영암군 덕진면(면장 신용현)은 42년째 영보 풍향제라는 문화행사를 거행해 오고 있다.1972년 영보 열 두 동네 주민과 출향인이 기금을 마련하고, 매년 5월 5일을 영보의 날이라 정하여 영보 풍향제를 개최해 이어져오고 있는데, 불혹의 나이를 넘은 영보 풍향제는 마을주민의 화합과 풍년농사를 기원하는 영암을 대표하는 지역 문화 행사로 자리매김하고 있다.한 해도 거르지 않고 치러진 영보 풍향제는 금년 초 코로나 19의 확산으로 부득이 하게 금년 행사를 취소하기로 결정되었다.지난 18일 덕진면 노송리 소재 용두레 권역 도농교류센터에서 개최

산림청(청장 박종호) 중앙산불방지대책본부는 3월 23일 오후 13시14분경 경기 양평군 양동면 단석리 산111 일원에서 산불이 발생하여 산불진화헬기 4대(산림청 2대, 지자체 2대)를 투입, 15시 30분경 진화를 완료하였다.현재 기상 상황은 바람 북북동 2,4m/s, 습도 52%, 온도 16.7℃로서 신속한 진화를 위해 공무원, 산불진화대원 등 투입되었다.중앙산불방지대책본부 고락삼 산불방지과장은 “봄철을 맞아 전국에서 소각 행위가 증가하고, 날씨가 건조하여 산불위험이 높아지는 만큼 산림인근에서 불씨 취급을 금지 해 주실 것”을 당

President Moon Jae-in spoke on the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron for 35 minutes on March 13, 2020. During their telephone conversation, the two presidents shared a common understanding of the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak that has recently been spreading worldwide. They discusse

“The Government has unquestionably transitioned to emergency mode. The Emergency Economic Council will go into high gear from today. This Council will play the role of a central economic response headquarters like the Central Disease Control Headquarters.” These remarks were made by President Moon J

Korea, and the entire world, for that matter, is in an emergency situation with the fast spread of the corona woes worldwide. At this juncture, CEO SungHyun Chin of LabGenomics Co., Ltd, disclosed that his company has developed the world's best diagnostic kit and disclosed that he has urgently reque

According to Arirang News on March 19, South Korea's southeastern city of Daegu reported 87 new coronavirus cases early on Wednesday from five nursing hospitals.The city said it has confirmed that 74 of the new cases came from a cluster infection at a nursing hospital for seniors.Among them include

According to Korea Net on March 18, European dailies have hailed Korea's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The leading Spanish newspaper El Pais on March 16 cited Korea's fast and resolute response in the article "Korea, a good example of coping with COVID-19 that Spain could not follow."The daily q

According to Cheng Wa Dae, The Cabinet on March 3 passed three laws on the novel coronavirus in response to the nationwide spread of COVID-19.The laws were promulgated in accordance with Article 53 of the Constitution.President Moon Jae-in chaired an expanded meeting of the Central Disaster and Safe

별 꽃하늘엔 별지상엔 꽃누가이 작은 꽃에게세상에서 가장 아름다운 두 이름을 따다가하나의 이름으로 지었을까세상에서 가장 흔하지만눈여겨 보지 않으면 그냥 지나치기 십상인밥풀처럼 작디작은 꽃별꽃을 보며사는 동안 따뜻한 눈길 한 번 건넨 적 없이무심히 지나쳐 온 숱한 인연들이별 같고 꽃 같은 고운 사람이었음을뒤늦게 깨닫는다글 - 백승훈 시인

South Korea recorded daily new infections of the new coronavirus in the double digits for the third straight day Tuesday, but the daily tally in Seoul and neighboring areas surpassed that in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, the two epicenters of the fast-spreading virus.In an unprecedented measu

Has Your Excellency received the March issue of The Korea Post magazine together with a copy of the latest issue of the 20-page Korean-language newspaper of The Korea Post?The magazine (left below) and the newspaper (right below) have already been mailed to Your Excellency (URL for each article alre

Born in Seoul in 1931, lady novelist Han Malsook made her literary debut with two works, Season in the Starlight and Cliff in Myth, which were both published in the leading Korean literary magazine Hyeondae Munhak. In 1964, Madam Han won the Hyondae Munhak Literary Award with her short story Trace.T

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi of India interacted with the leaders of the SAARC countries through video conference to chart out a common strategy in order to combat COVID-19 in the region.Shared History – Collective Future:Prime Minister thanked the leaders for joining the conference at such sho

Dear Traveler,At Expedia, we believe in the power of travel: to create joy, to bring people together, to enrich our hearts and minds. With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) now declared a global pandemic, we cannot help but think of all those we know and care about around the world, including you, wh

South Korea saw another fall in daily new infections of the novel coronavirus Monday, but multiple small-scale cluster infections continued to emerge across the nation, keeping health authorities on edge.The 74 new cases, which were detected Sunday, brought the nation's total infections to 8,236, th

By Feature Editor Joy Cho (vice-chairperson) “I ran and won the election under the slogan of 'Powerful FACO, New Hope, and Trust Management!'” This statement was made by Chairman Lee Bum-hun of the Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organizations of Korea (FACO) at a recent interview with The Korea

Monday, March 16, 2020Round-up of important news from major Korean dailies and from international media todayThe Korea Post (http://www.koreapost.com/)FM Kang holds conference call with counterparts from 5 countries over coronavirus responseForeign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held a conference call with

South Korea on Sunday reported 76 new cases of the coronavirus to total 8,162, marking the first time in 23 days the number of new cases has fallen below 100.It represented the lowest daily increase in the number of patients since Feb. 21, a strong indication that the outbreak is slowing as health a

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held a conference call with her counterparts from Canada and four other countries to discuss cooperation in fighting the new coronavirus, the foreign ministry said Monday.Kang and her Canadian, German, Brazilian, Italian and Australian counterparts -- Francois-Philipp

New cases of the new coronavirus reported in Seoul on Friday slowed from earlier in the week, but officials said it is yet too early to "lower guard" against the contagious virus."We seem to have extinguished the big fire, but we cannot lower our guard. ... There is a possibility that (the call cent