South Korea's exports jumped 69.4 percent in the first 10 days of February, mainly due to rising shipments of cars and semiconductors, customs data showed Tuesday.The country's exports stood at US$10.7 billion in the Feb. 1-10 period, compared with $4.38 billion in the same period last year, accordi
Preparations for the Second International Legal Forum “Tashkent Law Spring” which will take place on April 23-25, 2020 have started in Uzbekistan.Annually held international forum is a major professional event in Central Asia in the area of law. It aims to provide a platform for leading internationa
Samsung Electronics Co. is set to unveil its new flagship and foldable smartphones this week as the South Korean tech giant aims to better target the premium mobile phone market.Samsung will introduce its new flagship smartphone, supposedly named the Galaxy S20, and a clamshell-like folding phone, e
At the 92nd Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday (U.S. local time), Bong's seventh feature film, a tale of class division, won the ceremony's highest prize -- best picture.It beat out strong competition from "1917" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" for the win. Other n
BAKU, Azerbaijan—The ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) led by President Ilham Aliyev of the Republic of Azerbaijan gained 65 of the total 125 seats in the single-chamber parliament of the country.The Central Election Commission (CEC) headed by Mazahir Panahov announced the partial results early on F
- South Korean airlines said Monday they will maintain the suspension of some flights to China until the end of March as people opt not to travel to the neighboring country amid the spreading coronavirus outbreak.The country's two full-service carriers -- Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc
South Korea said Monday it has launched a probe into a firm that illegally hoarded more than 1 million face masks amid the spread of the novel coronavirus.The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it found a firm that hoarded 1,050,000 masks, the single largest amount since Seoul launched a governme
South Korea is fine-tuning the details with China over its plan to send a third evacuation flight to the new coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan this week to bring back about 150 of its citizens and their Chinese family members, Seoul officials said Monday.Seoul seeks to send the chartered flight
South Korea said Monday it is testing 809 people in quarantine for the novel coronavirus, with the number of confirmed cases unchanged at 27.On Sunday, the country reported three new cases of the new strain of virus, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).The number
SK Lubricants Co., an affiliate of refiner SK Innovation Co., said Sunday it has made a stake investment in a Vietnamese lubricants company for an expansion into Asian markets.SK Lubricants signed a deal to acquire a 49 percent stake in Mekong, Vietnam's biggest lubricants company, on Friday to stre
The South Korean military has been reconsidering whether to participate in an upcoming multinational military exercise in Thailand as the new coronavirus continues to spread, officials said Sunday.The 39th Cobra Gold exercise, co-sponsored by the Thai and U.S. armed forces, is scheduled to be held f
South Korea and the United States were set to hold a meeting Monday to coordinate policy on issues related to North Korea, including inter-Korean cooperation projects, such as allowing individual trips to the North.Alex Wong, deputy special representative for North Korea policy, arrived in Seoul on
The outbreak of the new coronavirus will likely have a limited impact on South Korea's 5G network equipment vendors, analyst here said Saturday, since they have little business presence in virus-hit China.As China struggles to contain the spread of the deadly virus, which has killed more than 600 pe
South Korea said Sunday that it will send an additional flight to the central Chinese city of Wuhan to evacuate about a hundred Korean nationals and their Chinese family members as concerns are growing over the global spread of the new coronavirus.South Korea earlier sent two chartered flights to Wu
- 7일 자비에 살몽 루브르박물관 학예장, 복원책임자 아리안 드 라 샤펠, 복원가 김민중 등 방문- 전주한지발장인, 전통문화전당, 한지산업지원센터, 국립무형유산원, 한지제조공장 등에서 한지체험- 자비에 살몽루브르 학예장, 전주한지의 우수한 품질과 복원력에 탄복하며 세계종이의 주역으로 기대세계 3대 박물관인 프랑스 루브르박물관 전시와 보존·복원 총책임자들이 국가관광거점도시로 선정된 전주시의 한문화를 대표하는 전통한지를 직접 확인하기 위해 방문했다.루브르박물관 내 지류 전시의 실권을 갖고 있는 책임자와 복원 책임자의 이번 방문은 향후
경남대학교(총장 박재규)와 경남문화예술진흥원(원장 윤치원)이 컨소시엄으로 추진하는 ‘2019 콘텐츠 원 캠퍼스 구축 운영 사업성과 발표회-2020 가야 전시회’ 개막식이 지난 2월 4일(화) 창원 갤러리 고운에서 열렸다.이날은 개막식을 비롯해 ▲산업계 관계자와 함께하는 산학 교류 행사인 데모데이 ▲경남의 문화콘텐츠 인재 양성 방안 논의를 위한 지역 문화콘텐츠 협의체 간담회 ▲가야 스토리를 기반으로 한 미디어아트 융합 퍼포밍 쇼케이스 등이 열렸다. 경남대 문화콘텐츠학과는 지난 5월 한국콘텐츠진흥원으로부터 ‘2019 콘텐츠 원 캠퍼스
완도군이 전국 최초로 해양관광 산업, 해양자원 개발, 해양영토 수호 등 생태적, 경제적 가치가 뛰어난 국가 중요 자산인 섬 정위치 측량 및 경계정비 사업에 착수했다.섬 정위치 측량 및 경계정비 사업은 지적공부 등록 시 당시 기술력의 한계로 인하여 경계 및 위치가 잘못 등록된 섬을 드론 및 GNSS(Global Navigation Satellite System) 측량으로 섬 위치와 내부 경계를 바로 잡는 사업이다.군은 지난해 섬 정위치 및 경계정비 사업을 위해 시범 사업 지역을 드론 촬영 및 GNSS 측량을 완료하였고, 국·공유지인
과거 쓰레기매립장이었던 호동골 일대를 전주의 대표 정원으로 만들기 위한 밑그림 그리기에 착수했다.시는 호동골 양묘장과 자연생태체험학습원, 아중호수 일대 약 30만㎡를 숲과 정원으로 채워 시민들의 휴식·문화 공간으로 조성하기 위한 ‘전주 지방정원 기본구상 용역’을 착수했다고 5일 밝혔다.㈜동명기술공단 종합건축가사무소가 진행하는 이번 용역을 통해 쓰레기매립장으로 버려진 공간을 활용해 자연과 인간이 공존하는 차별화된 테마정원으로 관광명소로 조성하고 힐링과 체험, 관광, 교육 등이 담는 공간을 구상해서 전주를 대표하는 정원으로 만들 계획이
About 1,100 soldiers are quarantined and outdoor military training has been adjusted as part of efforts to contain the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Friday.The quarantined soldiers, including 400 conscripts, have either visited China, Hong Kong or Macao in the past 14 days or had contac
North Korea is preparing to examine drinking water sources, such as rivers and lakes, to make sure that the new coronavirus won't flow into the country, state media reported Thursday.The move is the latest in a series of measures that the North has taken to fight the fast-spreading virus that origin