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- 80th Liberation Day event to promote 13 historical tourist sites
- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) in their joint event "Commemorating 80th Anniversary of National Liberation via Tourism" will promote 13 destinations related to independence from among the nation's top 100 tourist attractions. On the left is Mudeu..
- 2025.08.05
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- Pope Leo XIV to visit Korea in 2027 for World Youth Day
- The official schedule of the 2027 World Youth Day in Seoul has been announced. Shown are members of the pilgramage group 1004 (Angel) Project on July 31 sent to Rome by the Archdiocese of Seoul in a group photo with Seoul Archbishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung after attending Mass at the Church of San Cris..
- 2025.08.05
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- World-first method removes gene from rapidly aging disease
- Kim Sun-Uk is a researcher at the Futuristic Animal Resource & Research Center of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB). (KRIBB) By Kang Gahui A genetic technology can treat Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a rare and incurable disease that causes rapid aging afte..
- 2025.08.05
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- Boryeong Mud Festival evolves into int'l summer gala in 28th year
- By Jeon Misun Photos = Lee Jeongwoo This summer in Korea has been unusually hot, but the sheer fun and energy at the annual Boryeong Mud Festival held at Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do Province, has helped people forget the heat wave. Participants covered in mud were so immersed that ..
- 2025.08.05
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- Culture-arts events in August to mark 80th Liberation Day in Seoul
- The Seoul Metropolitan Government on July 31 announced its hosting of culture and arts events across the capital to mark the 80th Liberation Day (Aug. 15). Shown is a bell-ringing ceremony on Aug. 15 last year. (Seoul Metropolitan Government) By Charles Audouin The Seoul Metropolitan Government on J..
- 2025.08.05
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- Multicultural families in 2024 see higher college attendance, incomes
- Over 60% of youth from multicultural families attend college, a survey says. Shown are two students from such families at Korea Polytechnic Dasom High School in Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, posing for a photo while showing their national technical certifications. (Ministry of Employment and ..
- 2025.08.05
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- Planned next-generation power grid to use domestic technology
- The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on July 31 announced that it will start construction of a next-generation power grid using domestic know-how. Shown is a solar power plant in the village of Gudae-ri on Anjwado (Purple) Island in Sinan-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province. (Sinan-gun County Of..
- 2025.08.05
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- FM holds his 1st talks with US, reaffirms goal of nuke-free N. Korea
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun (left) on July 31 shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the U.S. State Department compound in Washington. (Minister of Foreign Affairs) By Xu Aiying Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun on July 31 attended his first summit with U.S. Secretary o..
- 2025.08.05
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- Hallyu superstar Park Bo-gum: 'Anyone can be the star in Korea'
- Actor Park Bo-gum is this year's honorary ambassador for globally promoting tourism in Korea. He is shown on July 29 seeing a commercial he appears in at his appointment ceremony and screening of tourism videos at the culture and arts center SJ Kunsthalle in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. By Xu Aiying..
- 2025.08.04
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- Number of outpatient visits, hospital beds leads OECD: report
- The country's average life expectancy is an estimated 83.5 years, higher than the average of member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development of 81.1. Shown is a scene from the My Pace Hangang Triathlon Festival on May 30 at Ttukseom Hangang River Park in Seoul's Gwangjin-..
- 2025.08.04