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East Asia
No. of visitors to major royal palaces in Seoul hits 5 mln in H1
The number of people who visited the four main royal palaces and Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul surpassed the 5 million mark in the first half of the year for the first time in three years, the cultural authorities said Monday. The four palaces from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) are Gyeongbok,…
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Police chief vows thorough probe into assault on Vietnamese woman
South Korea’s police chief on Monday expressed regrets over a recent assault on a Vietnamese woman by her Korean husband and vowed to conduct a thorough investigation into the case. Min Gap-ryong, commissioner general of the Korean National Police Agency, made the remarks during his talks with To Lam, Vietnamese…
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East Asia
S. Korea to send rotational troops to South Sudan
A new contingent of South Korean troops will be deployed to South Sudan later this month to carry out U.N. peacekeeping operations, the Army said Monday. A send-off ceremony took place in Incheon, west of Seoul, for more than 280 rotational troops to serve at the Hanbit unit in the…
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East Asia
‘Seowon of Korea’ designated UNESCO World Heritage Site
A selection of nine South Korean Neo-Confucian academies that promoted learning, veneration of scholars and interaction with the environment, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. “This site, located in central and southern parts of the Republic of Korea, comprises nine seowon, representing a type of Neo-Confucian academy…
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East Asia
Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan added to World Heritage list
Two tumulus clusters in western Japan that represent an outstanding type of ancient East Asian burial mound construction and the hierarchy of society at the time have been added to the World Heritage list. Located on a plateau above the Osaka Plain, the site, called Mozu-Furuichi tumulus clusters, includes 49…
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Record 52,000 non-regular school workers join strike for 3 days: ministry
A nationwide walkout by contract school workers entered its third day on Friday, with the number of strike participants falling to 13,281 from the previous day’s 17,300, according to the Ministry of Education. The cumulative number of contract school workers, mostly cafeteria cooks and after-school daycare assistants, who participated in…
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East Asia
Korean cultural festival to open in France next week
A Korean cultural festival will be held in Rouen, northern France, next week, featuring traditional music, art and street parades, the Korean Cultural Center in France said Friday. The 6th annual Korea Live will run from Monday to Friday in the capital city of Normandy. It is organized by the…
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East Asia
Participants to Summer Davos hail Chinese contribution
The 2019 Summer Davos meeting, also known as the 13th Annual Meeting of the New Champions kicked off on July 1 in northeast China’s coastal city of Dalian. The forum is attended by more than 1,900 politicians, business people, scholars and media representatives from over 100 countries. As the world’s…
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East Asia
China further widens market access with new negative lists, industry catalogue
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on June 30 released revised negative lists for foreign investment market access and a revised catalogue of industries that encourage foreign investment, introducing greater opening-up measures. The two lists aimed at pilot free trade zones (FTZ) and the…
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East Asia
China-EU investment pact likely in 2020
The negotiations on a China-EU bilateral investment treaty (BIT) are moving forward and the two sides have made positive headway in the text and an associated list, according to Chinese officials. Analysts said there is a high possibility that the high-level agreement will be signed next year as scheduled amid…
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