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<title><![CDATA['Turn Toward Busan' honors int'l soldiers who died in Korean War]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=302638]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Canadian veteran Vincent R. Courtenay (second from left) on Nov. 11 lays flowers during the International Memorial Day for United Nations (U.N.) Korean War Veterans at the at the United Nations Memori]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-11-11 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BOK chief to head BIS payments, market infrastructure committee]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=302648]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Bank of Korea Gov. Shin Hyun Song on June 1 delivers the opening speech at this year's Bank of Korea International Conference at the bank's annex in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Yonhap News)

By Jeong]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-11-11 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[President pledges aid for migrant workers, calls them 'coworkers']]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=302612]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[President Lee Jae Myung on Nov. 10 speaks at a Cabinet meeting held at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul. (Cheong Wa Dae)

By Charles Audouin

President Lee Jae Myung on Nov. 10 said he will create a safe wo]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-11-11 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World Bank Group names Um Woo-chong vice president of new office]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=302454]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Officials on Oct. 19 pose for a group photo at the Global AI Digital Summit and AI Digital Ministerial Meeting jointly hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the World Bank at the Grand Hyatt S]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-11-09 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Multicultural couples account for 8.9% of all marriages in 2025]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=302397]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Ministry of Data and Statistics data released on Nov. 5 said multicultural couples accounted for 8.9% of all marriages in the country last year. Shown is a wedding in June at Ulsan Garden Support Cent]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-11-06 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pope Leo to visit Seoul from Aug. 3-8, 2027, for World Youth Day]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=302377]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taick, chair of the organizing committee for next year's World Youth Day in Seoul, on Nov. 5 speaks at a news conference for the event at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul's Ju]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-11-06 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Int'l students come from more countries, their dropout rates fall]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=302095]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[This year's summer graduation ceremony for international students -- the first such event for the E-7-4 degree program -- is held on Aug. 20 at Cheju Halla University in Jeju City, Jeju Island. (Cheju]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-11-02 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bidding process begins for operating proposed video games museum]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301935]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency on Oct. 28 announced their open call until Jan. 18 for an organization to operate the tentatively named National Games]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-29 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[August births rise 13% to 23,703 for 26th straight month of growth]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301905]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[A nurse on Feb. 22 feeds a newborn at the neonatal unit of CHA Ilsan Medical Center in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Yonhap News)

By Kang Gahui
The number of births in August rose 13% year o]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-29 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No. of int'l visitors smashes annual mark early, set to break 20M]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301861]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Oct. 27 said the number of foreign tourists this year set a record-high 18.94 million the same day, breaking the mark set last year with about two months]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-28 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Incheon's newly opened pet welfare center aids adoption, training]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301841]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[This is a bird's-eye view of Incheon's newly opened companion animal welfare center in the city's Yeonsu-gu District. (Incheon Metropolitan City)

By Jeong Euiseok

The country's No. 3 metropolis ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-28 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vietnamese winner of speech contest finds 'milder side' of Korean]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301733]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Vietnamese student Tran Thi Huong Ly (right) on Oct. 15 poses for a photo after winning the grand prize of the World Korean Language Speech Contest for Foreigners at Kyung Hee University in Seoul's Do]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-27 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Expats, naturalized citizens, immigrants form 5.4% of population]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301758]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[A ceremony on May 20 marks the 19th Together Day at Yongsan Art Hall in Seoul’s Yongsan-gu District. Observance of Together Day seeks to create a society in which Koreans and foreign residents live ha]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-27 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['If Seoul is NY, Busan is LA': CNN covers ascension of No. 2 city]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301784]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[In an Oct. 23 online article headlined "How one of the world's largest ports emerged as Asia's next great coastal city," CNN said about Busan, "If Seoul is New York, then Busan is Los Angeles." S]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-27 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Busan hosts int'l event, trade expo to mark World Maritime Day]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301676]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Oct. 23 announced its hosting of the World Maritime Day Parallel Event from Oct. 26-27 in collaboration with the International Maritime Organization at BPEX (Bu]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-26 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pope Leo issues video invitation to 2027 World Youth Day in Seoul]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301598]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[By Lee Jihae
Video = Official YouTube channel of Seoul World Youth Day

Pope Leo XIV has released a video message encouraging people to attend next year's World Youth Day (WYD) in Seoul, coinciding]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-23 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate control, Wi-Fi: CNN ranks Seoul subway among world's best]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301324]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Passenger car of Seoul Subway Line 3 (Seoul Metro)

By Charles Audouin
CNN has praised the Seoul Metropolitan Subway for its advanced technology and user-friendly environment in a story on the worl]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-20 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Diver makes UN agency's list of 100 'Women Heroes' in agrifood]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=301171]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Sung Jung Hee, head of the Guryongpo Fishing Village Cooperative in the town of Guryongpo-eup in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, is one of this year's "100 Women Heroes in Agrifood Systems and Rura]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-19 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2 BIFF-assisted Indonesian directors show works at 2026 festival]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=300964]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Scenes from director Yosep Anggi Noen's "The Sea Speaks His Name" (left) and director Eddie Cahyono's "Ibuku"

By Margareth Theresia
Photos = Busan International Film Festival

The Busan Internat]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-14 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vocational training prison offers hope to prisoners after release]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=300878]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Inmates at Hwaseong Vocational Training Correctional Institution learn to work as caregivers. (Ministry of Justice)

By Charles Audouin

In the southern Seoul suburb of Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-13 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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