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Baseball opens across Korea
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1227 | Mar 30, 2018 |
As the KBO League's 2018 season starts with an opening game between the Samsung Lions and the Doosan Bears, baseball fans fill the Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on March 24. The 2018 season of the...
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Ondol becomes national intangible heritage item
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1233 | Mar 23, 2018 |
On March 16 the Cultural Heritage Administration announces its plan to designate traditional ondol underfloor heating systems as a National Intangible Cultural Property. The photo shows the Jibgyeongda...
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#MeToo comes to Korea
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1231 | Mar 09, 2018 |
Participants in the 34th Korea Women’s Day Convention carry #MeToo signs and placards in honor of International Women’s Day, at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul on March 4. (Yonhap News) The #MeToo ...
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Foreign press praises PyeongChang for tech, safety, peace
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1224 | Feb 23, 2018 |
CNN publishes an article on Feb. 19 titled '5G is helping make Pyeongchang the most high-tech Olympics ever,' which talks about the state-of-the-art technologies that are being showcased at the Winte...
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Korea, Switzerland agree on KRW 11 trillion currency swap
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1232 | Feb 23, 2018 |
Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan (left) and Bank of Korea Governor Lee Juyeol shake hands after signing a bilateral currency swap agreement, in Zurich on Feb. 20. Korea and Switzerland have ...
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President Moon holds summit with Slovenian counterpart
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1210 | Feb 23, 2018 |
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Slovenian President Borut Pahor prior to a summit at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 20. (Cheong Wa Dae) President Moon Jae-in met with his Slovenian counte...
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Korea to firmly address US protectionist steps
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1205 | Feb 23, 2018 |
Deputy Minister for Trade Kang Sung-chun from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy talks about the U.S.’s recent move to impose a selective tariff increase on steel goods originating in 12 ...
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Korea wins 1st gold in short track
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1221 | Feb 13, 2018 |
Lim Hyojun celebrates after winning the men’s 1,500 m final in the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, at the Gangneung Ice Arena on Feb. 10. Korea won its first gold medal on Feb. 10 in men’s ...
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Korea ‘most innovative economy’ for fifth consecutive year: Bloomberg
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1232 | Feb 02, 2018 |
Bloomberg has estimated Korea to be the most innovative economy for five consecutive years. The captured image above shows the top 10 most-innovative economies as selected by Bloomberg and announced on...
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Olympic gear, all winter long
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1341 | Feb 02, 2018 |
Official PyeongChang Olympic goods are now available at 29 licensed outlets at major tourist spots across Korea, as well as online. The photo above shows the Olympic kiosk at the Lotte Department Store...
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Golden PyeongChang train heads to Germany
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1573 | Feb 02, 2018 |
A special train to promote the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games approaches the platform at Berlin Central Station where the two Olympic mascots welcome passengers on Jan. 29. The...
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Korean studies, language courses expanding sharply abroad
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1216 | Jan 26, 2018 |
The number of foreign faculties and research institutes that provide Korean studies and language courses has nearly doubled in a decade, owing to the country's growing economic power, the Korean Wave a...
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Second terminal makes Incheon airport 'smart': president
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1392 | Jan 19, 2018 |
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mee (right) insert tickets into machines, alongside some airline employees, to celebrate the openi...
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Two Koreas unveil results of inter-Korean talks
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1286 | Jan 12, 2018 |
Cho Myoung-Gyon (left), the South Korean minister of unification, and Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, shake hands across the...
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Korea, US affirm 'no military activity' during N. Korea talks
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1275 | Jan 12, 2018 |
President Moon Jae-in speaks to his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on Jan. 10. (Cheong Wa Dae) President Moon Jae-in gave U.S. President Donald Trump a call on Jan. 10 to explain the results of ...
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Ticket sales for PyeongChang 2018 surpass 60 pct
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1353 | Dec 28, 2017 |
Ticket sales for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics have surpassed 60 percent, the event's organizers said Sunday. There are 47 days left until the Feb. 9 opening ceremony of the first Winter Ga...
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[Peace in PyeongChang] Ministry of National Defense gives all-clear for PyeongChang Games
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1261 | Dec 28, 2017 |
Colonel Jee Joon Yi, head of the PyeongChang 2018 Task Force that is overseen by the Ministry of National Defense, explains the duties his team will undertake during the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 ...
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Christmas lights brighten Seoul
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1443 | Dec 14, 2017 |
A lighting ceremony for a giant Christmas tree is held at Seoul Plaza on Dec. 2. The tree is next to statues of the two mascots for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Sooho...
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State-of-the-art IT previews PyeongChang Winter Games
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1369 | Dec 14, 2017 |
Minister of Science and ICT Yoo Young-min (front) and other representatives try some virtual bobsledding at the Enjoy ICT Zone at the newly opened PyeongChang ICT Pavilion, in Pyeongchang-gun ...
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Incheon Int'l Airport Terminal 2 ready to greet tourists from around the globe
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2062 | Nov 30, 2017 |
Incheon International Airport completed construction on its second passenger terminal at the end of September this year. It officially opens on Jan. 18, 2018, ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Olymp...
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