney, celebrate the 60th anniversary of Korea-Canada relations at the Canadian Embassy in Seoul on Thursday.

2023.1.13

Tamara Mawhinney, charge d’affaires of the Canadian Embassy in Seoul, left, with newly-appointed honorary ambassador of Canada to Korea, Olympic gold medalist figure skater Kim Yuna, right, at the embassy in Seoul during a ceremony on Monday. Kim was appointed on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of relations between Canada and Korea next year. [EMBASSY OF CANADA IN KOREA]

Kim Yuna appointed honorary ambassador by Canadian Embassy in Seoul

Figure skating champion Kim Yuna was named an honorary ambassador by the Canadian Embassy in Seoul for the 60th anniversary of relations between Canada and Korea coming up next year...

2022.12.15

Asal Al-Tal, ambassador of Jordan to Korea, speaks with the Korea JoongAng Daily at her diplomatic residence in Seoul recently. [PARK SANG-MOON]

[Friends for decades] Jordan and Korea build on six decades of friendship

The Arab world meets Asia at the diplomatic residence of Jordan in Korea. On the walls are paintings depicting the cityscape of Amman, as well as classic mosaic pieces put together by Jordanians and Koreans, but there is yet another work that...

2022.12.14

Chile's President Montalva Eduardo Frei, far left, meets with Lee Kung-hee, at the time the chairman of Samsung Group, far right, at the Shilla Hotel in central Seoul on Nov. 22, 1994. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

[Friends for decades] Chile, Korea emphasize free trade amid growing protectionism

Growing protectionist policies and evolving regional trade dynamics are both a challenge and an opportunity for Chile and Korea, the first two countries to ink a free trade agreement between the Americas and the Indo-Pacific, said Mathias Francke...

2022.9.19

Kiwi-Korean classic

From left, New Zealand Ambassador to Korea Philip Turner and Kiwi and Korean artists Song Eun-kyung, Ashani Hoi Kei Waidyatillake, Kim Na-yeon, Jason Bae, Kim Ha-nul and Tal Amoore celebrate the 60th anniversary of New Zealand-Korea relations with…

2022.8.21

NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, center, poses for photographers next to Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, far left, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, second from left, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, second from right, and South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol, far right, on the first day of the NATO Summit at IFEMA Convention Center, in Madrid, Spain, on June 29. [EPA/YONHAP]

[Friends for decades] Kiwis and Koreans under spotlight for regional security and economy

It’s no coincidence that the leaders of Korea and New Zealand keep bumping into each other at the high-profile defense and economic security meetings this year. They were both in Madrid attending the NATO summit last week, both at the...

2022.7.5

Medical supplies from Israel to Korea to aid the United Nations forces after the oubreak of the Korean War in 1950. [COHEN FRITZ/ISRAEL GOVERNMENT PRESS OFFICE]

[Friends for decades] Israeli ambassador says it's time the two countries get married

There’s no mistaking where you’re standing when you enter the Israeli residence in Seoul. Like windows looking in, landscape paintings of Mounts Tabor and Hermon, the Golan Heights and Tiberias decorate the walls on one side, while the other end...

2022.4.14