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More school uniforms this year to sport Hanbok designs
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More students this year will wear school uniforms sporting designs inspired by Hanbok (traditional Korean attire) under a joint project of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministr...
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Gangwon-do Province to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
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31 | Jan 13, 2020 |
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Gangwon-do Province on Jan. 10 earned the right to host the fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2024 at the 135th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. ...
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Museum releases photos taken by Japanese colonial gov't
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103 | Dec 16, 2019 |
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This is a photo taken by the Japanese colonial government in Korea of Sungnyemun (Namdaemun) Gate when it was covered with ivy. Photos of the country taken by Japan's Government-General of Korea d...
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The 10 best places to enjoy sunsets and sunrises in Korea
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111 | Dec 30, 2019 |
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People are watching the sunset at Taean Beach in Chungcheongnam-do Province, one of the 5 best places that the Korea National Park Service selected to see the sunset. The Korea National Park Se...
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Baduk (go) master beats AI program for 2nd time
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129 | Dec 19, 2019 |
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Retiring baduk (go) grandmaster Lee Sedol on Dec. 18 plays HanDol, an artificial intelligence (AI) program developed by a Korean company, in Seoul's Gangnam District. Lee Sedol, one of the world's ...
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Singaporean PM shows love for Korea via SNS photos, comments
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216 | Dec 06, 2019 |
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Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Nov. 24 uploaded comments and photographs of Gyeongui Line Forest Park in Seoul on his Twitter account. (Screen capture from Lee's Twitter account) ...
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Smart City Fair connects Korea and ASEAN
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242 | Nov 26, 2019 |
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With the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit underway, the Smart City Fair took place on Nov. 25 in Busan. The fair was held under the slogan “Smart Cities, Connecting Korea-ASEAN.” Minister of La...
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Why the 2019 ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit is important
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304 | Nov 21, 2019 |
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Comprised of 10 Southeast Asian countries, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is located in one of the world's hottest areas. Economic growth in the region is reminiscent of Kore...
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Ex-nat'l soccer coach Cha to receive German honor
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400 | Nov 15, 2019 |
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Cha Bum-kun in October 2017 gives an interview to Korea.net at his home in Seoul's Pyeongchang-dong neighborhood. He will receive the Federal Cross of Merit from the German government. Former nat...
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Korean, ASEAN culture ministers pledge more cultural cooperation
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506 | Oct 25, 2019 |
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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo (center) on Oct. 24 poses for a photo with his counterparts from member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the 2019 Spe...
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Cutting-edge forensics helping make 'crime-free Korea'
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526 | Oct 23, 2019 |
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Domestic forensics has made huge advances thanks to state-of-the-art techniques and high-tech equipment. (Korean National Police Agency) Between 1986 and 1991, nine women were brutally murdered in the ...
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Restaurateur's 'benevolent influence' movement helping needy children
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919 | Oct 29, 2019 |
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The pasta restaurant Zinjja Pasta, whose name means "real pasta" in Korean and is located in the Sangsu-dong neighborhood of Seoul's Mapo-gu District, has a small poster on its window saying "benevolent i...
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Incheon Int'l Airport to soon open duty-free shops at arrival halls
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1247 | May 31, 2019 |
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Duty-free shops at the arrival halls of Incheon International Airport will open on May 31. Pictured is an artist's conception of the Entas Duty-Free shop at the airport's Arrival Hall 2. (Inc...
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Korean studies, language courses expanding sharply abroad
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1272 | Jan 26, 2018 |
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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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Korea to firmly address US protectionist steps
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1280 | Feb 23, 2018 |
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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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President Moon holds summit with Slovenian counterpart
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1288 | Feb 23, 2018 |
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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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Baseball opens across Korea
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1290 | Mar 30, 2018 |
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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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Korea wins 1st gold in short track
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1291 | Feb 13, 2018 |
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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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1293 | Feb 02, 2018 |
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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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[Messages for the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit] From EU Ambassador to Korea
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1293 | May 04, 2018 |
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By Ambassador of the EU to Korea Michael Reiterer (second from left) poses for photos with Lee Do-hoon, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, Ministry of Forei...
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