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Kongju National University to establish new program for international students

The school's Division of Global Korean Studies will bring in 50 students for the 2027 academic year, with a curriculum focused not only on language and culture but also career-oriented training.

2026.7.2

Screen capture of the search results for ″day trips″ in Korea, which features thumbnails of clips where people go on solo trips to different cities [SCREEN CAPTURE]

[WEEKEND GETAWAY] Got a day to kill? Here are four quick excursion destinations to visit before summer arrives.

If you are willing to follow the trend of visiting places alone and enjoying a day out alone or with close ones, here are the four cities apt for a day trip before the summer humidity arrives.

2025.5.30

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President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the opening ceremony of the Great Baekje Festival held in Gongju, South Chungcheong, on Saturday. Few hours earlier he arrived from New York where he attended the UN General Assembly since Monday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Yoon visits dad's hometown after return from New York

Yoon Suk Yeol traveled to Gongju on a helicopter that was waiting at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, where Air Force One landed to attend the opening ceremony of the Great Baekje Festival. He had bilateral meetings with nearly 50 countries.

2023.9.24

A street in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, is filled with visitors on June 4. [YONHAP]

[WHY] Why do young people keep flocking to overcrowded Seoul?

Many people, especially younger people, eagerly move to the capital city in the hopes of having a better job and lifestyle. But many others say this is not a choice, but the only path for survival.

2023.9.9

Creative Director Cheon J-vak of A Collective Grain in Gongju, South Chungcheong [PARK SANG-MOON]

[RURAL FOOD REIMAGINED] Couple sheds light on Korea's heirloom grains in Gongju

GONGJU, South Chungcheong — How much beans and barley would you be willing to allow into your cup of iced americano or a piece of brownie? Korean cuisine is heavily reliant on grains. An average Korean consumes 66 kilograms (145.5 pounds) of ...

2023.8.8

Executives from Posco Chemical and OCI pose for a photo during the groundbreaking ceremony of a pitch plant in Gongju, South Chungcheong, on Wednesday. [POSCO CHEMICAL]

Posco Chemical, OCI begin construction of pitch production plant

Posco Chemical, together with chemical company OCI, began the construction of a plant to produce pitch, a key coating material used in secondary batteries. P&O Chemical, the joint venture between Posco Chemical and OCI, held a groundbreaking...

2022.9.21

Gongju drink night

Gongju, South Chungcheong, holds the Gongju Sanseong Market Drink Night in the Gongju Sanseong Market Cultural Park until Oct. 29, the city announced Wednesday.

2022.6.8

Gongsanseong fortress in Gongju, South Chungcheong, is one of eight historic sites included in the 'Baekje Historic Areas,' which was inscribed on Unesco in 2015. [PARK JONG-KEUN]

Korea's lesser-known Baekje era finally comes into focus

Baekje (18 B.C. to A.D. 660) is one of the lesser-known eras from Korea's Three Kingdoms Period (57 B.C. to A.D. 668). Compared to Goguryeo that secured a vast territory and Silla, which left behind a large volume of documents as a result ...

2021.8.17