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- No. of patent applications at home and abroad rises in H1
- The number of patent applications by Koreans at home and abroad in the first half of this year rose at the world's top five intellectual property offices. (LG Electronics) By Margareth Theresia The number of patent applications by Koreans at home and abroad in the first half of this year increased a..
- 2025.10.16
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- Dopamine cell treatment shows promise in treating Parkinson's
- Domestic researchers have confirmed the safety and validity of dopamine treatment based on embryonic stem cells for Parkinson's disease. Shown is a clinical trial of a brain transplant operation using the treatment. (Severance Hospital) By Park Hye Ri A domestically developed treatment made from emb..
- 2025.10.16
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- Gov't initiative makes Korea global leader in 'hydrogen mobility'
- A hydrogen bus on Oct. 10 is being charged at the world's largest liquid hydrogen plant in the Gyeongseo-dong neighborhood of Incheon's Seo-gu District. When the vehicle is started, it makes a quieter whirring sound and a wind-like noise while driving. (SK Innovation) By Charles Audouin Korea is adv..
- 2025.10.16
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- ICT exports set September record high of USD 25.43B: data
- Despite uncertainty in the global trade environment, exports of information and communications technology in September broke a record high with USD 25.4 billion. Shown is an aerial view of Busan New Port in Busan's Gangseo-gu District. (Busan Port Authority) By Kim Seon Ah Despite uncertainty surrou..
- 2025.10.16
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- 3 writers at Seoul festival discuss smartphone use in literature
- The program "Writers in Conversation: Thumb-Typed Literature" of the Seoul International Writers' Festival on Sept. 14 at the cultural space Ground Seoul in the capital's Jongno-gu District features (from left) moderator Kim Yeondeok, Japanese poet Yumi Fuzuki, and Korean writers Woo Dayoung and Sun..
- 2025.10.15
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- World Webtoon Festival in Seoul to promote rising medium
- The World Webtoon Festival from Oct. 19-22 will be held at Lotte Town in the Jamsil neighborhood of Seoul's Songpa-gu District. Shown are visitors at last year's event in the Seongsu-dong neighborhood of the capital's Seongdong-gu District. (Korea Creative Content Agency) By Aisylu Akhmetzianova The..
- 2025.10.15
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- Nobel laureate downplays jitters over Korea's 'miraculous' economy
- Joel Mokyr, a co-laureate of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics and a professor at Northwestern University in the U.S., on Oct. 13 answers questions at a news conference held at his school in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois. (Yonhap News) By Lee Jihae Joel Mokyr, a professor of economics ..
- 2025.10.15
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- Work while wandering: 'workation' model offers good life balance
- Workers on Sept. 19 type on their PCs at Seosang Workation Center in the township of Seo-myeon in Namhae-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. Formerly a passenger ship terminal until the 2012 World Expo in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do Province, the facility underwent renovation and was reopened as a commun..
- 2025.10.15
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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