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The Andong Maskdance Festival is primed to become one of the classic Hallyu (Korean Wave) festivals as it comes up with programs combining the tradition of ancient Korean mask dances and the modernity of reenacting the modern-day universality of the mask.The Andong Maskdance Festival made its debut …
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Jade Okshim Hwang and Joon Hwan Park (EI’ s Hospitality Education Partner (HEP) master licensee in South Korea) have been selected to receive the Educational Institute’ s Lamp of Knowledge Award for Outstanding International Educator. These awards are given to individuals who demonstrate extraordi…
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President Lee Charm of Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has been reappointed to serve his second term as the CEO of the KTO on July 31, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports said recently.Coming to Korea from Germany in 1978, I fell in love with Korea’s history, culture, nature and people so …
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Jin Air, the low-cost airline operated by Korean Air, netted 7.8 billion won in profit, up 256 percent YoY in the first half, tops among the low-cost air carriers in Korea with first-half revenue totaling 119.5 billion won, the company said.The low-cost air carrier also announced its Butterfly Point…
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Taipan, Millennium Seoul Hilton’ s Chinese restaurant, will spotlight the alluring and eclectic cuisine of Macau during the month of July. A unique blend of Chinese and Portuguese flavours and cooking styles, the food of Macau is exciting and vibrant, just like the people, who definitely have…
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he following is an interview with Exec. Director Kang Sung-ghil of the Korea MICE Bureau of the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO). In it he discusses various plans that the KTO and Seoul City, the co-hosts of the 2012 Korea MICE Expo, have to boost the MICE Industry in Korea as a professional global …
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Millennium Seoul Hilton is getting in gear for the summer. For the months of July and August, several of Millennium Seoul Hilton’s restaurants will be featuring a variety of summer foods designed to refresh you, keep you cool, and restore your energy as you endure the hottest months of summer in Se…
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Approximately 400 travel industry officials from Korea and abroad assembled in Seoul to offer business consultation opportunities in the Korean inbound tourism industry at the Korea International Travel Mart 2012 (KITM 2012), which opened on June 7 in Seoul for a five-day run. KITM 2012, held a…
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Asiana Airlines will launch additional flights to Hawaii, Seattle, and other North American destinations from July 10 to cope with the bulging number of vacationers during the summer. The airline had originally scheduled to start the new flights on July 21, the air carrier said recently.The air carr…
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The government plans to nurture the domestic content industry to step up the momentum of hallyu, better known as the Korean Wave. In this regard, it will establish the tentatively-named Story Creation Institute, designed to explore stories, a driving force behind the domestic content industry, as we…
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Hwang Ki-yeon, the 23rd president of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, delivers his inaugural address at the auditorium of the bank's Yeouido headquarters in Seoul on Nov. 6. (Photos: Korea Eximbank)“The Export-Import Bank of Korea should evolve beyo…
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FSC Chairman Lee Eok-won poses for a photo with Mirae Asset Chairman Park Hyeon-joo, Celltrion Chairman Seo Jung-jin and Korea Development Bank Chairman Park Sang-jin among others during the National Growth Fund Launch Ceremony at Korea Development B…
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Chairman Yang Jong-hee of KB Financial Group. (Photos: KB Financial Group)KB Financial Group won the Presidential Prize, the highest honor, at the 25th Korea Digital Management Innovation Awards on Nov. 27. The honor recognized KB Financial Grou…
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On Dec. 12, IBK established an international cooperation network in Luxembourg to support Korean SMEs and startups. Kim Sung-tae, CEO of IBK, poses for a photo with Gilles Roth, Luxembourg’s Minister of Finance and chairman of LHoFT at the Luxembour…
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