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  Culture ministry to run Korean pavilion during World Scout Jamboree

  SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- The culture ministry said Wednesday it will run the Korean pavilion and host a K-pop concert during the 2023 World Scout Jamboree to help increase the participants' awareness of the culture of the host country.The 25th e
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  Kakao founder Kim Beom-su named chief of Korea National Opera's board of directors

  SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- Kim Beom-su, founder of internet giant Kakao, was named Tuesday the new chief of the Korea National Opera's board of directors, the culture ministry said. Kim, currently the head of Kakao's Future Initiative Center,
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  World Scout Jamboree kicks off in Saemangeum

  BUAN, South Korea, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- The World Scout Jamboree, the largest international Scout event, kicked off in Saemangeum, a reclaimed land area on the southwestern South Korean coast, on Tuesday, bringing together over 43,000 young Scouts from
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  Treble damages mulled against illegal video content distributors

  SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- The ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the government agreed Monday to introduce a strong punitive damages system to crack down on illegal distributors of video content, such as Korean cultural content, or K-content.The ag
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  Festivals Calendar - August 2023

  SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- The following are the major cultural and tourist festivals to be held in South Korea in August.* Busan Sea FestivalWhen: Aug. 1-6 Where: Haeundae and four other major beaches in BusanThe Busan Sea Festival has taken place e
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  Hanwha finalizes deal to open Pompidou branch in Seoul

  By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Hanwha Group has finalized the agreement with the Centre Pompidou in France to establish the museum's offshoot branch in Seoul, with the opening set for late 2025, the energy-to-defen
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  Court rules against painter's family in authenticity dispute over 'Beautiful Woman'

  SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- The bereaved family of renowned late painter Chun Kyung-ja has again lost a legal battle to defy the law enforcement authority's conclusion that "Beautiful Woman," kept by a national art museum, is one of Ch
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  Contemporary history museum holds exhibition on 'hallyu'

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- An exhibition is under way at a national history museum in Seoul providing a perspective into what has shaped today's "hallyu," the global boom of Korean pop culture.The National Museum of Kore
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  (LEAD) 50 S. Korean cultural heritage sites damaged by torrential rains

  (ATTN: RECASTS headline: UPDATED with new tally in paras 2-4)SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- The government on Wednesday confirmed more cases of damage to national heritage sites from the torrential rains that pounded the country over the weekend.In addit
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  47 S. Korean cultural heritage sites damaged by torrential rains

  SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- The government on Wednesday confirmed more cases of damage to national heritage sites from the torrential rains that pounded the country over the weekend.In addition to the 41 cases announced a day ago, the Cultural Heritag
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  39 cultural heritage sites suffer damage after heavy rain

  SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- Cultural heritage sites have suffered damage as heavy downpours pounded South Korea, especially central and southern regions, over the weekend, the cultural heritage authority said Monday. The Cultural Heritage Administrati
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  New Vice Culture Minister Jang Mi-ran makes office debut

  SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- Jang Mi-ran, a weightlifting champion recently named to a top post in charge of sports administration, vowed her utmost efforts to exceed expectations as she made her first appearance at her office in a central city Tuesday.
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  World's largest choir competition to kick off in Gangneung

  SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- The 2023 World Choir Games (WCG) Gangneung will open in South Korea's east coast city of Gangneung on Monday, hoping to peacefully unify people and nations around the world through song.Founded in 2000, the WCG is the wo
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  Gov't to offer guided tour of presidential trees at Cheong Wa Dae

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- With Cheong Wa Dae having served as the office and residential compound for 12 former South Korean presidents, one tradition remained constant: planting commemorative trees at the compound.There are 35 such tr
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  (LEAD) National Museum of World Writing Systems opens in Incheon

  (ATTN: UPDATES with minister's speech, background info in paras 2-5; ADDS photo)By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- A national museum dedicated to various writing systems of the world opened with a ceremony Thursday in Incheon, west of Seoul
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  [K-Traveler] Dazzling time travel to Gyeongju

  *Editor’s note: K-Odyssey introduces travel journals by alumni of Yonhap News Agency Travel Academy, provided in Korean and English. The original Korean article precedes the English translation.*편집자 주
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  [K-Traveler] Back from Yongneup of Daeamsan Mountain

  *Editor’s note: K-Odyssey introduces travel journals by alumni of Yonhap News Agency Travel Academy, provided in Korean and English. The original Korean article precedes the English translation.*편집자 주
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  National Museum of World Writing Systems opens in Incheon

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- A national museum dedicated to various writing systems of the world opened with a ceremony Thursday in Incheon, west of Seoul.The National Museum of World Writing Systems occupies a three-story building, inclu
• (URGENT) Olympic weightlifting gold medalist Jang Mi-ran named vice culture minister

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  [K-Traveler] Gift from Sanmagiyet-gil

  *Editor’s note: K-Odyssey introduces travel journals by alumni of Yonhap News Agency Travel Academy, provided in Korean and English. The original Korean article precedes the English translation.*편집자 주