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The southeast region of Korea, where Busan, Ulsan, and South Gyeon-gsang Province are located, is out to woo tourists, especially foreign tourists, taking advantage of their natural scenic wonders and cultural and historic legacies spread throughout the mountains and rivers meandering th…
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Longevity, 162 X 162 cm, 2007. Master Artist Oh Seung-woo won awards at the National Painting Exhibition four times from 1957 to 1960 with his outstanding paintings flowing with brilliant colors. He has long been considered a representative artist in Korea’s Western painting world…
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A scene from a maskdance performance in the 2012 Andong International Maskdance Festival held in Angdong, North Gyeongsang Province last year.(Photos: Andong Maskdance Festival Secretariat) The 2013 Andong International Maskdance Festival is slated to raise its curtain on Sept. 28 and co…
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A show of the traditional Korean wedding ceremony held at the 2012 Gyeongju World Cultural Expo last year.(Photos: The Istanbul-Gyeongju World Cultural Expo 2013 Organizing Committee)
A number of reputable leaders of the Korean traditional music, Gukak, will travel to Istanbul to ensure that t…
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A view of High1 Resort, Korea’s only casino and resort allowed for both domestic and foreign customers and tries to turn itself into a family resort. (Photo:Kangwon Land)President Choi Hung-jib of Kangwon Land celebrates two years since the Standing Director
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Athletes ready to go rowing.The exciting 2013 World Rowing Championships is set to take place at the International Rowing Regatta at Tangeum Lake in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, from Aug. 25 to Sept. 1 this year with 2,300 athletes from 80 countries participating, including the team fr…
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Millennium Seoul Hilton’s international buffet restaurant, Orangerie, is excited to sing the praises of Singaporean cuisine as it welcomes a guest chef from Singapore to its kitchen! The chef will introduce a variety of authentic and exciting dishes to Orangerie’s already bountiful buf…
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The Korean meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry is poised to emerge as a growth engine of the “creative economy,” to which the Park Geun-hye government is attaching top policy priority.
“The Korean MICE industry is likely to rise to third place in…
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An exhibition honoring the late Cho Chang-soo, mother of Millennium Seoul GM, that took place from June 10-21 at U-Dream Hall in Sogang University. [photo by NewsWorld] Millennium Seoul Hilton held an upcoming exhibition at Sogang University that honored the late Cho Chang-soo. Entit…
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A panel at the meeting hosted jointly by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Tourism Agency, and the Korea Culture and Tourism Research Institute are engaged in a policy discussion on April 23 about strengthening the competitiveness of the tourism industry in K…
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(from left) Dignitaries, including Presidential Chief of Staff for Policy Kim Yong-beom,; Kim Sung-hwan, Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment; Kim Jung-kwan, Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources; Bae Kyung-hoon, Deputy Prime Minister and …
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President Lee Jae-myung shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 5 as they attended a ceremony to sign MOUs. (Photo on the courtesy of the Presidential Office)President Lee Jae-myung held summi…
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HD Hyundai Chmn. Chung Ki-sun takes office at a ceremony on Oct. 17. (Photos: HD Hyundai)New HD Hyundai Group Chung Ki-sun said “As far as Our group’s changes and leap forward is concerned, now is a critical juncture.” Chmn. Chung made the re…
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President Lee Jae-myung announces a joint fact sheet on the conclusion of the “Korea-U.S. trade and security negotiations, one of the biggest variables for the Korean national economy and security, at the Presidential Office in Yongsan, Seoul, on No…
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