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[OPINION] The G20 Gathers Again
KENOSHA -- The Group of Twenty (G20), a forum of nineteen industrialized nations plus the European Union, has met this month at the Bahrat Mandapam conference center in New Delhi
20 September 2023
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S. Korea to set up new governance for systemization of immigration policies
SEOUL -- South Korea will set up new governance including structures and processes to systemize the country's fragmented immigration policies, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said during a conference in Seoul. In 2022, South Korea with a population of some 52 million had 2.13 million foreign residents and 9.9 percent (210,880) had acquired South Korean citizenship. The number of foreign residents has increased by about fourfold compared to 536,627 people in 2006. However, despite
20 September 2023
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Girl band NiziU completes two-month Japan tour
SEOUL -- NiziU, a nine-member Japanese girl band, has completed its Japan tour that started in July. The group attracted about 185,000 audience through 17 concerts in eight cities including Tokyo, Osaka, and Hokkaido. The band, which debuted in December 2020, was formed through the first season of "Nizi Project," an audition show launched by South Korea's entertainment powerhouse JYP Entertainment and Sony Music, a global music label based in Tokyo. The girls who were u
20 September 2023
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Hyundai Mobis develops autonomous car parking system
SEOUL -- South Korea's car parts maker Hyundai Mobis has developed an upgraded version of the company's autonomous car parking system that allows vehicles to study its parking environment and place themselves in the right parking spot through a one-touch operation. The original version of Hyundai Mobis Parking System (MPS) was first introduced in 2021 to offer easy-to-use parking services for drivers who find it hard to park in tight parking spaces or compact parking lots. The
19 September 2023
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S. Korea to kick-start annual free influenza vaccination program
SEOUL -- In a bid to prevent the widespread of highly infectious and deadly seasonal influenza, South Korea will kick-start its annual national vaccination program designed to offer flu shots to young children and the elderly for free. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said that the national influenza (flu) vaccination program will begin from September 20 until April 30 next year. The target groups for this year's flu vaccination program are children aged 6 mon
19 September 2023
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Broken EV chargers take average of 3 days to be repaired in S. Korea: data
SEOUL -- According to data released by the environment ministry, it took an average of about three days to fix a broken electric vehicle charger. South Korea has a rapidly growing number of EVs but charging infrastructure is not growing as fast as the clean energy vehicle market. As of 2022, there were some 400,000 clean energy vehicles registered in South Korea where some 5.5 million vehicles roam the roads. The number of registered clean energy vehicles, mostly EVs, increased by 68
19 September 2023
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N. Korean leader Kim Jong-un returns from Russia after summit meeting with President Putin
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has returned home five days after he met his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin on September 13, Pyongyang's state media reported. The two leaders discussed cooperation in various sectors including the sharing of know-how of Russia's advanced space technology. The Korean Central News Agency reported on September 19 that Kim passed through the Tumangang Railway Station located at the northern border of North Korea on September
19 September 2023
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Hyundai E&C plans to open new branch in Warsaw to expand small modular reactor business
SEOUL -- South Korea's major builder Hyundai Engineering and Construction plans to open a new branch in Poland to provide small modular reactors that are smaller and safer than conventional nuclear reactors. Through the new office in Warsaw, the company would expand its nuclear reactor business to other European countries including Lithuania, Romania, and Slovakia. Small modular reactors (SMRs) can address the limitations of conventional light-water reactors light-water reactors us
18 September 2023