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• ​[INTERVIEW] Brazilian ambassador hopes to upgrade science and technology cooperation with S. Korea SEOUL -- Brazil is ready to strengthen science and technology cooperation with South Korea and achieve remarkable advancements in various sectors including green energy, engineering, and pharmaceuticals. During the 64 years of diplomatic relations, South Korea has mainly exported manufacturing products such as car parts and imported Brazil's raw materials including oil, ethanol, and soybeans. Data released by Brazil's finance ministry showed that Brazil's trade volume with 27 September 2023
• ​More than 1.9 billion Spam products sold in S. Korea as of 2022 SEOUL -- Spam, a popular canned pork brand made by American food processing company Hormel Foods, is being widely consumed in South Korea. More than 1.9 billion 200-gram (0.4 pounds) Spam products were sold in the country as of 2022, data released by CJ Cheiljedang, a South Korean food company in charge of domestic spam production, showed. Canned pork was first introduced during the Korean War (1950~1953) when the United States' armed forces fought alongside South Korea to repel No 26 September 2023
• Seoul to crack down on illegal accommodation services using ordinary homes and apartments SEOUL -- Seoul City's public police division will conduct a thorough crackdown on illegal accommodation service operators that use unregistered homes or apartments for short-term or long-term accommodation services. To promote South Korean home culture, the country allows owners of homes that are smaller than 230 square meters (2,475 square feet) to lease their property for homestay services. Such cultural accommodation services are not required to be registered as accommodation 26 September 2023
• Walking festival to be held in Seoul to promote ancient Korean palaces SEOUL -- Aju News Corporation, a Seoul-based media company, will hold a walking event in the capital city to attract more public attention to five ancient Korean palaces and the Blue House, the former presidential compound. Participants can freely walk along the 13-kilometer (8 miles)-long course and visit the former presidents' residential office and beautiful palaces of the Joseon dynasty that ruled the Korean peninsula from 1392 to 1897. For decades, the Blue House had been used 26 September 2023
• More than 1 mln South Korean people aged 60 years and older work in 2022: data SEOUL -- Out of some 13,154,000 South Korean people aged 60 years and older, more than one million are working, government data showed. South Korea is a rapidly aging country where about 30 percent of the population will consist of people aged 75 years and older by 2073. According to the health ministry's data, 1,050,718 people aged 60 years and older were registered to the mandatory state medical insurance for workers. The number increased by some 108 percent compared to 503,840 p 26 September 2023
• ​King Charles invites S. Korean President Yoon to Britain SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will visit Britain to meet with King Charles III in November 2023. The South Korean presidential office said Yoon's state visit is designed to mark the 140th anniversary of diplomatic ties that began in 1883. In November 1883, Britain established diplomatic relations with the Joseon dynasty that ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1392 to 1897. The United Kingdom (UK) was the second Western nation that set up diplomatic ties with the last d 26 September 2023
• [OPINION] ​Ukraine and the growing weariness in the Western support KARACHI -- Ukrainian President Zelensky's recent visit to the United States, the United Nations, and Canada yielded positive results, as he successfully secured crucial military and financial support for Ukraine. Yet, amid 25 September 2023
• S. Korea's geostationary satellite to be used for maritime disaster prevention in Indonesia SEOUL -- Cheollian 2B, one of South Korea's homemade geostationary communication satellites, will be used to monitor marine environments in Indonesia. Using various information provided by Cheollian 2B, the Southeast Asian country with more than 17,000 islands can handle sea-level rise caused by climate change. Cheollian 2B was put into orbit in February 2020 to monitor and collect atmospheric and marine environmental information around the Korean Peninsula. The satellite is capabl 25 September 2023

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