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• KOREA ENCOUNTERSJeong-dong: where foreign missionaries, diplomats, educators found themselves at forefront of Korea's modern history

  One of the best-known areas of Seoul, often visited by tourists, is Deoksu Palace and Seoul Plaza, but few realize the storied importance of the neighborhood behind the palace, k...

  
• Japanese instrumental post-rock band MYY. returns for 2nd Korea tour

  The Japanese instrumental band MYY. is returning for its second Korea tour this weekend.

  
• Seoul gov't aims to attract 1,000 foreign students for tech, science degrees

  The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) aims to attract approximately 1,000 foreign students pursuing master’s or doctoral degrees in science, technology and engineering to unive...

  

Lifestyle

Y2K aesthetics resurface as cultural mainstay

• Yoon credits closer Korea-US ties with helping Buddhist relics return home

  With rare 14th-century Buddhist relics having come home from an American museum, President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday credited tighter Seoul-Washington ties with making the return p...

  
• US military commander in Korea during Gwangju pro-democracy uprising dies

  Gen. John Adams Wickham Jr., the U.S. military commander in Korea during the 1980 Gwangju Democratization Movement has passed away at age 95.

  
• Kimchi meets Pinot noir: James Suckling reinvents wine pairing rules for Korean cuisine

  JEJU - James Suckling, American wine critic with a rock star-like following, visited Korea for the ninth Jeju Food & Wine Festival (JFWF) this week. The critic, fondly given the ...

  

World

'Keep it outside classroom': tough lessons for hijab-wearing Hong Kong graduate seeking work as kindergarten teacher

• US says it was 'unable' to provide Iran assistance after helicopter crash

  The United States on Monday said it had been unable, due largely to logistical reasons, to accept an Iranian request for assistance following a helicopter crash over the weekend ...

  
• Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, supreme leader's protege, dies at 63 in helicopter crash

  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protege of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it e...

  
• Putin holds telephone call with interim Iranian president

  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday held a telephone call with Mohammad Mokhber, Iran's interim head-of-state, hours after he was confirmed in the role following the death...