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'Winter Sonata' actress Choi Ji-woo announces surprise wedding with 'non-public figure'
Now to some celebrity news that caught everyone off guard. Korean actress Choi Ji-woo, most famous for her role in the 2002 smash-hit drama "Winter Sonata," announced to the world on Thursday that she had tied the knot. Dropping the bombshell on the same day by way of a handwritten note posted on her fan page, the...
2018-03-30 09:17:52 KST -
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Fall in number of high school students enrolling in further education
A few generations ago in South Korea, going to college was something unusual. Now it's the opposite -- so much so that those who don't go are sometimes labeled as failures. (STANDUP) "By the end of high school, for most South Koreans, it's been twelve or more years in school, late nigh...
2018-03-30 06:53:11 KST -
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Environment Ministry announces strengthened measures to tackle fine dust
Korea's environment ministry has announced its plans to strengthen and widen the scope of its countermeasures against fine dust. Environment Minister Kim Eun-kyung, at a meeting at the government complex in Seoul on Thursday, said that the government will do everything it can to deal with the problem and that it ...
2018-03-29 18:10:11 KST -
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Environment ministry changes ultra-fine dust classification method in S. Korea
Korea is under another emergency ultra-fine dust reduction measure on Tuesday. To raise awareness of the problem, the nation's environment ministry said Monday that it would lower the current threshold for ultra-fine dust levels to be classified as "bad" from the current 50, to 35 micrograms per cubic meter per day...
2018-03-27 18:02:36 KST -
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Rare type of foot-and-mouth disease confirmed in hog farm near Seoul
A rare type of the foot-and-mouth disease has been detected at a pig farm near Seoul on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, a farm in Gimpo, 40 kilometers northwest of Seoul tested positive for the A-type virus. Foot-and-mouth disease is a highly infectious viral disease...
2018-03-27 18:02:36 KST -
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Gov't ruling party agree to focus on creating cultural space through urban renewal
The Moon administration announced its 'Urban Renewal New Deal Road Map' following discussions with the ruling Democratic Party. The five-year project will pursue two goals: creating innovative spaces for startups and refurbishing underdeveloped neighborhoods. The government will seek to offer startups with renewed...
2018-03-27 14:43:54 KST -
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Emergency fine dust reduction measures imposed in Seoul for fourth time this year
As the average fine dust level in Seoul peaked at a record high of 99 micrograms per cubic meter on Sunday, the capital city, along with Incheon and Gyeonggi-do province,… announced that it is implementing emergency fine-dust reduction measures for fourth time this year on Monday, and those measures will be extend...
2018-03-27 13:08:45 KST -
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First Non-Korean K-pop Group EXP EDITION
This K-pop boy group showcases flawless singing and dancing skills As we can see from their looks, the group is composed of non-Koreans, all from New York City. Meet the K-pop group EXP EDITION that’s breathing new life into the K-pop scene. We caught up with EXP EDITION at a music studio in Seoul. They were ch...
2018-03-26 07:07:01 KST -
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Korean gov't ministries announce new measures to fight sexual harassment
With the "MeToo" movement spreading fast in Korea, the government convened a meeting on preventing sexual harassment and other social issues. It was the third gathering of ministries related to social policy, hosted by Deputy Prime Minister Kim Sang-kon. The government plans to create a hotline between the sexual a...
2018-03-23 14:36:57 KST -
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg admits Facebook made mistakes and apologizes for data leakage
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has offered an official apology to the site's users after admitting that the social networking giant had made mistakes in the recent data debacle. Speaking in an interview with CNN on Wednesday local time, Zuckerberg said that he was really sorry about the incident, adding that it was a...
2018-03-22 14:28:02 KST -
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Culture ministry designates 2018 as the 'year of books' to encourage people to read
The Korean government has designated 2018 as the 'year of books'. The culture ministry held a launching ceremony to officially declare its dedication to supporting the publishing industry in this digital era and encourage people to read. Part of the plan includes operating 'book trucks', as well as launching new p...
2018-03-22 14:27:56 KST -
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Cost-effective, accessible take-out convenience store coffees trending in Korea
The coffee market in Korea has been expanding at a rapid pace. From around 2.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2007, its market size in 2017 surpassed the 10 billion dollar mark. This means that the average Korean drank a total of 512 cups of coffee in 2017. However amid high coffee prices, the new trend in Korea seem...
2018-03-22 09:25:40 KST
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South Korea makes final preparations for Friday's inter-Korean summit
The preparatory committee for the inter-Korean summit held its own...
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President Moon talks with PM Abe ahead of the upcoming Inter-Korean Summit
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