Community Closet event in Itaewon offers free medical check-ups, clothing donations for foreign residents in need
Itaewon Global Village Center will offer free internal medicine check-ups for all foreign residents this Saturday as part of its Community Closet event. The check-ups will cover only seasonal illnesse...
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Kookmin University biotechnology professor named to World's Top 2% Scientists list
Kwak Su-ryang, a professor in Kookmin University’s Department of Integrative Biotechnology, has been named to the 2026 World’s Top 2% Scientists list jointly released by Stanford University and Elsevi...
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University of Seoul holds admissions information session in Vietnam
The University of Seoul held an admissions information session at the University of Languages and International Studies of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Oct. 30, as part of its efforts to attrac...
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President Lee's approval rating falls to 35.9%: poll
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell to 35.9 percent last week likely due to an intense political standoff over legislation and stock market volatility, a pollster said Monday. Positive asse...
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Lee vows to hire more firefighters, expand investment to ensure public safety
President Lee Jae Myung on Monday vowed to hire more firefighters and increase investment in strengthening their capabilities to ensure public safety amid diverse disaster risks. Lee made the pledge d...
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PPP leaders gather outside Cheong Wa Dae to protest special counsel bill
Leaders of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) gathered outside Cheong Wa Dae on Monday to protest the recent passage of a bill calling for a special counsel investigation into alleged fabric...
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Justice minister nominee cautious on withdrawal of indictments against Lee
Justice Minister nominee Lee Yong-cheol on Monday expressed reservations about nullifying indictments against President Lee Jae Myung following last week's passage of a special counsel bill to investi...
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Second vice minister of foreign affairs discusses role of diplomacy at HUFS lecture
Kim Jin-a, second vice minister of foreign affairs, delivered a lecture on the changing international order and the challenges facing Korean diplomacy at the Seoul campus of Hankuk University of Forei...
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Germany's Henkel to open chip packaging materials R&D center in Seoul
German adhesives and materials maker Henkel will set up a research center in Seoul to develop packaging materials for artificial intelligence (AI) chips and high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the Seoul Metr...
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Questions arise over constitutionality, conflict of interest in special counsel probe design
A special counsel law passed by the National Assembly on Friday is drawing questions over conflicts of interest and whether its investigative powers are consistent with the government’s prosecution re...
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