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- Annual cherry blossom festival in port city ushers in spring
- Visitors on March 31 walk around the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. By Aisylu Akhmetzianova Photos = Aisylu Akhmetzianova The end of March is a time filled with the excitement of waiting for spring. But in Seoul, the temperature dropped below zero and it even snowe..
- 2025.04.08
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- Royal ritual music to mark 50 years of ties with Singapore
- Jongmyo Jeryeak, or Royal Ancestral Ritual Music of Jongmyo Shrine, is held on Nov. 4, 2023, at the shrine's Yeongnyeongjeon Hall in Seoul. (Korea Heritage Service) By Lee Jihae Singapore will get a taste of traditional Korean music used at royal rituals. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ..
- 2025.04.08
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- Research team finds how mRNA vaccines work in world first
- Kim V. Narry, director of the Center for RNA Research of the Institute for Basic Science and chair professor at the Department of Life Sciences of Seoul National University, on April 2 holds a news conference at her school in Seoul's Gwanak-gu District on the working principles of mRNA vaccines in a..
- 2025.04.08
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- Medical tourism in 2024 attracts record 1.17M int'l patients
- A record-high 1.17 million foreign nationals last year visited Korea for medical treatment. (Asan Medical Center) By Jeon Misun The number of foreign visitors for medical treatment last year hit a record-high 1.17 million, nearly double that of 2023. The Ministry of Health and Welfare on April 2 sai..
- 2025.04.04
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- Ministry to post UNESCO's world water assessment guidelines
- In collaboration with UNESCO, the Ministry of Environment this week will publish guidelines for national water assessment for the global organization's World Water Assessment Program. Shown are officials from Korea Water Resources Corp., aka K-water, in May last year inspecting the dam on the Seomji..
- 2025.04.04
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- Watchdog makes direct foreign investment in stocks easier
- The Financial Supervisory Service on April 2 announced that foreign financial investment companies can set up and use omnibus accounts and prepare related guidelines. iClickArt (Unauthorized reproduction and redistribution of this photo is prohibited under copyright law.) By Xu Aiying Direct foreign..
- 2025.04.04
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- 'Top-tier' visa system launched to attract superior global talent
- Acting Minister of Justice Kim Seok-woo on April 2 holds a news briefing on the launch of the "top-tier" visa system at Government Complex-Gwacheon in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Yonhap News) By Yoon Sojung The "top-tier" visa system launched on April 2 seeks to attract global talent in high-te..
- 2025.04.04
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- Expats to promote all things Korean via hidden destinations
- Participants of last year's "The Sense of K-Culture." (Korea International Broadcasting Foundation) By Lee Jihae The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will feature expats in a program to promote the country. The ministry on April 2 said it will hold five sessions of this year's "The Senses of ..
- 2025.04.03
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- Jeonju In'tl Film Festival to screen 224 works from 57 countries
- Jung Joon-ho (third from left), co-chair of the Jeonju International Film Festival's executive committee, on April 1 speaks at a news conference for announcing the event's lineup at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Seoul’s Yongsan District. (Lee Jung-woo) By Xu Aiying Video = Official YouTube account of ..
- 2025.04.03
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- Exports in March grow for 2nd straight month to USD 58.28B
- The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on April 1 said in a report that exports last month hit USD 58.28 billion, up 3.1% up from February. Shown is Busan New Port. (Busan Port Authority's official Facebook page) By Gil Kyuyoung Exports have seen growth for the second consecutive month. The Mini..
- 2025.04.03