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Ministry's 2025 plan to give 'hope to, connect world via culture'

Ministry's 2025 plan to give 'hope to, connect world via culture'

By Lee JihaeThe Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Jan. 10 announced its major business plan this year saying its policy will "provide hope to the struggling public economy through culture and connect with the world."The plan's five main...

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SEVENTEEN wins 2nd straight Golden Disc Award for top album

SEVENTEEN wins 2nd straight Golden Disc Award for top album

By Xu AiyingVideo = Golden Disc Awards' official YouTube channel The K-pop group SEVENTEEN, which marks the 10th anniversary of its debut this year, has received Album of the Year for its EP "Spill the Feels" at the Golden Disc...

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Domestic webtoons in 2023 break record-high KRW 2T in sales

Domestic webtoons in 2023 break record-high KRW 2T in sales

  By Yoo Yeon Gyeong   Domestic webtoons have broken KRW 2 trillion in annual revenue for the first time, with sales growing for six straight years thanks to stronger demand for the medium both at home and abroad. A...

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'Harbin' director, cast say film encourages 'better tomorrow'

'Harbin' director, cast say film encourages 'better tomorrow'

By Xu AiyingPhotos = Xu AiyingVideo = CJ ENM Movie's official YouTube channel"Long live Korea!" (Корея Ура!)This is what pro-independence activist Ahn Jung-geun said on Oct. 26, 1909, at a rail station in Harbin, China, after fatally shooting Hirobumi Ito,...

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No. of visitors to royal palaces, tombs hits record-high 14.89M

No. of visitors to royal palaces, tombs hits record-high 14.89M

By Lee JihaeThe number of visitors to the royal palaces and tombs of the Joseon Dynasty this year has set a record high.The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Korea Heritage Service on Dec. 19 said the figure reached...

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Global Hallyu influencer gala Seoul Con to open on Dec. 28

Global Hallyu influencer gala Seoul Con to open on Dec. 28

By Koh Hyunjeong This year's Seoul Con, an expo of global influencers promoting the lifestyle of the capital, will open this weekend. The Seoul Business Agency (SBA) on Dec. 23 said it will host the event from Dec. 28 through...

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Huge six-cess! Stray Kids extend No. 1 streak on Billboard 200

Huge six-cess! Stray Kids extend No. 1 streak on Billboard 200

By Lee Dasom The K-pop boy band Stray Kids has made history with six straight entries that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 main albums chart. Billboard on Dec. 22 said in a chart preview article that the...

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K-drama 'When The Phone Rings' sparks renewed interest in original web novel

K-drama 'When The Phone Rings' sparks renewed interest in original web novel

The growing popularity of the drama series When The Phone Rings has led to a surge of interest in the original web novel that inspired it and the simultaneously produced webtoon. The eponymous web novel on Kakao Page saw its sales increase...

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Story on deaf boy band leads Korea.net's top 5 articles of 2024

Story on deaf boy band leads Korea.net's top 5 articles of 2024

By Margareth Theresia   Korea.net throughout this year has spread news on Korea to the world.As of 9 a.m. on Dec. 17, the service posted 12,180 articles in 11 languages including Korean. Among these stories, the following five were the...

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Media facade display lights up Gwanghwamun Gate

Media facade display lights up Gwanghwamun Gate

Photo = Yonhap NewsSeoul | Dec. 13, 2024A media facade display on Dec. 13 illuminates Gwanghwamun Gate in Seoul's Jongno-gu District the day before the Seoul Light Festival.   Source: https://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Korea_in_photos/view?articleId=263319&pageIndex=1

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Warm spa in early winter

Warm spa in early winter

By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Seon Ah"What I saw today was a whole new world."This is what the protagonist of a historical K-drama says after seeing a performance of yeoseong gukgeuk, a form of traditional women's theater, for the...

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Hit K-drama helps revive traditional women's theater genre

Hit K-drama helps revive traditional women's theater genre

By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Seon Ah"What I saw today was a whole new world."This is what the protagonist of a historical K-drama says after seeing a performance of yeoseong gukgeuk, a form of traditional women's theater, for the...

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'Winter Ahead,' duet by V of BTS, tops 75 global iTunes charts

'Winter Ahead,' duet by V of BTS, tops 75 global iTunes charts

By Kim HyelinVideo = Hybe Labels' official YouTube channel "Winter Ahead," a duet by V of the K-pop boy band BTS and singer Park Hyo-shin, has hit No. 1 on iTunes' Top Song charts in 75 countries, BTS' management agency...

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Seoul named world's best MICE city for 10th straight year

Seoul named world's best MICE city for 10th straight year

  By Koh Hyunjeong Seoul has been named the world's best city for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) for the 10th consecutive year. The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Dec. 2 said the capital was named Best MICE City of...

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Year-end love thermometer for charity

Year-end love thermometer for charity

Photo = Yonhap NewsSeoul | Nov. 25, 2024   Workers on the morning of Nov. 25 set up this year's Love Temperature Thermometer at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul for use in an annual donation drive sponsored by the charity group Community Chest of Korea. The funds...

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