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- Largest integrated Korean pavilion in CES history to debut
- The biggest integrated Korean pavilion at CES, the world's largest expo for consumer electronics and information and communications technology, will debut at this year's event scheduled from Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas. (Yonhap News) By Kim Hyelin CES, the world's biggest expo for consumer electronics an..
- 2025.01.07
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- Beautiful result! Cosmetics exports hit record USD 10B in 2024
- The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Jan. 6 said cosmetics exports last year set a record-high USD 10.2 billion. Shown are visitors in October 2024 at the K-Beauty Expo held at the Korea International Exhibition Center, aka KINTEX, in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Expo's official website) By Koh..
- 2025.01.07
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- Annual quota for skilled foreign workers set at 35,000: ministry
- The Ministry of Justice this year will issue the E-7-4 visas for 35,000 skilled foreign workers, like those shown at Hyundai Heavy Industries. (Hyundai Heavy Industries) By Margareth Theresia The Ministry of Justice this year will issue 35,000 visas for skilled foreign workers and has added four ind..
- 2025.01.07
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- Exhibition of artworks featuring serpents marks Year of Snake
- By Lee Jihae Video = Lee Jun Young 2025 is the Year of Snake under the East Asian zodiac, more specifically Eulsaneyon (Year of Blue Snake) since eul means "blue" and sa means "snake." The snake is the sixth of the zodiac's 12 animals. The National Museum of Korea in Seoul through March 3 runs the e..
- 2025.01.06
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- Researchers develop bio enzyme that dissolves 90% of plastic
- The Ministry of Science and ICT on Jan. 3 said Kyungpook National University professor Kim Kyung-jin and the research team of the food and bio company CJ Cheiljedang have developed the world's best-quality PET (polyethylene terephthalate) depolymerase, an enzyme that dissolves the plastic PET. (icli..
- 2025.01.06
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- New subsidy policy to cover max. 75% of foreign investments
- More generous subsidies will seek to stimulate foreign investment in the country. Shown is the Counterfeit Notes Response Center at Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Yonhap News) By Gil Kyuyoung Foreign investors this year will get more public support like higher cash and tax bene..
- 2025.01.06
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- Dream Program to offer winter sports training to youth athletes
- The 2025 Dream Program on Jan. 6 will begin in Pyeongchang-gun County and Gangneung in Gangwon-do Province (State) to help youth athletes from countries with few opportunities in winter sports to experience both the sports and Korean culture. Shown is a group of skaters from last year's program. By ..
- 2025.01.03
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- 'Squid Game' season 2 gets 490M viewing hours in first week
- Season two of "Squid Game" in its first week of release (Dec. 23-29, 2024) attracted 487.6 million viewing hours, making it the most watched piece of content on Netflix for that period. (Netflix's official Facebook page) By Park Hye Ri The second season of the hit Netflix series "Squid Game" has end..
- 2025.01.03
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- Law revision passed to foster expert literary translators
- Students from Russian-speaking countries on May 30 attend a class on basic translation of literature offered by the translation academy of the Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI). (LTI) By Yoo Yeon Gyeong An amendment to the Literature Promotion Act has enabled full government support fo..
- 2025.01.03
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- Scaled-down New Year's events to mourn plane crash victims
- Mourners on Dec. 30 pay their respects at the joint incense altar of Muan Sports Park in Muan-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province, for the victims of the plane crash at Muan International Airport. (Yonhap News) By Lee Jihae Local governments nationwide have scaled down or canceled New Year's events am..
- 2025.01.03