SouthKorea
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S. Korean retail giants attract consumers with pre-cooked menus for autumn harvest festival ritual
SEOUL -- South Korean retail giants including Shinsegae have set out to attract busy city dwellers and housewives with pre-cooked or heat-and-eat menus that are used for a Confucian rite that is carried during the traditional Korean autumn harvest festival called "Chuseok." The three-day festival holidays are celebrated on August 15 of the lunar calendar. On Seollal, the Lunar New Year Day in Korean language, and Chuseok, non-Christian families normally prepare a table full o
21 September 2023
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S. Korea to set up new governance for systemization of immigration policies
SEOUL -- South Korea will set up new governance including structures and processes to systemize the country's fragmented immigration policies, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said during a conference in Seoul. In 2022, South Korea with a population of some 52 million had 2.13 million foreign residents and 9.9 percent (210,880) had acquired South Korean citizenship. The number of foreign residents has increased by about fourfold compared to 536,627 people in 2006. However, despite
20 September 2023
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S. Korea to kick-start annual free influenza vaccination program
SEOUL -- In a bid to prevent the widespread of highly infectious and deadly seasonal influenza, South Korea will kick-start its annual national vaccination program designed to offer flu shots to young children and the elderly for free. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said that the national influenza (flu) vaccination program will begin from September 20 until April 30 next year. The target groups for this year's flu vaccination program are children aged 6 mon
19 September 2023
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Broken EV chargers take average of 3 days to be repaired in S. Korea: data
SEOUL -- According to data released by the environment ministry, it took an average of about three days to fix a broken electric vehicle charger. South Korea has a rapidly growing number of EVs but charging infrastructure is not growing as fast as the clean energy vehicle market. As of 2022, there were some 400,000 clean energy vehicles registered in South Korea where some 5.5 million vehicles roam the roads. The number of registered clean energy vehicles, mostly EVs, increased by 68
19 September 2023
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President Yoon to visit New York for UN General Assembly
SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will embark on a five-day visit to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly and meet leaders from other countries. The presidential office said that Yoon will address the UN General Assembly to share his thoughts about climate change, digital transformation, and the recent signs of military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the Vostochny Cosm
18 September 2023
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Foreign tourists revisit Seoul mainly because of Korean food: survey
SEOUL -- A survey conducted by Seoul City showed that most foreigners revisit the capital city to taste Korean food again. The second primary reason for the revisit was shopping and the third was because they were satisfied with the country's weather and seasons. In a survey of 500 expats who visited South Korea more than once jointly conducted Seoul Tourism Organization, the "K-food" section received the highest score of 79.5, followed by "shopping" (73.2), an
15 September 2023
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Seoul becomes popular filming spot for movies and TV shows
SEOUL -- Seoul City has received 632 requests from content producers to support them for the production of movies and drama series in 2022. The capital city has helped many content creators safely complete the filming process through various assistance such as road control and aerial filming. "XO, Kitty," a famous romantic comedy-drama TV series, was also filmed in Seoul. According to data released by Seoul, among 632 requests last year, the city selected 268 of them to offe
13 September 2023
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Seoul blocks road traffic to fix sink hole in Gangnam District
SEOUL -- Seoul City has blocked off a four-lane road in Gangnam, a southern district famous for rapper Psy's global hit song "Gangnam Style", to stop the road traffic while workers fix a sinkhole that is about one meter (3.2 feet) in diameter and 1.5 meters deep. The sinkhole appeared when a ladder truck's wheel sunk into the ground. The rare phenomenon took place in Seoul's most technologically advanced area due to a nearby ruptured water pipe, police said, add
12 September 2023
