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- 'No Other Choice' wins int'l audience award at Toronto film festival
- Director Park Chan-wook's new film "No Other Choice" on Sept. 14 won the inaugural International People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. (CJ ENM) By Kang Gahui Director Park Chan-wook's new film "No Other Choice" on Sept. 14 won the inaugural International People's Choice A..
- 2025.09.17
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- High-tech home keeps indoor conditions stable in desert climates
- This is a model house built with passive modular construction technology. (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) By Koh Hyunjeong A new construction technology maintains comfortable indoor conditions in desert regions with wide swings in daily temperatures and frequent sandst..
- 2025.09.17
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- Lucky 13: endangered sea turtles released back into wild
- A loggerhead sea turtle (front) and two green sea turtles rescued by the Korea Coast Guard and fishermen on Sept. 11 crawl toward the sea on the sandy beach of Jungmun Saekdalhaebyeon Beach in Seogwipo, Jeju Island. (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries) By Charles Audouin "Goodbye and farewell. Let's d..
- 2025.09.17
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- High-level APEC meeting on health, economy discusses AI, aging
- Minister of Health and Welfare Jeong Eun Kyeong (fourth from left in front row) on Sept. 15 poses for a group photo with participants of the 15th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation High-Level Meeting on Health and the Economy at the hotel Shilla Seoul in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Ministry of Health ..
- 2025.09.17
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- 5-member expat group Sound Trek reinterprets traditional music
- Sound Trek on Aug. 27 performs in Navoiy, Uzbekistan. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) By Margareth Theresia Expat musicians in Korea have learned gugak (traditional music) and reinterpreted it in the musical languages of their home countries, thus globally promoting Korea's traditional mus..
- 2025.09.17
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- 2nd round of stimulus coupons to benefit 90% of population
- Vice Minister of the Interior and Safety Kim Min Jae on Sept. 12 holds a news briefing on the second round of consumption stimulus coupons at Government Complex-Seoul in the capital's Jongno-gu District. (Ministry of the Interior and Safety) By Aisylu Akhmetzianova Application for the second round o..
- 2025.09.17
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- Feast of traditional arts shows in Gyeongju to mark APEC Summit
- This scene is from the National Jeongdong Theater of Korea's creative traditional performance "Pure Heart." The show will run from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 in coinciding with the period of the APEC Summit at Gyeongju Expo Grand Park in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. (National Jeongdong Theater of Kor..
- 2025.09.15
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- 'Meets the Eye': Seoul Int'l Writers' Festival opens for 14th year
- The Seoul International Writers' Festival, which started on Sept. 12, allows people to consider the truth that is beyond what meets the eye. Shown is a news conference on Sept. 11 at the hotel Fraser Place Namdaemun in Seoul's Jung-gu District with (from left to right) Nam Seung-won, a member of the..
- 2025.09.15
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- 3 Seoul hospitals ranked among world's top 10 for cancer
- Three major hospitals in Korea are ranked among the world's top 10 for cancer treatment by the U.S. weekly Newsweek. Shown is a surgery being done at Seoul Asan Medical Center. (Seoul Asan Medical Center) By Margareth Theresia Three major hospitals in Seoul are among the top 10 cancer centers of New..
- 2025.09.15
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- Men's recurve team achieves three-peat as world archery champ
- The national men's recurve team of (from left to right) Lee Woo Seok, Kim Je Deok and Kim Woojin on Sept. 10 pose for a photo after winning the gold medal at this year's World Archery Championships held at May 18 Democracy Square in Gwangju. (Yonhap News) By Kang Gahui The national men's recurve tea..
- 2025.09.12