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- 2025 sees debut of regional visas, mobile ID for expats
- A combined 74,689 E-8 (seasonal worker) visas will be issued from this year under an advance system for visa issuance volume. Shown are seasonal workers from Vietnam in March 2024 spraying fertilizer at a tangerine orchard in Namwon-eup Township of Seogwipo, Jeju Island. (Yonhap News) By Aisylu Akhm..
- 2025.01.20
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- Record 35.2% of disabled did sports or exercised daily in 2024
- The daily sports participation rate of disabled people last year was 35.2%, the highest since the statistic was first measured in 2007. Shown is Choi Yong Beom, a national Paralympic canoeist, on Sept. 7, 2024, paddling in the men's 200-m kayak final (sports class KL3) at the 2024 Paris Summer Paral..
- 2025.01.17
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- Ministry, police, Interpol to protect Korean content from piracy
- Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In Chon (center) on Jan. 15 poses for a photo at the signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding on Interpol's Stop Online Piracy Project II at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. From left are a l..
- 2025.01.17
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- Korea Aerospace Administration to raise ties with Europe
- This is the headquarters of the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, where a seminar with the European Space Agency was held on Jan. 15. (Sacheon City Hall) By Koh Hyunjeong The Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) will strengthen cooperation with Europe. KAS..
- 2025.01.17
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- Biggest-ever Korea Grand Sale offers deals to foreign tourists
- By Margareth Theresia Photos = Lee Jun Young Video = Park Dae Jin "I hope foreign visitors to Korea relish the abundant discounts and appeal of the country's diverse culture." This year's Korea Grand Sale, the nation's leading shopping festival, on Jan. 15 kicked off with Vice Minister of Culture, S..
- 2025.01.16
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- Jan. 27 named temp holiday to extend Lunar New Year period
- Jan. 27, the day before the Seollal (Lunar New Year) holidays begin, has been designated a temporary public holiday. Shown are fruit gift sets for Seollal on Jan. 7 at a department store in Seoul. (Yonhap News) By Aisylu Akhmetzianova Jan. 27, the day before the Seollal (Lunar New Year) holidays beg..
- 2025.01.16
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- 11 traditional poems to be sent into space on lunar lander
- This is an artist's concept of Firefly Aerospace's lunar lander Blue Ghost. (Firefly Aerospace) By Kim Seon Ah Eleven sijo (traditional poems) will be sent to the moon on a rocket set for blastoff on Jan. 15 carrying a private U.S. lunar lander. The Sejong Cultural Society, a Korean-American non-pro..
- 2025.01.16
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- IMF touts Korea's heavy industry as example for new sectors
- The International Monetary Fund said the case study of Korea's heavy industry, which saw rapid growth in the 1970s, is an example to refer to when a country devises plans to develop future growth sectors. Shown is the world's methanol-powered ultra-large container ship early last year built by HD Hy..
- 2025.01.16
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- Carrying weapon or posing threat in public designated as crimes
- This is Government Complex-Gwacheon in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Ministry of Justice) By Kim Hyelin Carrying weapons in a public place and posing a public threat are newly classified crimes designed to prevent offenses targeting an unspecified number of people. The Ministry of Justice on Jan...
- 2025.01.16
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- 'Your Utopia' nominated for global top 3 science fiction award
- "Your Utopia," a collection of short stories by Chung Bora (Bora Chung), is the country's first nominated for the U.S. Philip K. Dick Award, one of the world's top three honors for science fiction. (Rabbit Hole) By Lee Kyoung Mi "Your Utopia," a collection of short stories by author Chung Bora (Bora..
- 2025.01.15