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Wed, February 1, 2023 | 12:01

Ice fishing festival to start in Hwacheon Saturday

Ice fishing festival to start in Hwacheon Saturday

A world-renowned ice fishing festival is to kick off in the Gangwon Province county of Hwacheon, northeast of Seoul, on Saturday, after a two-year pause due to COVID-19.

2023-01-06 13:24

Customized digital school textbooks to go into use in 2025

Customized digital school textbooks to go into use in 2025

Digital school textbooks customized to meet the different educational needs of students in various academic levels will go into use in 2025, beginning with a few subjects, including mathematics, the Education Ministry said Thursday.

2023-01-05 22:05

Yoon calls for increasing diversity in education

Yoon calls for increasing diversity in education

President Yoon Suk-yeol called Thursday for increasing diversity in education, saying the standardized educational programs of the past no longer serve the nation.

2023-01-05 17:57

Korea to take drastic measures to tackle population decline

Korea to take drastic measures to tackle population decline

The government will take drastic measures to tackle Korea's demographic crisis of its falling birthrate and rapidly aging society, said Na Kyung-won, head of the presidential committee on Aging Society and Population Policy, who floated the idea of writing off loans for married couples who give birth to children.

Lee Hyo-jin | 2023-01-05 16:51

Chinese escapee from quarantine facility nabbed in Seoul

Chinese escapee from quarantine facility nabbed in Seoul

A Chinese man who escaped a government-designated quarantine facility for foreigners two days ago after testing positive for COVID-19 upon entering Korea was apprehended in Seoul on Thursday, police said.

2023-01-05 14:23

China stats 'under-represent' true impact of COVID outbreak: WHO

Seoul lifts citywide 35-story limit on apartment buildings

Seoul lifts citywide 35-story limit on apartment buildings

The city government of Seoul on Thursday lifted a citywide 35-story limit on apartment buildings to allow more flexible city planning and more colorful landscapes, officials said.

2023-01-05 10:07

Soup kitchen in Seoul provides more than just meals to homeless and elderly

Soup kitchen in Seoul provides more than just meals to homeless and elderly

People wearing thick winter clothes are packed inside a soup kitchen called House of Thomas in Seoul. Sitting back to back in the 72 square meter facility equipped with a small kitchen and tables with 30 seats, the senior citizens eat rice and three side dishes. Some ask the volunteers for a refill after finishing their meals ― a request they will grant on an unlimited basis.

Lee Hae-rin | 2023-01-05 08:52

Elderly population outgrows social safety net

Disability rights group declares 2-week suspension of subway protests

Disability rights group declares 2-week suspension of subway protests

A disability rights advocacy group said Wednesday it will suspend its rush-hour subway protest for two weeks, demanding a meeting with Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon.

2023-01-04 20:41

Korea seeks to hike food self-sufficiency rate to 55% in 5 years

Korea seeks to hike food self-sufficiency rate to 55% in 5 years

Korea will push to significantly raise its self-sufficiency rate of grain, rice and other food items to counter the impacts of rising food import prices and to better ensure food security, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.

2023-01-04 17:29

Omitting May 18 uprising from textbook guidelines is to ensure more autonomy for writers: ministry

Omitting May 18 uprising from textbook guidelines is to ensure more autonomy for writers: ministry

The education ministry said Wednesday that omitting descriptions of the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southwestern city of Gwangju from the latest textbook guidelines is part of efforts to give textbook writers more autonomy.

2023-01-04 16:38

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