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- Strategy announced to turn Jeju Island into global resort city
- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Oct. 15 speaks at a town hall meeting at Jeju Free International City Development Center in Jeju City, Jeju Island, on turning the island into a global resort city. (Office of the President) By Xu Aiying A government strategy promotes the development of Jeju New Port on Je..
- 2024.10.18
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- Seoul Design 2024 to feature convergence of works with AI
- "Light Architecture" by media artist Kang Yiyun will be displayed at Seoul Design 2024. By Gil Kyuyoung Photos = Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul Design 2024, the nation's largest festival of its kind, will kick off on Oct. 17. The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Oct. 13 announced its hosting of..
- 2024.10.17
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- Author Han Kang gives first interview since winning Nobel Prize
- Author Han Kang on Oct. 13 gave her first media interview since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature to the Swedish public broadcaster SVT. (Screen capture from SVT's website) By Park Hye Ri Han Kang says she does not want the spotlight now but rather live quietly and peacefully and focus on writin..
- 2024.10.17
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- Foreign investors own 25% of 10-year long-term gov't bonds
- Image of Korean Treasury Bond (Yonhap News) By Yoo Yeon Gyeong Foreign investors own over 25% of long-term government bonds with maturities of 10 years or longer. The financial data provider Yonhap Infomax on Oct. 16 said foreign investors held KRW 226.44 trillion worth of treasury bonds as of Oct. ..
- 2024.10.17
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- Korea Seed Expo to promote top domestic varieties to world
- The Korea Seed Expo will run from Oct. 16-18 at K-Seed Valley, a research and development complex for plant breeding of seed companies, in Gimje, Jeollabuk-do Province. Shown is a scene from last year's event. (2024 Korea Seed Expo's official website) By Park Hye Ri The Ministry of Agriculture, Food..
- 2024.10.16
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- 'Pilgrimages' start to bookstore run by Nobel laureate writer
- By Lee Kyoung Mi Photos = Lee Jun Young Han Kang, the nation's first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has spurred people all over the world to seek her works, which transcend the language barrier. "Pilgrimages" to Korea have started to look for traces of the writer, a journey that Korea.net ..
- 2024.10.16
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- 2 Nobel winners hail Korea's growth as 'remarkable achievement'
- By Yoon Sojung Video = MIT's official YouTube channel Two of the three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences have praised Korea's economic development as a leading example of success based on desirable systems. The Nobel committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Oct. 14..
- 2024.10.16
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- Nobel win spurs high demand for Han Kang's books at libraries
- Books by novelist Han Kang, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, on the afternoon of Oct. 10 are displayed at Kyobo Book Centre in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Yonhap News) By Kim Hyelin Domestic libraries are seeing a surge of interest in the works of novelist Han Kang, winner of th..
- 2024.10.15
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- Cosmetics exports hit record USD 7.4B in year's first 3 quarters
- Cosmetics exports in this year's first three quarters hit a record-high USD 7.4 billion. Shown are visitors on Oct. 1 sampling cosmetics during Seoul Beauty Week at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul's Dongdaemun-gu District. (Yonhap News) By Kim Seon Ah Cosmetics exports in this year's first three qu..
- 2024.10.15
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- 300 venues nationwide to celebrate Hanbok Culture Week
- By Charles Audouin Video = Korea Craft and Design Foundation's official YouTube channel The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in collaboration with the Korea Craft and Design Foundation, from Oct. 14-20 will hold the annual Hanbok Culture Week in Seoul's Jongno-gu District and throughout the ..
- 2024.10.14