S. Korea aims to host 2030 World Expo
South Korea will aim to host the country’s first World Expo in the southern port city of Busan in 2030 with a budget of 4.9 trillion won (US$4.12 billion), the industry ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy will file the application to the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in 2021 […]
20th Jeonju Int’l Film Festival closes with record numbers
South Korea’s largest festival of independent and art films came to a close on Saturday, having set records for attendance and the number of sold-out screenings. The 20th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) wrapped up its 10-day run in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, 240 kilometers south of Seoul. Under the slogan “Cinema, […]
Half of S. Koreans say gov’t should pursue dialogue with N. Korea: poll
About half of South Koreans think the government should seek dialogue with North Korea, a survey showed Monday, as inter-Korean ties remained stalled amid the deadlocked nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Of the 1,003 adults surveyed last month, 51.4 percent said the government should pursue talks and compromise with the Kim Jong-un regime, according […]
S. Korea seeking new infrastructure to exploit 4th Industrial Revolution
South Korea is building up the necessary infrastructure to position itself to better take advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the government said Monday. Under the Moon Jae-in administration, Asia’s fourth-largest economy has made meaningful strides such as launching the world’s first commercial 5G network service and in such areas as the big data market […]
Moon offers talks with opposition parties on extra budget, N. Korea food aid
President Moon Jae-in appealed to opposition parties Monday to reopen three-way dialogue with the government and the ruling party on supplementary budgets and other pending issues. He was effectively turning down calls by the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP). Its leader, Hwang Kyo-ahn, has demanded one-on-one talks with the president. Last November, Moon launched […]
Yonhap News TV to run job information channel until 2022
Yonhap News TV, the all-news cable channel of Yonhap News Agency, said Wednesday that it will operate a public job information channel through 2022. Owned by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, the Korea Work TV is a cable TV channel aimed at providing employment and vocational […]
Biegun discusses N.K. missile launches, food aid at ‘working group’ talks with S. Korea
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun held a series of meetings with South Korean officials in Seoul on Friday, a day after the North launched two missiles, the second such military move in less than a week. Biegun and his counterpart, Lee Do-hoon, presided over a meeting of the joint “working group” aimed […]
S. Korean lab develops inexpensive catalyst to make bioplastic
A South Korean chemical research laboratory said Wednesday that it developed a catalyst that can inexpensively make eco-friendly bioplastic products. The catalyst, based on commonly found chitosan biomass, has been shown in testing to effectively produce bioplastic or polyethylene furanoate (PEF), according to state-run Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT). “The 2.5-Furandicarboxylic acid can […]
S. Korea to review size, format of N. Korea food assistance: Cheong Wa Dae
South Korea’s Moon Jae-in administration will soon begin official procedures associated with its move to resume food aid to North Korea, according to a Cheong Wa Dae official Wednesday. The official, however, said it’s still too early to talk in detail about the issue, as the government has yet to review the size, format and […]
Trump backs S. Korea’s food aid for N. Korea: Cheong Wa Dae
U.S. President Donald Trump expressed support Tuesday for South Korea’s possible humanitarian food assistance for North Korea in phone talks with President Moon Jae-in, Cheong Wa Dae said. During the 35-minute conversation, Moon briefed Trump on his government’s position on North Korea’s launch of “short-range projectiles,” including a tactical guided weapon, over the weekend. And […]
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