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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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A nocturnal view of Changdeok Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site. [Photo on courtesy of the Changdeok Palace Office of CHA]By Tracie BrrettAs dusk slowly descended over Seoul in the evening of April 26, about 100 foreign teachers gathered before a historic Joseon Dynasty-era palace, pos…
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President Oh Sung-keun of Bexco.“I will try to include marine week and the marine plant and others in the International Marine Exhibition, a representative display, bigger in scale. I will also search for international displays with more than 1,000 viewers and the exhibitions that local regions don…
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Nocturnal view of the breathtaking world heritage Changdeok Palace where about 100 native English teachers will participate in a program, titled “Taste of K-Culture for Native English teachers in Korea: Moonlight Tour at Changdeok Palace” on April 26 between 8 p.m. and 10 p.mThe Kor…
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Rebirth 058, 162x108, LED and pigment print on fine art paper, 2012Kim Hyun-jung’s works depict butterflies as a symbol of people’s dreams of freedom. She said, “The butterflies on my works of art flying among flowers freely is like hovering between nature and artificiality, between consciousness…
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Il Ponte, Millennium Seoul Hilton’s popular Italian trattoria, will host a month-long promotion celebrating the cuisine of Emilia Romagna. For the entire month of April, diners will be able to take a gastronomic journey to Northern Italy in addition to choosing from Il Ponte’s always-popular…
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Chairman Kown Oh-gap of HD Hyundai Group. (Photos: HD Hyundai Group)HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has decided to bring HD Hyundai Mipo (HMD) into its corporate structure fold. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said on Aug. 27 the shipbuilder will effectively…
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Acting KPX President Kim Hong-keun. (Photos: KPX)The nation’s power demand soared to 96 GW at 6 p.m. on Aug. 25, renewing the highest-ever peak power demand one this summer, Korea Power Exchange (KPX) said. A sultry spell, which started earlier…
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Dignitaries, including President Kwon Myung-ho of Korea East-West Power Co. (EWP), Gyeongsangbuk-do Vice gov. Yang Kum-hee and Acting Yeongju Mayor Yoo Jeong-geun, participate in a deal on joint cooperation and investment in a 1.2 trillion won projec…
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President Kim Dong-cheol of Korea Electric Power Corp. (Photos: KEPCO)Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and MR (Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen) of Germany joined forces to explore new global markets by utilizing the former’s Substation Equipment Diagno…
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