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Spring awakens at national parks across Korea
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6326 | Feb 27, 2020 |
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A yellow pheasant's eye blossoms on Jan. 24 at Jirisan National Park in Hadong-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. Flowers have started to blossom with the coming of spring. On Feb. 24, the Korea ...
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Korea launches world's 1st satellite to monitor oceans, environment
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5924 | 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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Ipchun marks beginning of spring
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5906 | 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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Korea opens e-gov't cooperation center in Uzbekistan
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5892 | 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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Chinese netizens thank Korea for aid in coronavirus outbreak
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5908 | 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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More school uniforms this year to sport Hanbok designs
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5978 | 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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Gangwon-do Province to host 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
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5949 | 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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The 10 best places to enjoy sunsets and sunrises in Korea
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6069 | 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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6020 | 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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Museum releases photos taken by Japanese colonial gov't
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5926 | 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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Singaporean PM shows love for Korea via SNS photos, comments
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6003 | 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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5943 | 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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5979 | 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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5982 | 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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Restaurateur's 'benevolent influence' movement helping needy children
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8038 | 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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Korean, ASEAN culture ministers pledge more cultural cooperation
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6143 | 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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6086 | 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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Self-driving buses to debut in Sejong from 2021
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9395 | Oct 15, 2019 |
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The nation's administrative capital of Sejong will start offering self-driving bus service from 2021. The country's administrative capital of Sejong from 2021 will be the first region in the country ...
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All foreign residents must get nat'l health insurance from July 16
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11185 | Jun 14, 2019 |
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From mid-July, non-Koreans who stay in Korea for six months or longer are required to subscribe to national health insurance. (National Health Insurance Service) All foreign nationals who stay in K...
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Incheon Int'l Airport to soon open duty-free shops at arrival halls
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8155 | 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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