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The Unification Ministry said Wednesday it will try to invite more female experts to speak at its events after British Ambassador to Korea Colin Crooks withdrew from a ministry-organized forum on Sept. 3 that predominantly features male panelists.
British Ambassador to Korea Colin Crooks celebrated deepening ties between Korea and Britain at the first official King’s Birthday Party hosted by the British Embassy in Seoul on Thursday evening.
The British Embassy hosted an event coinciding with International Women's Day that invited four female students to the discuss the climate crisis with Ambassador Colin Crooks and other prominent figures.
British participants at the 25th World Scout Jamboree will leave the event's Saemangeum site for Seoul amid an extreme heatwave that has sickened hundreds of participants and left the Korean government scrambling to provide relief.
The competition celebrated 140 years of Korea-U.K. relations and supported the U.K.’s new International Women and Girls Strategy from 2023 to 2030.
British King Charles III, left, greets Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, center, during a reception at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday celebrating the coronation.
South Korea’s defenses against North Korean hackers are hampered by Seoul’s lack of clear guidance for private companies and the country’s balkanized cyber security market, a risk analyst said at an expert panel on Thursday.
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