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- Over 1M int'l medical patients in 2024 spent KRW 7.5T in Korea: report
- A robot demonstrates a face-lifting treatment in May last year at the 2024 Korean Association for Laser Dermatology and Trichology Academic Symposium and Aesthetic Medicine Device Exposition at COEX Mall in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. (Yonhap News) By Koh Hyunjeong Over a million foreign patients l..
- 2025.07.31
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- 'I am Korean, not Japanese': exhibition honors iconic runner
- To commemorate the 80th anniversary of liberation from Japan, the National Museum of Korea on July 25 launched the exhibition "The Radiant Strides, Moving the World" spotlighting Son Kee Chung, the gold medal-winning marathoner at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. Shown is a video using artificial in..
- 2025.07.31
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- Korea tops global innovation rankings ahead of EU, US, China
- 2025 European Innovation Scoreboard (Screen capture from European Commission's official website) By Kang Gahui A European study calls Korea the most innovative country in the world. The European Commission (EC) recently released the European Innovation Scoreboard, which compares and analyzes the inn..
- 2025.07.31
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- Host region of 2027 Summer Universiade receives official flag
- Korea's Chungcheong region on July 27 officially received the official flag of the 2027 Summer Universiade from FISU, the global governing body for collegiate sports, at the closing ceremony of this year's Rhine-Ruhr Summer World University Games in Duisburg, Germany. Shown is Kang Chang-hee, chairm..
- 2025.07.30
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- R&D of AI based on spatial data to be launched in August
- The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on July 29 announced its planned development of Geo-AI (geospatial artificial intelligence), an AI application based on spatial information, and launch of the relevant research and development from August for the technology's commercial use. Shown i..
- 2025.07.30
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- Foreign resident population in June sets record-high 2.73M
- The number of foreign residents in the country last month set a record-high 2.73 million. Shown are foreign visitors at Daecheon Beach on July 25 on the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival in Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do Province. By Charles Audouin The number of foreign residents in the country..
- 2025.07.30
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- Traveling seminar to cover space cooperation with 3 SEA countries
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) on July 27 announced their joint hosting of a "new space seminar" with three Southeast Asian countries -- Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand -- to bolster cooperation in emerging next-generation technologies. Shown is declar..
- 2025.07.30
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- APEC member states in Incheon discuss tourism cooperation
- The 65th meeting of the tourism working group (TWG) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation from July 28-31 is being held at the convention facility Songdo Convensia in Incheon's Yeonsu-gu District. Shown is a workshop on sustainable tourism on July 26 at the same venue. (APEC 2025's official Flick..
- 2025.07.30
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- 2 new works to compete at Venice, Toronto int'l film festivals
- Scene from "No Other Choice" (CJ ENM) By Yoo Yeon Gyeong Two domestic films have been selected to compete in the Venice Film Festival of Italy and the Toronto International Film Festival of Canada. Director Park Chan-wook's latest film, the black comedy thriller "No Other Choice," will vie for the G..
- 2025.07.28
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- Busan to host world's largest library-info congress in 2026
- Busan in August next year will host the World Library and Information Congress, the largest international event of its kind. Shown is Busan Metropolitan Library in the city's Sasang-gu District. (Busan Metropolitan City) By Kim Seon Ah The country's second-biggest city Busan will host the world's la..
- 2025.07.28