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- Annual World Taekwondo Culture Expo to start on July 18
- By Wu Jinhua Video = World Takewondo Culture Expo's official YouTube channel A global taekwondo festival will open this week in Muju-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province. The organizing committee of the World Taekwondo Culture Expo on July 9 said the 17th edition of the event will run from July 18-23 a..
- 2024.07.16
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- NYT places 'Pachinko,' 'Vegetarian' on 21st century's top 100
- The novels "Pachinko" by Korean American writer Lee Min Jin and "The Vegetarian" by Han Kang are among the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century by the New York Times. (Lee Jihae) By Lee Jihae The novels "Pachinko" (2017) by Korean American writer Lee Min Jin and "The Vegetarian" (2007) by author Han K..
- 2024.07.16
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- Character Licensing Fair to feature famous Pororo, Kongsuni
- The 2024 Character Licensing Fair, the nation's largest event for licensing content intellectual property, will run from July 18-21 at COEX Mall in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. Shown is a parade of characters at last year's fair in July 2023 at the same venue. (Fair's official website) By Margareth ..
- 2024.07.16
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- Saemangeum Sports Complex Project is being planned
- - Visiting Gunsan Country Club (golf field) near Saemangeum Deputy Administrator Yoon Sun-Hee, Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency (SDIA, Administrator Kim Kyung-ahn) visited Gunsan Country Club on June 5. SDIA is going to establish five Special Complexes – MICE Industry, Food Hub, Film In..
- 2024.07.15
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- Showcasing Korean Art to the World in Celebration of the Paris Olympics
- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Presents Decoding Korea, an Art Exhibition in Paris during the 2024 Olympics ● Exhibition Dates: July 26–August 25, 2024 ● Location: Grand Palais Immersif, Paris ● Exhibition Title: Decoding Korea The exhibition features 18 works by 11 contemporary med..
- 2024.07.15
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- S. Korea and Vietnam Shared Opinions towards Stronger Cooperation in Agriculture
- Sejong, 12 July 2024 — On 2 July, H.E. Song Miryung, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea met with H.E. Le Minh Hoan, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Seoul. At the meeting, Minister Song asked for Vietnam’s c..
- 2024.07.15
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- 'Traveling K-Culture' project promotes Hallyu worldwide
- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's "Traveling K-Culture" project promotes Korean culture worldwide, especially in regions lacking a Korean Cultural Center (KCCs). Shown is the KCC in Los Angeles on June 29 holding an event to mark Korea-Alaska Friendship Day. (Ministry of Culture, Sports ..
- 2024.07.15
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- 173K foreign nat′ls came for work in 2023, 2nd most in history
- The number of foreign nationals last year who entered the country to look for work hit 173,000, the second-highest figure in history. Shown is the arrival hall of Incheon International Airport's Terminal 1 in March 2023. By Gil Kyuyoung More than 170,000 people from abroad last year came to the coun..
- 2024.07.15
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- Minimum hourly wage next year to break KRW 10,000 mark
- The Minimum Wage Commission on July 12 set the minimum hourly wage for next year at KRW 10,030. Shown is the commission's chairman Lee In-je (left) in the early morning hours of July 12 answering questions from journalists after holding a meeting of the body at Government Complex-Sejong. (Yonhap New..
- 2024.07.15
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- Nanotechnology turns dreams into reality, NANO KOREA 2024 held
- - Symposium: Presenting 1,326 papers from 28 countries with outstanding research results at home and abroad in the field of nanotechnology. - Exhibition: A total of 661 spaces are exhibited by 356 companies and organizations including Samsung, LG, and more. The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister ..
- 2024.07.12