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- Institute helps find supermassive galaxy glowing bright blue
- Shown is an imagined illustration of a supermassive black hole galaxy. (Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute) By Koh Hyun Jeong The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) on Oct. 13 said it jointly discovered with an international research team a blue-excess dust-obscured galaxy (bl..
- 2025.10.15
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- Gugak goes global: expat band promotes traditional music
- Sound Trek, a gugak (traditional music) band composed of five foreign members, on Sept. 18 performs at the Yeongdong World Traditional Music and Arts Expo in Yeongdong-gun County, Chungcheongbuk-do Province. (Korea International Broadcasting Foundation) By Kim Seon Ah The Yeongdong World Traditional..
- 2025.10.15
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- Family centers nationwide to host programs over Chuseok holiday
- Marriage immigrants on Sept. 29 wear Hanbok (traditional clothing) in a program to make songpyeon (half moon-shaped rice cakes) for Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) at the Family Center in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do Province. (Family Center in Chuncheon) By Park Hye Ri Family Centers nationwide will offer p..
- 2025.10.15
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- Winners of 2025’s Talk Talk Korea content contest announced
- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Sept. 26 announced the 79 winning entries of this year's Talk Talk Korea, a global contest for Hallyu (Korean Wave). Shown is "The Light of Gwangbokjeol (Liberation Day)" by Vina Aulia Zakiah Sodikin from Indonesia, the first-place winner of a special c..
- 2025.10.15
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- No. of Korean-language test takers breaks 550K; 15 exams set for 2026
- The number of people taking the Test of Proficiency in Korean, aka TOPIK, has surpassed 550,000 this year. Shown are foreign contestants on Oct. 9 displaying their entries in a Hangeul calligraphy competition to mark the 579th anniversary of Hangeul Day at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul's Jongno-gu Dis..
- 2025.10.15
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- New rules to boost hiring of disabled workers in gov't, private sectors
- Competitors on May 26 in Busan fix computers in a skills contest for disabled people. (Yonhap News) By Koh Hyunjeong The Ministry of Employment and Labor on Oct. 1 announced its gradual raising of mandatory employment rates for disabled workers by 2029 to 3.5% in the private sector and 4% in the pub..
- 2025.10.15
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- Research team makes bio-based raw materials for plastic bottles
- A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has produced the raw materials for PET bottles -- benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and paraxylene -- from bio-based sources instead of petroleum refining. (Kim Seon Ah) By Kim Seon Ah A research team from the Korea Advanced In..
- 2025.10.15
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- New location correcting tech boasts data accurate within cm
- The National Geographic Information Institute (NGII), an affiliate of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, on Sept. 30 announced that it will launch on Oct. 1 trial operations of the Gridded-Virtual Reference Station (G-VRS), a location data service based on a new satellite. (Screen c..
- 2025.10.15
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- Annual rail scholarship to be offered to applicants in 12 train-promising countries
- The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Sept. 29 announced the Oct. 1 launch of its eighth Korean Government Scholarship Program for Oversea Government Railway Staffs. Shown are the 32 trainees and staff of the program's seventh edition on Aug. 12 posing for photos at the completion ce..
- 2025.10.15
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- Visa-free entry for Chinese group tourists begins
- Group tourists from China on the morning of Sept. 29, the first day of the temporary visa-free period for such visitors, head for a bus after arriving at the international cruise terminal of Incheon Port. (Yonhap News) By Kang Gahui About 20,700 tourists and crew from China on the morning of Sept. 2..
- 2025.10.15