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FINDING THE SCENE 2Busan's top 6 favorite live music venues

• Royal Asiatic Society members visit RAS Korea for lecture on Silk Roads

  Two members of the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) of Great Britain and Ireland are in Korea this week to give a lecture for Asian studies enthusiasts in Seoul.

  
• 97% of SNU med professors wish to 'stand by patients': poll

  A majority of medical school professors at Seoul National University (SNU) said they wanted to 'stand by' their patients but stressed the need to ease excessive workload, a poll ...

  
• Police investigate immigration official's role in expulsion of Uzbek students

  An official at the Korea Immigration Service is under investigation for his alleged involvement in the forced repatriation of Uzbek students studying at Hanshin University that o...

  

Lifestyle

K-Royal Culture Festival offers journey back in time at Gyeongbok Palace

• Chinese tourists opt for visa-free destinations, weak yen as Korea's appeal wanes

  During China's Golden Week holiday, Korea is expected to see a decline in Chinese tourist numbers compared to pre-pandemic levels, travel agents said, as Chinese holidaymakers ar...

  
• Park No-hae's 'Dawn of Labor' published in English in US

  The English version of 'Dawn of Labor,' the iconic poetry collection by Korean poet Park No-hae, has been published in the United States by the University of Hawaii Press, publis...

  
• Daehan Cinema to close its doors in September, 66 years after opening

  Daehan Cinema, once a prominent theater in downtown Seoul, will close its doors in September, marking the end of 66 years of operation.

  

World

Myanmar junta bans men from applying to work abroad

• Frank Stella, artist renowned for blurring lines between painting and sculpture, dies at 87

  Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works are hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements, died Satu...

  
• Russia puts Ukraine's Zelenskyy on wanted list, TASS reports

  Russia has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and put him on a wanted list, the country's state news agency TASS reported Saturday, citing th...

  
• Houston braces for flooding to worsen in wake of storms

  High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston, Saturday, following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing hundreds of people from homes, rooftops and roads e...