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Kim Yuna bids tearful goodbye
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25235 | May 08, 2014 17:56 |
Kim Yuna, the “Queen of Figure Skating,” has now wrapped up her more than 15-year career, as she bid farewell to her fans on May 6. The 24-year-old figure skater announced her retirement from the s...
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Researchers explore Korean dog DNA
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24449 | Jan 19, 2018 13:23 |
Recent research conducted by the Rural Development Administration reveals that dog breeds that originate in Korea, such as the Jindo (진돗개), the Pungsan (풍산개) and the Donggyeongi (경주개동경이), h...
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Seoul ranks high in GFCI; Busan ranked for first time
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21374 | Apr 18, 2014 16:51 |
Seoul has taken a top spot in global financial center rankings, and Busan has placed for the first time. In the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) this year, Seoul came in seventh and Busan was...
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Namsan Seoul Tower with OKCAT
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21301 | Apr 23, 2014 12:04 |
One of the famous tourist attractions in Seoul, Namsan Seoul Tower From today, I decided to be a Nicole's guide who is my friend from abroad and visit...
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Spring flowers, festivals woo tourists around Korea
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21121 | Mar 18, 2013 13:29 |
Yellow, pink, red, or white, Korea is tinted in the vivid colors of
spring. Spring flowers like azaleas and forsythias, known as the herald
of spring in Korea, slowly began to bloom in the souther...
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Juwangsan, Sinseong Valley added as National Geoparks
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21033 | Apr 18, 2014 17:12 |
Juwangsan Mountain and Sinseong Valley in Cheongsong-gun (county), Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang Province), have together become the fourth National Geopark of Korea. The newly anointed geopark covers ...
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Embryonic stem cells cloned for first time using adult cells
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20972 | May 02, 2014 14:43 |
Researchers have succeeded in cloning embryonic stem cells using adults' somatic cells for the first time in the world. Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent stem cells that are derived from the inner ...
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77.2 million people use Korean as mother tongue
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20042 | May 20, 2014 17:04 |
Korean is the 13th most widely used mother tongue in the world.
According to Ethnologue (www.ethnologue.com),
a web-based publication that provides various language-related
statistics, 77.2 million people acr...
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Korea, Australia officially sign FTA
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20036 | Apr 09, 2014 17:18 |
Korea and Australia have officially signed a bilateral free trade pact.
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick and Australian
Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb inked the ...
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Seoul to introduce all-night bus service
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19448 | Apr 30, 2013 17:20 |
In one of the most popular moves ever, the City of Seoul is introducing an all-night bus service. Service started on April 19, introducing two all-night bus routes that operate from midnight to 5 ...
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Tracing the historic roots of Hangeul
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19210 | Oct 08, 2012 08:13 |
The 2011 smash-hit drama Deep-Rooted tree tells the fictional story of mysterious serial murders that take place in Gyeongbokgung Palace a week before Hunminjeongeum,
or the official Korean language, is intr...
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Scientists cut potential carcinogens in processed foods
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18397 | Apr 29, 2014 15:10 |
Researchers have developed a way to reduce the amount of furan, a
potentially harmful carcinogen, that occurs in one's daily diet. Furan (C4H4O) is a chemical substance that can be produced
unintentio...
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The phone numbers you need to know when in Korea
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16671 | Apr 06, 2011 15:03 |
Are you having trouble getting the help and information you need in Korea and you neither speak Korean nor live with someone who does? If you are in this situation, this article has the most impo...
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How to find secondhand products in Korea?
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15617 | Nov 16, 2011 16:34 |
The Korea Communications Commission announced on October 30 that the number of smartphone users in Korea has exceeded 20 million. As smartphones are becoming more popular than ever before, the dem...
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The Korean Economy – the Miracle on the Hangang River
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15321 | Nov 21, 2019 10:52 |
The Constitution of South Korea stipulates that “the right of property shall be guaranteed for every citizen.” In short, the country has adopted the market economy system, respects individuals’ and ...
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Explore Korea by subway
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14988 | Sep 07, 2017 17:48 |
The Korea Tourism Organization’s mobile-only guidebook ‘Explore Korea by Subway’ provides a list of tourist sites in the vicinity of subway stations across Korea. Photos = Korea Tourism Organization Th...
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Over 1000 public sport facilities to be opened
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14987 | May 23, 2014 17:15 |
The number of public athletic facilities will be drastically increased
over the coming years, allowing everyone in the country to get into
their favorite sport. Sports complexes with swimming pools a...
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Korea, Japan expand bilateral tourism
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14098 | May 12, 2014 14:34 |
Korea and Japan have agreed to expand tourism between the two nations.
In a tourism ministers' meeting in Seoul on April 28, Minister of
Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo Jinryong and Japanese Ministe...
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KTX takes you from Seoul directly to Incheon Airport
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13355 | Jan 18, 2013 12:08 |
The new KTX service will be extended to Incheon International Airport starting December, 2013 (photo courtesy of Gonggam Korea). Soon, travelers will be able to take the high-speed KTX bullet tr...
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Expansion of sales locations for the Korea Pass Busan Tourism Card
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13264 | Apr 11, 2011 10:01 |
Busan City announced that the sales locations for the Korea Pass Busan Tourism Card have now been expanded, to include the 1st floor of the International Terminal in Gimhae International Airpor...
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