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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
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- Domestic, int'l writers to headline first Korean Literature Festival
- The inaugural Korean Literature Festival is slated from Sept. 12-25 at several venues nationwide including the Daehangno (Daehakro) neighborhood of Seoul's Jongno-gu District. Shown is a scene from the Seoul International Book Fair on June 18 at COEX Mall in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. (Lee Jeongwo..
- 2025.09.12
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- World-first treatment restores cancer cells to near-normal status
- A domestic research team has developed Revert, a reprogramming treatment that restores cancer cells to a near-normal state. (iClickArt) (Unauthorized reproduction and redistribution of the above image is prohibited under copyright law.) By Koh Hyunjeong A domestic research team in a world first has ..
- 2025.09.12
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- New Nat'l Growth Fund to rise to KRW 150T, focus on AI, chips
- President Lee Jae Myung (right) on Sept. 10 attends a conference on the National Growth Fund at the startup support center Front1 in Seoul's Mapo-gu District. (Office of the President) By Xu Aiying The newly launched National Growth Fund will invest KRW 150 trillion over the next five years in high-..
- 2025.09.12
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- Rate of higher education completion tops OECD for 17th straight year
- The Ministry of Education and the Korean Educational Development Institute on Sept. 9 announced the results of the report Education at a Glance 2025 of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Shown is the graduation ceremony on Aug. 29 at Yonsei University in Seoul's Seodaemun-gu..
- 2025.09.12
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- Rules relaxed on int'l workers changing jobs, need for reentry
- Recently eased regulations seek to improve conditions for foreign workers in the country. Shown are such laborers wearing traditional Vietnamese hats on July 23 harvesting potatoes at a farm in Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province. (Yonhap News) By Aislyu Akhmetzianova To protect the rights of foreign wor..
- 2025.09.12
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- 166K jobs added in August for 3rd straight month of 100K gain
- Kong Misuk, director-general of the Social Statistics Bureau at Statistics Korea, on Sept. 10 releases employment trends data for August at Government Complex-Sejong in Sejong. (Yonhap News) By Kim Hyelin The number of jobs nationwide last month rose 166,000 from August last year. An August employme..
- 2025.09.12
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- Newly launched committee seeks to make Korea top 3 AI power
- President Lee Jae Myung on Sept. 8 announces the role of the newly launch National AI Strategy Committee at the latter's launching ceremony held at Seoul Square in the capital's Jung-gu District. (Yonhap News) By Yoon Sojung The National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy Committee, a government ..
- 2025.09.10