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Korea Festival Contents Awards celebrates local festivals and recognizes their impact on tourism
The Korea Festival Contents Awards, now in its 7th year, recognizes and rewards the local festivals that have played an important role in the development of regional economies and the local tourism industry. According to the organizer of the awards ceremony, last year 13 million foreign tourists visited Korea, pum...
2019-02-22 18:05:59 KST -
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S. Korea takes emergency measures to reduce fine dust pollution
The air is terrible again here in South Korea. The entire nation, except Jeju Island, is under emergency fine dust reduction measures for the first time since the Special Act on Fine Dust Reduction and Management came into force a week ago. The act bans old diesel vehicles over 2-and-a-half tons from all roads ...
2019-02-22 18:01:04 KST -
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Eggs in Korea to be printed with date they were laid starting Saturday
Staying here in the nation. Eggs will have the date they were laid printed on them starting Saturday. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced the new policy of farms stamping a four-digit code of the date the eggs were laid. Currently, only six digits that represent the farm and breeding environment are pri...
2019-02-22 14:48:57 KST -
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S. Korean composer Chin Un-suk wins 2019 Hamburg Bach Prize
South Korean composer Chin Un-suk has won the 2019 Bach Prize of the City of Hamburg. According to the city administration,… Chin was honored for her unique musical language and contribution to contemporary music. The prize, worth ten-thousand euros, will be presented on November 28th at the city's Elbphilharmo...
2019-02-22 10:06:58 KST -
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Fine dust emergency measures to be issued on Friday
South Korea is once again plagued by fine dust. Several cities and provinces are once again under emergency measures on this Friday to help get rid of the pollution. It affects Seoul, the surrounding province of Gyeonggi-do, and the city of Incheon -- also the provinces of Jeollabuk-do, Gangwon-do, Gyeongsangbuk-...
2019-02-22 06:59:29 KST -
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Transfer cost for Korean man who fell in Grand Canyon covered by his university donations
A Korean man who was hospitalized after falling off a cliff in the Grand Canyon last December will be transferred back to Korea this Friday, thanks to donations from his college. The cost for his transfer alone is around 1-hundred-80-thousand U.S. dollars, on top of 8-hundred-86-thousand dollars in hospital bills. ...
2019-02-21 14:48:09 KST -
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Jeonju Hanok Village has had more than 10 million visitors for 3 straight years
The southwestern city of Jeonju has a hot tourist attraction -- a village made up of traditional-style Korean houses, called Hanok. For each of the past three years, the Jeonju Hanok Village has brought in more than 10 million tourists. The city of Jeonju says last year it got 10-point-4 million local visitors and a...
2019-02-21 14:47:57 KST -
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First preliminary fine dust alert issued since new bill on air pollution came into force and parents start to worry about babysitting
With the public becoming ever more disgruntled with the state of the air, the South Korean government is tackling the fine dust issue head on. With smoggy skies becoming an increasingly concerning public health issue, the Special Act on Fine Dust Reduction and Management came into force last Friday in the stronges...
2019-02-20 18:02:34 KST -
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Notification of military service will be sent through Kakaotalk alert
Starting Wednesday, information on military service dates and reservist training will be sent through Kakaotalk and the Military Manpower Administration mobile app. The Administration aims to use the mobile applications to optimise its operations. Sending notices through Kakaotalk alerts was first test launched ba...
2019-02-20 15:04:34 KST -
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Celebrating first full moon of lunar year
It's the day of the first full moon of the lunar calendar. Also known as Jeongwol Daeboreum in Korea. People from across the country gathered in their region with families and friends to celebrate the occasion. We go straight to our Won Jung-hwan standing by at a traditional village in Seoul. Hey Jung-hwan, the f...
2019-02-19 18:10:40 KST -
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Incheon Int'l Airport ranked 5th in terms of int'l passenger numbers
Incheon Airport rose two spots to be ranked fifth in the world in terms of international passenger numbers. The ranking is by the Airport Council International, a representative group for the industry. In 2018 the nation's main gateway handled nearly 68 million people on international flights, a 10 percent on-year ...
2019-02-19 18:07:30 KST -
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Celebrating first full moon of lunar year
It's the day of the first full moon of the lunar calendar, also known as Jeongwol Daeboreum in Korean. People across the country are gathering with families and friends to celebrate the event. Our Won Jung-hwan is now at a traditional village in Seoul to take us closer to the festivities. Jung-hwan? Hi Danie...
2019-02-19 15:01:15 KST
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Working-level officials from North Korea-U.S. wrap up their 3rd day of talks quicker than before
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