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Urban hydrogen-electric tram tested in southeastern industrial city
SEOUL -- An urban hydrogen-electric tram was demonstrated in South Korea's southeastern industrial port city of Ulsan as part of a state program to commercialize hydrogen-powered trains. The project, designed to establish green mobility infrastructure and promote urban trams, is led by Hyundai Rotem, a train-making subsidiary of South Korea's Hyundai auto group. Urban trams disappeared in Korea in 1968. After the first tram line started its operation in Seoul in 1898, tram n
14 November 2023
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S. Korean President and Chinese leader to visit San Francisco for APEC summit
SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will embark on a three-day journey to San Francisco to attend a summit meeting for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, an economic forum that involves 21 member countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The inter-governmental forum will also be attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Tensions between Seoul and Beijing escalated in 2017 due to the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system by US troops in South
14 November 2023
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S. Korea to showcase homemade light-armed helicopter in UAE
SEOUL -- At a global air show in Dubai, South Korea's state arms procurement agency will showcase its light-armed helicopter, designed to replace an aging fleet of light helicopters such as MD500s and AH-1S Cobra. At the biennial event, sponsored by the United Arab Emirates government, more than 1,400 companies from 95 countries will present technologies in aviation, astronomy, and military capabilities. The light-armed helicopter (LAH) was developed by Korea Aerospace Industrie
13 November 2023
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Southern resort island to export tangerines to New Zealand for first time
SEOUL -- The southern resort island of Jeju will export "Gyul," tangerines which are well-known winter season specialty products of Jeju, to New Zealand for the first time since South Korea and New Zealand engaged in trade negotiations of tangerines in 1999. Gyul was farmed in Jeju since the fifth century and the citrus fruit was highly regarded as a luxury product by royal families and nobles throughout the history of Korea. Tangerines are now South Koreans' favorite
13 November 2023
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BTS agency selects veteran content producer Isaac Lee to lead subsidiary in Mexico
SEOUL -- Isaac Lee, a Colombian-American content creator who produced the Netflix crime thriller series "El Chapo," has been picked to lead a Mexico-based subsidiary of Hybe, the agency of BTS. The veteran producer will create content tailored to the Latin American market and collaborate with global agencies. Data released by Hybe showed that the Latin American music market reached about $1.3 billion in 2022, up 26.4 percent from a year ago. Spanish language-based songs
13 November 2023
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Kakao Mobility to discuss lowering service royalty fee with taxi industry officials
SEOUL -- Kakao Mobility, the mobility service wing of South Korea's web service giant Kakao, will engage in talks with taxi officials to discuss possible changes that could be made to the existing service brokerage fee of "Kakao Taxi," the country's favorite smartphone taxi-hailing service. Kakao Taxi was first introduced to South Korea in 2015. The service is now integrated into Kakao T, Kakao Mobility's one-stop mobility service app with some 12 million month
13 November 2023
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Number of camping sites in S. Korea increases to record-high in 3Q 2023
SEOUL -- The total number of camping sites in South Korea has reached a record high of some 3,600 in the third quarter of 2023, thanks to the increased population of campers who became attracted to the outdoor hobby during the COVID-19 pandemic. When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit South Korea in early 2020, the country rolled out strict quarantine guidelines that virtually prohibited groups of more than four people from gathering in indoor environments. Many people
13 November 2023
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BTS' Jungkook ranks second on Billboard's top 200 popular albums chart with 'Golden'
SEOUL -- Jungkook, the youngest member of BTS, has ranked second on Billboard's top 200 popular albums chart with his very first solo album "Golden." American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift took first place with "1989 (Taylor's Version)." Jungkook's album, released on November 3, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart with 210,200 equivalent album units sold in the United States in the week ending November 13. The album, containing 11 English son
13 November 2023
