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- K-Food Festa promotes domestic delights amid global spotlight
- Visitors to this year's K-Food Festa on July 19 look around at Exhibition Hall I of aT Center in the Yangjae-dong neighborhood of Seoul's Seocho-gu District. By Yoo Yeon Gyeong Photos = Yoo Yeon Gyeong This year's K-Food Festa 2024 from July 19-21 promoted the excellence of Hansik (traditional food)..
- 2024.07.23
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- Boryeong Mud Festival promises fun, convenience for everyone
- By Wu Jinhua Video = Boryeong Festival & Tourism Foundation's official YouTube channel The Boryeong Mud Festival, the country's biggest event of its kind and popular among both Koreans and foreign visitors, has begun in Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do Province. Marking its 27th edition, the annual fete ..
- 2024.07.23
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- Cosmetic exports to Japan see major growth thanks to Hallyu
- The Korea Customs Service on July 22 said cosmetic exports to Japan in the first half of this year reached USD 480 million (KRW 668 billion), a 21.5% jump from the same period last year. Shown is a lipstick display on July 17 at a hypermarket in Seoul. (Yonhap News) By Lee Jihae Cosmetic companies a..
- 2024.07.23
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- All restaurants can hire foreign workers from next month
- The Foreign Workforce Policy Committee under the Ministry of Employment and Labor on July 19 decided to expand a pilot project to allow foreign staff to work at all restaurant businesses nationwide. Shown is a street stall on July 12 in Seoul's popular shopping neighborhood of Myeong-dong preparing ..
- 2024.07.23
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- Hyper-scale AI Services to be Developed in Eight Key Public Service Areas
- - A ceremony attended by relevant ministries and AI service providers was held to provide integrated support for 8 hyper-scale AI service development projects. The Presidential Committee on the Digital Platform Government (DPG) and the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), together with the National I..
- 2024.07.22
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- The 2nd World Congress of Korean Scientists and Engineers Kicks Off
- - Korean scientists and engineers from around the world gather to share research results and expand human exchanges. The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Lee Jong Ho, hereinafter "MSIT") announced that the opening ceremony for the 2nd World Congress of Korean Scientists and Engineers will be he..
- 2024.07.22
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- Public and Private Partnership Enhances Flood Alert Navigation Services for Roads and Underpasses
- - On July 10, the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), the Ministry of Environment (ME), the Presidential Committee on the Digital Platform Government (DPG), and other related entities convened at the Han River Flood Control Center in Seoul to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). - The ceremony ..
- 2024.07.22
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- Korea’s carbon footprint verification system steps closer to gaining mutual recognition with Europe
- The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced on July 18 that the Korea National Cleaner Production Center (KNCPC), established under Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Italy’s Carbon Footprint Italy (CFI) for the ..
- 2024.07.22
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- Hearing whispers of rest, relaxation at 4 premium forests
- Visitors to the forest DMZ Punch Bowl Dulle Trail in Yanggu-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, cross a valley stream. By Yoo Yeon Gyeong Photos = Korea Forest Service A forest is teeming with life, always embracing organisms to rest body and mind exhausted from the daily grind. As the climate crisis..
- 2024.07.22
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- Paris Summer Olympics to see largest Korea House in history
- This is the garden in front of Korea House for the Paris Summer Olympics in the French capital. (Korea Sport & Olympic Committee) By Lee Kyoung Mi The largest Korea House in history will be open from July 25 to Aug. 11 for the Paris Summer Olympics. Jointly run by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and..
- 2024.07.22