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 By Kim Young Deok and Yoon SojungVideo = Seongdong-gu District OfficeHigh-tech bus stops that can protect commuters from viruses and fine dust and shelter them from snow and rain have been launched in Seoul for the first time. Seongdong-gu District Office on Aug. 10 said th...

A new test kit that confirms the result of a test for COVID-19 within just 15 minutes is expected to reduce the burden of onsite hospital personnel. The photo above is of hospital staff on June 2 testing samples at a screening clinic in Bupyeong-gu District of Incheon....

Deputy ICT Minister Kim Jeong-won gives a speech on July 23 at the opening ceremony of an artificial intelligence-powered identification and tracking system verification at Nuriggum Square in Seoul's Mapo-gu District. (Ministry of Science and ICT)By Lee Kyoung Mi and Le...

Korea's first military communications satellite Anasis-II on July 20 is carried on the rocket Falcon-9 and launched at 5:30 p.m. in Florida at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (Screen capture from Space X YouTube)By Kim Young Deok and Lee JihaeKorea's first military co...

President Moon Jae-in and seven other world leaders said in an op-ed in The Washington Post posted on July 15 that the world must guarantee equal, global access to a COVID-19 vaccine. (Screen shot from Washington Post)By Lee HanaPresident Moon Jae-in and seven other wor...

President Moon Jae-in on July 14 gives a speech on his proposed Korean New Deal at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)By Lee HanaThe Korean New Deal plan unveiled by President Moon Jae-in on July 14 is an initiative anchored in part by an eco-friendly strategy of changing Korea from a c...

President Moon Jae-in on July 14 announces the specifics of the Korean New Deal in a national reporting meeting at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)By Kim Young Deok and Lee JihaePresident Moon Jae-in on July 14 announced the specifics of the Digital New Deal, part...

President Moon Jae-in on July 14 speaks to a national reporting event for the Korean New Deal at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee JihaePresident Moon Jae-in on July 14 called his proposed Korean New Deal "a declaration of the Republic of Korea’s grea...

President Moon Jae-in on June 30 holds a summit via videoconferencing with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)By Lee HanaPresident Moon Jae-in on June 30 held a summit via videoconferencing wi...

President Moon Jae-in on June 29 chairs a meeting of his senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)By Xu Aiying and Lee JihaePresident Moon Jae-in on June 29 said, "We must go beyond defensive responses in the face of a crisis. We must shift to a more proac...