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- [Photo] Elevated walkway to connect Seoullo 7017 and old Seoul Station
- An elevated walkway will connect Seoullo 7017, an elevated linear park, with the old Seoul Station next year. The walkway will be 40m long and 6m wide, and will allow pedestrian...
- Dec.17,2019 17:01 KST
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- [Photo] Many homeless get no funeral after death
- Homeless people comprise roughly half of the deaths of people in Seoul with no next of kin. Last year, the Seoul Metropolitan Government began holding public funerals for people...
- Dec.16,2019 18:18 KST
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- Average S. Korean enjoys only 32 years of a financial surplus in lifetime
- South Koreans arrive at a “life surplus” ― that is, when their income is higher than their spending ― at the age of 27, their surplus peaks at the age of 41, and they revert to ...
- Dec.15,2019 14:04 KST
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- Chun Doo-hwan has shark’s fin lunch to celebrate his coup 40 years earlier
- On the 40th anniversary of a military coup d’ ?at that took place on Dec. 12, 1979, the coup’s leader, Chun Doo-hwan, was found to have enjoyed a shark’s fin lunch at an exclusi...
- Dec.13,2019 17:16 KST
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- [Photo] Gyeonggi, Gangwon provinces move to register DMZ as world heritage site
- Gyeonggi Province and Gangwon Province are moving quickly to have the DMZ registered as a UNESCO world heritage site. The two provincial governments have applied for the DMZ’s t...
- Dec.13,2019 16:54 KST
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- US agrees to immediately return 4 military bases to S. Korea
- The US has agreed to immediately return four military bases in Wonju, Bupyeong, and Dongducheon that have been closed and neglected for 8-10 years and to continue deliberating w...
- Dec.12,2019 17:28 KST
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- Dongducheon to recover small portion of US Army base in return
- When the South Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on Dec. 11 that it would be immediately resuming control of four American bases ― namely, Camp Eagle and Camp ...
- Dec.12,2019 17:21 KST
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- [Photo] Nakdong River ecosystem repairs itself after opening Changnyeong-Haman weir’s sluice gates
- Just 30 days after opening the sluice gates of the Changnyeong-Haman weir, water levels of the Nakdong River has dropped by around 2.6m. The change has inspired a resurgence of ...
- Dec.12,2019 16:47 KST
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- [Photo] Gangwon Province plans to convert its cities into hydrogen-powered bases
- Formerly home to coal mines, Gangwon Province is planning on converting its energy base into hydrogen and other eco-friendly sources. On Dec. 11, representatives from Gangwon Pr...
- Dec.11,2019 16:56 KST
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- [Photo] Gumi, N. Gyeongsang Province, builds motion-activated lights into pedestrian crossing
- The city of Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, has built in lights into the asphalt of a pedestrian crossing in a school zone. The lights, activated by motion, were built to preve...
- Dec.9,2019 16:53 KST