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- Kim Hyo Joo posts 7th career win on LPGA Tour in Arizona
- Kim Hyo Joo (center) on March 31 receives a congratulatory champagne shower at the LPGA Tour's Ford Championship at Whirlwind Golf Club of the resort Wild Horse Pass in Chandler, Arizona. (Yonhap News) By Gil Kyuyoung Kim Hyo Joo has won the Ford Championship of the U.S. Ladies Professional Golf Ass..
- 2025.04.02
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- 49 royal ancestral tablets to return to Jongmyo Shrine
- Jeongjeon Hall at Jongmyo Shrine after renovation. (Korea Heritage Service) By Lee Jihae Forty-nine ancestral tablets from the royal courts of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and the Korean Empire (1897-1910) will be returned to Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul. The Korea Heritage Service on April 1 announced..
- 2025.04.02
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- Seoul, Gyeonggi-do start travel insurance for foreign visitors
- Foreign tourists on March 28 look around Seogeodang Hall at Deoksugung Palace in Seoul. (Lee Jung-woo) By Kang Gahui The Seoul Metropolitan Government, following the lead of Gyeonggi-do Province, has launched travel insurance for foreign tourists. The city on March 31 announced the launch in April o..
- 2025.04.02
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- Table tennis stars Shin, Lim win year's first tourney victory
- Table tennis stars Shin Yu-bin (right) and Lim Jonghoon on March 30 compete in the mixed doubles final against Japan's Maharu Yoshimura and Satsuki Odo at the World Table Tennis' (WTT) Star Contender Chennai 2025 in Chennai, India. (WTT) By Xu Aiying Mixed doubles stars Shin Yu-bin and Lim Jonghoon ..
- 2025.04.01
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- Researchers confirm Atlantification of Arctic Ocean in world first
- With an Araon icebreaker research vessel anchored on the Arctic sea ice, a research team of the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) last year studies the ice's properties. (KOPRI) By Park Hye Ri The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on March 30 announced in a world first confirmation of the expans..
- 2025.04.01
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- No. of int'l patent applications in 2024 ranks 4th, grows 7.1%
- The country last year ranked fourth worldwide in the number of international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty for the fifth consecutive year, showing a 7.1% increase from 2023. Shown is the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Sw..
- 2025.04.01
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- Domestic output, consumption, investment all rise in Feb.
- Statistics Korea on March 31 said in a report that domestic production, consumption and investment in multiple sectors rose last month from January. Shown is First Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Park Sung-Taek (right) on March 28 inspecting cars to be exported at the Port of Pyeongtaek ..
- 2025.04.01
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- Talks with Japan, China discuss trilateral free trade agreement
- Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Ahn Dukgeun (center) on March 30 poses for photos with Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yoji Muto (left) and Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao at the 13th meeting of economic and trade ministers of the three countries at the Korea Chamber..
- 2025.04.01
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- 10 themed routes on DMZ Peace Trail to be opened on April 18
- Preregistration for 10 themed routes of the DMZ Peace Trail is set to open on April 18, with the application period started on March 28. Shown is Ganghwado Jejeokbong Peace Observatory in the village of Cheolsan-ri in Yangsa-myeon Township of Incheon's Ganghwa-gun County. (Korea.net DB) By Aisylu Ak..
- 2025.03.31
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- Picture book makes history by winning famed French award
- On the left is the original Korean edition of "Borders and on the right is the version for the French market. (Bearbooks) By Yoo Yeon Gyeong The French-language edition of the Korean children's picture book "Borders" has received a Prix Socieres, a famous children's and young adult literature award ..
- 2025.03.31