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Korea rises 5 spots to 23rd on global competitiveness list
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117 | Jun 26, 2020 |
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The Ministry of Economy and Finance on June 16 said the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development ranked Korea 23rd on its list this year of world competitiveness rankin...
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Korea, EU expand air routes via horizontal aviation accord
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121 | Jun 29, 2020 |
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on June 25 announced the signing of the horizontal aviation agreement with the 22 member nations of the E...
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Era of drone-based delivery service to open
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196 | Jun 11, 2020 |
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A trial run of drone delivery on June 8 was conducted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. The photo shows a drone used ...
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Mobile driver's license launched, allows digital ID verification
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237 | Jul 13, 2020 |
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The country's three mobile service carriers -- SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus – and the Korean National Police Agency on June 24 launched the app PASS, which allows online verification of a dr...
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President to speak to World Health Assembly on May 18
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315 | May 21, 2020 |
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President Moon Jae-in on May 18 will deliver a keynote speech at the World Health Assembly (WHA) via videoconferencing as the representative for Asia. Pictured is a session of the 2019 WHA at...
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Chinese netizens thank Korea for aid in coronavirus outbreak
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558 | Jan 30, 2020 |
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The homepage of The Global Times on Jan. 28 highlights Korea's pledge to send relief goods to China to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Korea's pledge to provide relief goods to...
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Ipchun marks beginning of spring
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558 | Feb 06, 2020 |
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Ipchun, the first of the 24 divisions of the year, falls on Feb. 4 to mark the beginning of spring. Falling on Feb. 4, ipchun, which literally means "entrance of spring" in Korean, is the fir...
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More school uniforms this year to sport Hanbok designs
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582 | Jan 17, 2020 |
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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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Korea opens e-gov't cooperation center in Uzbekistan
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589 | Jan 31, 2020 |
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Korea on Jan. 30 opened a new e-government cooperation center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Pictured here are government officials from both countries on March 19, 2019, after the signing a memorandum o...
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Korea launches world's 1st satellite to monitor oceans, environment
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597 | Feb 24, 2020 |
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The world's first geostationary satellite for monitoring oceans and the environment, the Cheollian-2B, on Feb. 18 is launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana at 7:18 a.m. Korea has ...
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Gangwon-do Province to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
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598 | 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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641 | 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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661 | 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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Foreign students, residents in Seoul to get 100,000 masks
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671 | Apr 06, 2020 |
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The Seoul Metropolitan Government is providing 100,000 masks to foreign students and residents in the capital who have national health insurance. The photo shows a medical worker at Kyonggi Universit...
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Baduk (go) master beats AI program for 2nd time
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697 | 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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Korea leads Asia in freedom of press for 2nd straight year
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742 | Apr 24, 2020 |
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Korea leads Asia in the 2020 World Press Freedom Index as announced on April 21 by Reporters Without Borders. The countries in white on the map have freedom of the press deemed "good," yellow...
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Singaporean PM shows love for Korea via SNS photos, comments
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838 | 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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845 | 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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912 | 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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1060 | 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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