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- Seoul Food 2024 offers one-stop look at global culinary trends
- Minister for Trade Cheong In-kyo (right) on June 11 visits a booth at this year's International Food Industry Exhibition, aka Seoul Food 2024, at the Korea International Exhibition Center, aka KINTEX, in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy) By Yoo Yeon Gyeong This y..
- 2024.06.13
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- Events in Paris to show books as 'source of Korean culture'
- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea will host events in Paris to promote Korean literature to mark the upcoming Paris Summer Olympics. Clockwise from the left are picture book writers Kim Sang-Keun, Oh Sena, Lee Soyoung and Jung Jin-Ho and F..
- 2024.06.13
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- President Yoon pledges higher strategic ties with Kazakhstan
- President Yoon Suk Yeol (seventh from left on stage's second row) and first lady Kim Keon Hee on June 11 pose for photos with members of an ethnic Korean dance troupe at a meeting with Goryeoin, or ethnic Koreans in Central Asia, at a hotel in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Yonhap News) By Xu Aiying President..
- 2024.06.13
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- Launch of Korean-World Bank Collaboration Project to Improve Mental Health Awareness
- - Sharing case studies of mental health stigma reduction programs in different countries and discussing their applicability in domestic context - - Participation of 70 mental health experts from home and abroad - The Ministry of Health and Welfare's National Center for Mental Health (President Kwak ..
- 2024.06.12
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- ‘The 1st Korea Memorial Festa’ Ends Successfully with a Staggering 250,000 Visitors
- • The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (MPVA) hosted the 1st Korea Memorial Festa from June 8-9 at Olympic Park in Seoul. The event featured K-pop performances that garnered explosive popularity among people in their 20s and 30s. Participating artists voluntarily delivered messages of patr..
- 2024.06.12
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- The 2024 Korea-Africa Youth Startup Forum took place to exchange policies and information between Korean and African startups
- The '2024 Korea-Africa Youth Startup Forum' took place on Wednesday, June 5, in Seoul as part of the Korea-Africa Summit. The forum aimed to facilitate policy and information exchange between Korean and African startups. About 200 domestic and international participants attended the event, including..
- 2024.06.12
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- Hanbok image projected on iconic Jesus statue in Brazil
- The iconic statute Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has projected on it a digital image of the traditional clothing Hanbok. (Korean Cultural Center in Sao Paolo) By Margareth Theresia The iconic statue Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has worn a digital image of the tradi..
- 2024.06.12
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- Seoul named world's 9th best city for launching startups
- Panoramic view of Seoul Bio Hub, a support hub for biomedical startups, in Seoul's Dongdaemun-gu District (Seoul Metropolitan Government) By Koh Hyunjeong Seoul is the world's ninth-best city to launch a startup, with the value of the capital's startup ecosystem worth KRW 308 trillion (USD 237 billi..
- 2024.06.12
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- Gov't to help Kyrgyzstan's EV transition to fight climate crisis
- Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) President Chang Won Sam (left) and Kyrgyz Minister of Economy and Commerce Daniyar Amangeldiyev on June 7 take a photo after signing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, a record of discussions on a project for electric vehicle conversion by public organizations to ..
- 2024.06.12
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- Authorities Introduce Guidelines for Determining When Non-fungible Tokens Qualify as Virtual Assets
- The Financial Services Commission introduced guidelines on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on June 10 to provide clear standards and examples on determining when NFTs should be considered as virtual assets. BACKGROUND A non-fungible tokens (NFT) is a digital token carrying a unique identifier, which make..
- 2024.06.11