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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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Hong Ju-min, secretary-general of the Visit Korea Committee, said the Korea Grand Sale tourism promotion campaign conducted by the Visit Korea Committee this year to attract foreign tourists during the off-season resulted in 34.5 billion won in sales, triple that of last year, with the number of par…
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A photo of a jumbo passenger jet plane in service at Asiana Airlines, which plans to import more of such super passenger jets including six A380s in 2014.Asiana Airlines has designated its management theme as “new creation and creative reform” in a bid to sustain its growth for a t…
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Sixteen city and provincial governments have agreed to share strategies to attract 11 million foreign visitors during this year and improve tourism preparedness as well as beef up cooperation with the central government.Some 40 people, including Shin Yong-un, director general of the Tourism Industry…
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President Lee Chae-wook of Incheon Int'l AirportThe Incheon International Airport won the top Airport Service Quality Award for a seventh years in a row recently, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs announced on Feb. 14.The ministry announced the news at the Trinity Forum of Airport…
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Director General Shin Yong-un in charge of tourism at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and tourism director generals from city and provincial governments around the country attend a tourism workshop in Jeju on Feb. 10. Sixteen city and provincial governments have agreed to share stra…
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A Korean Air cargo plane loading cargoes at its terminal in Incheon Int'l Airport.Korean Airlines plans to recapture its position as the top air cargo carrier in the world by importing seven new B747-8F air cargo carriers by 2015 along with its new strategy to go for high value-added bus…
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President Lee Jae-myung poses with Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, Chmn. Lee Han-joo of the Presidential Committee of Policy Planning, Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik, Presidential Senior Secretary for National Security Wi Sung-lac, Presidenti…
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President Lee Jae-myung takes an oath as he took office as the 21st president in an inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly Rotunda Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, on June 4. (Photos on the courtesy of the Presidential Office)President Lee Jae-myung w…
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(from left) Presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung on the ticket of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo on the ticket of the People Power Party (PPP). (Photos: DPK, PPP)Presidential candidate Lee Jae-m…
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok. (Photo: MOEF)Minister Ahn Deok-geun of Trade, Industry and Energy. (Photo: MOTIE)U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcing of reciprocal tariffs on imports in a reversal of long…
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