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  Yonhap publishes 2025 English-language almanac

  SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key newswire, on Friday published its English-language yearbook summarizing the country's major events, developments and issues that occurred in 2024.The Korea Annual 2025, the only
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  Seocheon Eupseong Fortress Recommended for Historic Site Status

  SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Heritage Service announced Thursday that it plans to designate Seocheon Eupseong Fortress in Seocheon County, South Chungcheong Province, as a national historic s
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  South Korea to Host UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Busan Next July for 1st Time

  SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the highest decision-making body in the field of world heritage, will be held in South Korea for the first time next year. The 48th ses
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  (LEAD) S. Korea to host UNESCO World Heritage meeting for 1st time in 2026

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details, quotes in paras 3-14; ADDS photo)SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will host the 48th annual session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee next year in the southeastern port city of Busan, the committee has s
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  S. Korea to host UNESCO World Heritage meeting for 1st time in 2026

  SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will host the 48th annual session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee next year in the southeastern port city of Busan, according to the committee.The decision was made during the committee's ongoing me
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  28,000-Year-Old Rhyolitic Rock Field on Mt. Halla Designated as Natural Monument

  SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Heritage Service announced on Tuesday that the “Rhyolitic Breccia Field at Mosewat, Mt. Halla” has been designated a Natural Monument. Located on the southwestern
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  Korean dessert cafe chain Sulbing to enter Philippine market this year

  SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- Sulbing Co., a South Korean dessert cafe chain, said Tuesday it plans to enter the Philippine market this year as part of its overseas expansion strategy.Sulbing has signed a master franchise (MF) agreement with Beyond Bing
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  Bong-eun Temple’s ‘Sangjeon Yesujae’ Designated as National Intangible Cultural Heritage

  SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Heritage Service announced on Tuesday that the Buddhist ritual “Sangjeon Yesujae” held at Bong-eun Temple has been newly designated as a National Intangible Cultu
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  Gov't to take measures to minimize damage to agricultural products, livestock amid abnormal summer weather

  SEJONG, July 14 (Yonhap) -- The government will work to minimize the possible damage from recent heat waves and heavy rain on agricultural products and livestock to prevent price hikes of such products, senior officials said Monday. "Due to rec
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  (2nd LD) N. Korea's Mount Kumgang listed as UNESCO World Heritage site

  (ATTN: ADDS S. Korean reaction in paras 9-11)PARIS, July 13 (Yonhap) -- A scenic mountain known for its beauty that changes with the seasons, North Korea's Mount Kumgang has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site.UNESCO added Mount Kumgang to it
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  (LEAD) N. Korea's Mount Kumgang listed as UNESCO World Heritage site

  (ATTN: ADDS details, photos)PARIS, July 13 (Yonhap) -- A scenic mountain known for its beauty that changes with the seasons, North Korea's Mount Kumgang has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site.UNESCO added Mount Kumgang to its World Heritage
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  N. Korea's Mount Kumgang listed as UNESCO World Heritage site

  PARIS, July 13 (Yonhap) -- A scenic mountain known for its beauty that changes with the seasons, North Korea's Mount Kumgang has been named a UNESCO World Heritage site.UNESCO added Mount Kumgang to its World Heritage list following the 47th sess
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  (2nd LD) S. Korea's prehistoric petroglyphs inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage list

  (ATTN: UPDATES with President Lee's comments in paras 8-9)SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- A set of prehistoric rock carvings in southeastern South Korea has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, a South Korean cultural agency announced Satur
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  (LEAD) S. Korea's prehistoric petroglyphs inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage list

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 4-18)SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- A set of prehistoric rock carvings in southeastern South Korea has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, a South Korean cultural agency announced Saturday.The decisio
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  S. Korea's prehistoric petroglyphs inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage list

  SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- A set of prehistoric rock carvings in southeastern South Korea has been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, a South Korean cultural agency announced Saturday.The decision was made during the 47th session of the UNESC
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  Artist Kimsooja promoted to 'officer' rank in French cultural order

  SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean artist Kimsooja was named an Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters, the second-highest of the European country's three-tier honor. The artist re
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  (LEAD) Artist Kimsooja promoted to 'officer' rank in French cultural order

  (ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 4-5; CHANGES photo)SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean artist Kimsooja was named an Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters, the second-highest of the European country's three-tier honor.The artist re
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  Chronicles of Metaverse: Real Estate in the Age of the Metaverse: Shifting Concepts of Value and Space

  *Editor’s note: K-VIBE invites experts from various K-culture sectors to share their extraordinary discovery about the Korean culture. Chronicles of Metaverse: Real Estate in the Age of the Metaverse:
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  Artist Kimsooja promoted to 'officer' rank in French cultural order

  SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean artist Kimsooja was named an Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters, the second-highest of the European country's three-tier honor.The artist received the award at the French ambassador's resid
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  Veteran journalist Paul Shin, who covered turbulent times in Koreas, dies at 84

  By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- Paul Shin, a former veteran journalist for the Associated Press who later worked as an English news adviser for Yonhap News Agency and worked in many areas covering key moments in the two Koreas, has died, hi