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2020 Travel Week program to promote offseason tourism
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The program 2020 Travel Week is slated to run from May 30 to June 14. This photo shows Samdasoo Forest Trail on Jeju Island, one of Jeju's top 10 attractions to visit in June. A travel program slate...
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Slogan 'Friendship. Trust. Action' marks 30 years of Korea-Russia ties
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3558 | Jan 17, 2020 17:07 |
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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Jan. 15 announced a shared emblem and slogans created to celebrate 30 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and Russia. "Friendship. Trust. Action...
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Korea, Bulgaria share rich culture of traditional clothing
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4174 | Jan 16, 2020 13:24 |
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Though Korea and Bulgaria are geographically more than 8,000 kilometers apart, they have a lot of similarities in food, climate, history and traditions. Traditional Korean clothing, known as Hanbok, and ...
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[While in Korea] Episode 11 – New year's customs
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3558 | Jan 06, 2020 17:26 |
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Su-hyeon says she is excited over the coming of 2020, which is the Year of the White Rat according to the Chinese zodiac. She and her foreign friends explore Korea's customs in greeting the ...
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Enrollment at K-pop Academy worldwide rises 15% in 2019
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Students of the K-pop Academy at the Korean Cultural Center in Poland follow the dance steps shown by their instructor. (Korean Culture and Information Service) Korean Cultural Centers (KCCs) worl...
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Annual number of foreign tourists to Korea breaks record
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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo (sixth from the left) on Dec. 26 hosts a celebratory ceremony at Incheon International Airport with Indonesian national Eko Prasetio (fifth ...
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Central Asian Supporters Organization promotes region in Korea
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3574 | Dec 23, 2019 10:18 |
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Last year, I was invited to the Christmas and New Year's party of an organization of young leaders from Central Asia who had come all the way to Seoul. This year, they plan to hold another fest...
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KOCIS honors 12 figures for spreading Korean culture abroad
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3433 | Dec 20, 2019 16:12 |
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Hanbok designer Park Sul-nyeo, who has helped popularize Hanbok overseas for about 40 years, is one of 12 people honored by the Korean Culture and Information Service for promoting Korean culture ...
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Visiting one of Korea's true historical jewels: Tongdosa Temple
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3592 | Dec 19, 2019 09:49 |
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Korea is popular not only because of K-pop, dramas and beauty, but also for historical places, 14 of which are on the UNESCO World Heritage list. The country has 14 items on the list since the ...
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Underground solar-powered garden opened at Seoul subway station
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3595 | Dec 16, 2019 10:30 |
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An underground solar garden on Dec. 13 is opened at Seoul's Jonggak Station featuring technology that transfers concentrated solar power from the ground floor to the basement level. Seoul Metropolit...
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Korea, UAE designate 2020 as year of bilateral cultural exchanges
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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo (left) and United Arab Emirates Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development Noura Al Kaabi on Dec. 10 pose for a photo at the National Muse...
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Exhibition 'Korean Life Aesthetics' opens in Manila
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3610 | Dec 12, 2019 10:45 |
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To mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Korea, the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Taguig and the Korea Craft and Design Foundation on Nov. 14 launched t...
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Culture Ministry announces 'stars of Korean tourism' for 2019
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3653 | Dec 10, 2019 17:53 |
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Naganeupseong Folk Village is a fortress village from the Joseon Dynasty era (1392-1910) in Suncheon, Jeollnam-do Province. In 1983, it was designated Historic Site No. 302 by the government. The Min...
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[While in Korea] Episode 10 – Kimjang culture
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3509 | Dec 06, 2019 10:22 |
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Jessie: It's almost been a year since I came to Korea to study. Su-hyeon: Time flies. It's already that time of year when the weather gets quite cold. Pedro: This time of year is known as kimjangc...
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KCC in France reopened as Europe's 1st 'Korea center'
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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo (fifth from left) on Nov. 20 cuts the ribbon to formally open the Paris Korea Center, located in the eighth arrondissement of the French c...
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Culture Ministry, UNESCO team up for DMZ's World Heritage bid
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3458 | Nov 26, 2019 12:24 |
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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo on Nov. 19 takes a group photo with the participants of the UNESCO Forum of Ministers of Culture at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Minist...
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Honduras kick-starts taekwondo class expansion at public elementary schools
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3591 | Nov 21, 2019 10:10 |
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Children at a public elementary school (Centro Escolar Básico Gubernamental Guatemala) in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, on Aug. 7 practice punching techniques in a taekwondo belt promotion test....
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Historical Heritage of Seoul
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3696 | Nov 15, 2019 17:55 |
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Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea, is itself an important part of Korea’s cultural heritage and the most popular attraction among overseas visitors to Korea. Although it is now one of the ...
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Explore southeastern coast's treasures on Geumodo Island
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3515 | Nov 06, 2019 15:43 |
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Geumodo Island is located off the coast of Yeosu, Jeollanam-do Province.
Surrounded by water on three sides, the Korean Peninsula has 3,348 islands ranging from the well-known Jeju Island and the Dokdo ...
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'Bangtan Tour' features top sites appearing in BTS videos, album covers
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3509 | Oct 29, 2019 14:39 |
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The Korea Tourism Organization from June 10-24 conducted a survey on the popularity of venues featured in the music videos and album covers of the K-pop super group BTS on eight foreign-language website...
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