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- Nat'l team for Summer Olympics gets big sendoff at ceremony
- By Charles Audouin Video = Lee Jun Young The national team has pledged to do its best at the Paris Summer Olympics that starts on July 26. The squad's sendoff ceremony on July 9 was held at Olympic Hall of Olympic Park in Seoul's Songpa-gu District. The 262-member delegation includes team executives..
- 2024.07.11
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- Food tourism brand Taste of Korea to promote regional items
- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) have jointly developed the domestic food tourism brand Taste Your Korea featuring 33 pieces of content for gastronomic travel. Shown are international tourists at the annual Daegu Chimac (Chicken and Beer) Festival that..
- 2024.07.11
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- Convenience store giant sells USIM usable in 40 countries
- The convenience store chain GS25 on July 10 said that along with domestic mobile virtual network operator Code Mobile, it is selling the EG SIM for Foreign Travel usable in 40 countries. Shown is a customer purchasing the USIM card at a GS25 branch (GS Retail) By Kim Seon Ah A domestic convenience s..
- 2024.07.11
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- MPVA Collaborates with Robotics Institutes to Modernize Welfare Facilities for Veterans
- On the 10th (Wednesday) at 16:30, an MOU signing ceremony will take placeat Hanyang University's main building, attended by Minister Kang Jung-ai,Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement President Son Woong-hee,and representatives from various companies. A robot demonstration will follow the s..
- 2024.07.10
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- “46 Masterpieces of Lacquerware from National Museums of East Asia Exhibited Together”
- -2024 Joint Special Exhibition of National Museums of Korea, Japan, and China Lacquerware of East Asia Opens- Exhibition Title: Lacquerware of East Asia Exhibition Period: Wednesday, July 10–Sunday, September 22, 2024 Venue: Special Exhibition Gallery, National Museum of Korea Objects on display: 4..
- 2024.07.10
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- National team uniforms for Paris Summer Olympics unveiled
- Artistic gymnast Kim Hansol (left) and pentathlete Kim Sunwoo wear the national team uniforms made by the domestic fashion brand Musinsa Standard to be worn at the opening and closing ceremonies of this year's Paris Summer Olympics. (Musinsa Standard) By Gil Kyuyoung The national Summer Olympics tea..
- 2024.07.10
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- First taekwondo competition in 5 years held in Tehran, Iran
- The Korean Embassy in Iran on July 8 announced the opening of the eighth Korea-Iran Friendly Embassy Trophy Taekwondo Tournament. Shown at the event's opening ceremony are competitors, officials and Ambassador to Iran Kim Junpyo (fourth from left in back row) taking a group photo. (Korean Embassy in..
- 2024.07.10
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- Hanji House: preserving & passing on traditional paper
- The exhibition "Silence: The Memory of Generation" on the first floor of Hanji House in Seoul displays photos printed on Hanji (traditional paper). By Lee Dasom Early July sees the rainy season begin. A Korea.net staff writer leaves Exit 2 at Anguk Station in Seoul and arrives at a building to escap..
- 2024.07.10
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- KTO offers foreign tourists up to 80% off travel events
- The Korea Tourism Organization through July 31 offers tourism packages and services specifically for foreign tourists under a promotion for the VK (Visit Korea) Alliance of company products and services. Shown are foreign sightseers clad in Hanbok on May 1 posing for photos at Gyeongbokgung Palace i..
- 2024.07.10
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- Exports of Korean Agri-Food Products Increased 7.6% to USD 3.96 Billion in May 2024
- Sejong, 4 July 2024 — The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) announced that the cumulative value of exports of Korean agri-food products at the end of May this year reached USD 3.96 billion (tentative figures), up by 7.6% from a year earlier. This marks a continued upward trend..
- 2024.07.09