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  National Museum draws 6 mln annual visitors, highest in 80 years

  SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- The National Museum of Korea has welcomed more than 6 million visitors this year, its highest annual figure since opening 80 years ago, officials said Thursday.The museum said it reached the milestone around 2 p.m., with th
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  Seoul city, heritage agency hold first preliminary talks over high-rise project near Jongmyo

  SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's heritage authorities and the Seoul metropolitan government have held their first round of preliminary talks to address a growing dispute over a controversi
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  Seoul city, heritage agency hold first preliminary talks over high-rise project near Jongmyo

  SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's heritage authorities and the Seoul metropolitan government have held their first round of preliminary talks to address a growing dispute over a controversial high-rise redevelopment project planned near Jo
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  'KPop Demon Hunters' director to receive cultural merit

  SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- Maggie Kang, Korean-Canadian director of the Netflix hit animated film "KPop Demon Hunters," will be awarded South Korea's Okgwan (Jade Crown) Order of Cultural Merit for her role in boosting the global prof
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  K-food exports to reach record high this year: customs agency

  SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- Total exports of South Korean food products are widely expected to reach an all-time annual high this year, the customs agency said Tuesday, pledging additional support to further boost exports amid the growing global popula
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  Japanese Buddhist to receive presidential citation for returning Joseon's royal shrine

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- A Japanese Buddhist priest who returned a Joseon-era structure known as "Gwanwoldang" to South Korea after about a century will receive a presidential citation,
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  Presidential prize at traditional crafts competition goes to Chung Ki-hwan

  SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Chung Ki-hwan has won the presidential prize at the 50th Korea Traditional Craft Competition, the Korea Heritage Service and the National Intangible Heritage Functional Assoc
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  'No Other Choice,' 'KPop Demon Hunters' get 3 Golden Globe nominations each, including best motion picture

  By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean director Park Chan-wook's dark thriller "No Other Choice" and Netflix's hit animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" officially received three Golden Globe nominati
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  Seoul Light Gwanghwamun 2025 to launch this week, mesmerize global visitors

  SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Monday that it will launch “Seoul Light Gwanghwamun 2025” spurring to deliver a monumental stage of light, sound, and human co
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  Burger chain Lotteria opens 1st Malaysia outlet

  SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- Lotteria, the burger chain operated by Lotte Group affiliate Lotte GRS Co., said Monday it has opened its first outlet in Malaysia as part of its overseas expansion strategy.In August, Lotte GRS signed a master franchise agr
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  Matthew Lim's AI Innovation Story: The Future of AI Lies in What We Write Today (Part 1)
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  Treasures recovered from the sea spotlight underwater excavations

  SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- A renewed exhibition space showcasing artifacts recovered from waters off Taean, South Chungcheong Province — often dubbed “underwater Gyeongju” — will reopen to the public
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  Human side of Yi Sun-sin seen through handwritten diaries

  SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- “Spending the Lunar New Year twice in the south after leaving my mother fills me with unbearable sorrow.” In the first month of 1592, the year of Imjin, Adm. Yi Sun-sin (15
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  UNESCO chief voices concern over high-rise plan near Jongmyo Shrine: KHS head

  PARIS, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany has voiced deep concern over Seoul's high-rise development plan near Seoul's Jongmyo Shrine when he met with Huh Min, directo
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  Ancient ginkgo that saved loyal officials during Goryeo flood to be designated natural monument

  SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- A ginkgo tree that has stood guard over Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province for more than 900 years will be designated a natural monument. According to the Korea Heritag
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  Heritage agency begins excavation at Pungnap-dong Changui Village site

  SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Yonhap) -- The National Seoul Research Institute of Cultural Heritage under the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Korea Heritage Service, said on Tuesday it has launch
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  ICOMOS Korea urges joint impact assessment for high-rise project facing Jongmyo Shrine

  SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- Heritage experts in South Korea on Monday urged the Seoul city government to undergo a Heritage Impact Assessment for a contentious redevelopment project near Jongmyo Shrine
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  K-content seeks U.S. expansion, logs 84 business meetings at LA showcase

  SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) said Friday that a total of 84 business consultations were held during the “2025 K
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  Earliest wooden tablets found at Yangju Daemosanseong may date back 1,500 years

  SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- Wooden tablets believed to have been produced some 1,500 years ago during the Three Kingdoms period have been unearthed at Daemosanseong, a mountain fortress in Yangju, Gye
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  CJ Olive Young partners with UAE's LHG on K-beauty product retail

  SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Yonhap) -- CJ Olive Young Corp., the retail unit of South Korea's food-to-cosmetics conglomerate CJ Group, said Thursday it has partnered with Life Healthcare Group (LHG), a major