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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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<title><![CDATA[Reelection to ISO Council to help Korea lead int'l standardization]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=300602]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, an affiliate of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, on Oct. 2 announced the country's reelection to the International Organization for Standardi]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-10-06 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[71.1% of young Koreans finish higher education, highest in OECD]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=300360]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Graduates on Aug. 29, 2025, toss their caps into the air at the fall commencement ceremony at the main campus of Yonsei University in Seoul's Seodaemun-gu District. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Seon Ah

O]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-30 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No. of int'l visitors in first 8 months of 2026 breaks 15 million]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=300193]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Sept. 28 released a report on inbound tourism trends from January to August saying the number of foreign visitors in the first eight months of this year ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-28 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seoul's Jongno 3-ga area named 'world's coolest neighborhood']]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=299890]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Jongno 3-ga area in Seoul's Jongno-gu District has been named the world's coolest neighborhood. Shown are pojangmacha, or tent-style street food kiosks, along the street at night. (Seoul Tourism O]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-18 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[63% of medical tourism patients say Hallyu made them pick Korea]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=299849]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Korea Health Industry Development Institute on Sept. 17 released the results of a 2025 survey on foreign perceptions of Korean medicine. Shown are medical staff from Asan Medical Center in Seoul l]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-18 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Just Dream project expands supply of food, necessities nationwide]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=299204]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Just Dream site in Chungcheongnam-do Province (Chungnam Provincial Government)

By Jeong Euiseok

Just Dream, a welfare project that provides immediate aid with food and daily necessities without ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-08 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No. of foreign university students surges 75% from 2019-25: study]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=299127]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign students on Feb. 11 pose for a group photo at their spring semester graduation ceremony at Dong-A University's Bumin campus in Busan's Seo-gu District. (Dong-A University)

By Margareth Ther]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-07 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Five national forests added to int'l biodiversity conservation DB]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=298948]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Korea Forest Service (KFS) and the Korea National Arboretum on Sept. 2 said five national recreational forests were officially designated other effective area-based conservation measures in the Wo]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-03 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Agency to supply Korean-language schools abroad with 7,000 books]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=298958]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Overseas Koreans Agency (OKA) Commissioner Kim Kyung-hyup (left) and Kim Seung-su, president of the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea, on Sept. 2 hold copies of a memorandum of understand]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-03 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Relief team goes to flood-stricken Nepal to find, help survivors]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=298869]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Members of the Korea Disaster Relief Team on Sept. 2 board the Republic of Korea Air Force's multipurpose aerial tanker Cygnus (KC-330) at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province, to perform ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-09-02 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No. of births in 2025 hits 254,341, sees 15-year high in growth]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=298549]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Data and Statistics on Aug. 26 said the number of births last year reached 254,341, posting growth for the second consecutive year. Shown is a children's goods section at a department ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-27 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Teacher's tool gauges Korean fluency of multicultural students]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=298476]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[This children's team on May 20 receives the grand prize at the Music & Dance Competition of the 19th Together Day ceremony at the University of Ulsan in Ulsan's Nam-gu District. (19th Together Day's o]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-26 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Atlantic salmon farm in Busan alleviating Korea's import reliance]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=298345]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[These salmon are grown in the fry production facility of Eco Aqua Farm in Busan's Gijang-gun County.

By Charles Audouion
Photos = Eco Aquafarm

Most salmon consumed in Korea is imported, with im]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-25 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No. of Korean-language learners jumps 50% in 5 years to over 190K]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=298298]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Park Insun, an instructor at the King Sejong Institute branch in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, poses for a group photo with her students ahead of the completion ceremony for the practical Korean-]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-24 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA['Right to shade': city gov't pledges protection from heat waves]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=298220]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[A street view (top) of the Guro and Gasan Digital Complex (G-Valley) area in Seoul and an image of the expected "shaded pedestrian zone" under a pilot project. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Yoo ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2026-08-21 00:00:00.0</pubDate>
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