North Chungcheong will be working with LG Energy Solution, Chungbuk National University and Cheongju University to offer scholarships to international students coming to study in the province.
North Chungcheong announced Wednesday it will host the 2024 Chungcheongbuk-do Global Job Fair for foreign nationals who wish to get a job in the province.
Prosecutors summoned North Chungcheong Gov. Kim Young-hwan on Wednesday for alleged involvement in a flood disaster in Osong-eup last year that killed 14 people.
Yoon called on the military to pursue "peace through strength," reflecting his administration's view that Seoul must maintain military capabilities powerful enough to deter Pyongyang from starting a war.
North Chungcheong will invite international students to study in areas where it faces a labor shortage, promising E-7 visas and an exemption from submitting proof of bank balances when entering Korea.
Prosecutors on Thursday filed arrest warrants against seven individuals for alleged negligence that they said contributed to 25 casualties in a flash flood that overcame an underpass in Osong-eup in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, in July.
Not a single civil servant in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong, signed up for overseas training sessions amid public criticism over the misuse of such programs in preparation for the 2023 World Scout Jamboree.
Under such circumstances, the government cannot devise effective disaster management measures.
The National Forensic Service conducts an inspection on the underpass in Oseong-eup in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, on Thursday. Some 14 people died after 60,000 tons of water rushed into the tunnel from the nearby Miho River.
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