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Korea's Role in Hosting G20 Su...
Among several regular meetings attended by the heads of leading world powers, one prominent gathering is the Group of Seven summit of major industrialized democracies, which later became the Group of Eight when Russia was admitted...

Economy

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Korea's Inclusion into FTSE Developed Markets In...
Starting September 21, the Financial Times Stock Exchange Group, better known as the FTSE, raised the Korean stock market to developed market status from an advanced emerging market. Amid the rising expectations for Korea's inclus...

Society

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Voting Rights for Overseas Koreans
In each presidential election year, overseas Korean communities get into a fuss. Political news stories from Seoul are relayed almost simultaneously to the Korean communities in New York to Los Angeles, where ethnic Koreans are di...

Culture

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Convergence of Bibimbap and IT
A foreign friend of mine, on a visit to Korea, once said, “Koreans are like bibimbap.” Apparently our taste for a dish like bibimbap, consisting of rice mixed with various ingredients, is as intriguing to others as our ...