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- Province to fund menstrual products for foreign female teens
- Gyeonggi-do Province's trial project will help foreign teenage girls buy menstrual products. (GS25) By Gil Kyuyoung Gyeonggi-do Province on Oct. 16 announced a pilot project to allow foreign teenage girls to buy menstrual products using anonymous cards. In 2021, Gyeonggi-do launched a universal supp..
- 2024.10.21
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- New rules to ease hiring of foreign labor by medium companies
- The government on Oct. 17 announced that middle market enterprises in core manufacturing sectors that are headquartered in the Seoul metropolitan region can hire foreign workers with the E-9 (non-professional employee) visa. (Hyundai Heavy industries) By Park Hye Ri Middle market enterprises (MMEs) ..
- 2024.10.21
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- Nobel win spurs further promotion of Korean literature abroad
- Shin Eun-hyang (second from left), art policy director at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on Oct. 16 speaks at a meeting on raising the profile of Korean literature abroad at the Literature Translation Institute of Korea in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. (Yonhap News) By Charles Audouin T..
- 2024.10.18
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- Space body pledges to share its exploration data with world
- The Korea AeroSpace Administration will share its space exploration data with the world. Shown is the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 5, 2022, blasting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute..
- 2024.10.18
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- Team makes breakthrough in high-temp superconductivity
- A domestic research team in a world first has discovered electronic crystals in a liquid crystal state, a breakthrough that could solve difficulties in superconductors and next-generation semiconductors. Shown are electronic crystal pieces within a solid material. By Hong Angie Photos = Ministry of ..
- 2024.10.18
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- Strategy announced to turn Jeju Island into global resort city
- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Oct. 15 speaks at a town hall meeting at Jeju Free International City Development Center in Jeju City, Jeju Island, on turning the island into a global resort city. (Office of the President) By Xu Aiying A government strategy promotes the development of Jeju New Port on Je..
- 2024.10.18
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- Seoul Design 2024 to feature convergence of works with AI
- "Light Architecture" by media artist Kang Yiyun will be displayed at Seoul Design 2024. By Gil Kyuyoung Photos = Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul Design 2024, the nation's largest festival of its kind, will kick off on Oct. 17. The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Oct. 13 announced its hosting of..
- 2024.10.17
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- Author Han Kang gives first interview since winning Nobel Prize
- Author Han Kang on Oct. 13 gave her first media interview since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature to the Swedish public broadcaster SVT. (Screen capture from SVT's website) By Park Hye Ri Han Kang says she does not want the spotlight now but rather live quietly and peacefully and focus on writin..
- 2024.10.17
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- Foreign investors own 25% of 10-year long-term gov't bonds
- Image of Korean Treasury Bond (Yonhap News) By Yoo Yeon Gyeong Foreign investors own over 25% of long-term government bonds with maturities of 10 years or longer. The financial data provider Yonhap Infomax on Oct. 16 said foreign investors held KRW 226.44 trillion worth of treasury bonds as of Oct. ..
- 2024.10.17
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- Korea Seed Expo to promote top domestic varieties to world
- The Korea Seed Expo will run from Oct. 16-18 at K-Seed Valley, a research and development complex for plant breeding of seed companies, in Gimje, Jeollabuk-do Province. Shown is a scene from last year's event. (2024 Korea Seed Expo's official website) By Park Hye Ri The Ministry of Agriculture, Food..
- 2024.10.16