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Reporters, editor honored at Foreign Language Newspapers Association awards

The Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea recognized reporters and an editor for their work in foreign language media in Korea during its ninth anniversary event held on Tuesday at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul.

2024-07-09

Foreign Language Newspapers Association elects Herald chief as chairperson

The Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea elected Choi Jin-young, president of the Herald Media Group, as its eighth chairperson at its recent executive directors meeting.

2024-05-13

Real-time translation kiosk begins service at Myeong-dong Station

Seoul Metro implemented a real-time multilingual communication system at Myeong-dong Station on Line 4, facilitating simultaneous conversations between foreign tourists and subway station personnel in their native languages.

2023-12-04

Korean language bill aims to encourage restaurants, cafes to use hangul

A bill is being drafted to recommend cafes and restaurants to include hangul, the Korean alphabet, in their menus. Rep. Cho Myung-hee of the People Power Party and nine other lawmakers on July 11 drafted an amendment to the Framework Act on ...

2023-08-02

'Pachinko' wins Best Foreign Language Series at Critics Choice Awards

“Pachinko” won the award for Best Foreign Language Series at the 28th Critics Choice Awards Sunday local time. At the awards ceremony held by the Critics Choice Association in Los Angeles on Sunday...

2023-01-16

Director Park Chan-wook leaves Golden Globes empty handed

Director Park Chan-wook's "Decision to Leave" did not take home the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in the Non-English Language category, with the award instead going to "Argentina, 1985" during the 80th event held in Beverly Hills...

2023-01-11

Education minister offers resignation after backlash to policies

Education Minister Park Soon-ae announced her resignation late Monday afternoon, ending a short tenure that will be remembered for her least popular policy proposal, sending kids to school at the age of five.

2022-08-08

Threat to foreign language high schools roils parents

The Ministry of Education has once again found itself in the crosshairs after suggesting that so-called foreign language high schools could be entirely scrapped.

2022-08-07

Korea Times president elected as FNA chair

The Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea (FNA) elected Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin as its seventh chairman at its meeting of executive directors on Feb. 25. Oh's term runs a year.

2022-02-28

Outstanding journalists

Recipients of the Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea's (FNA) award for outstanding journalists pose for a commemorative photo on Monday in a ceremony marking the organization's sixth anniversary at the Korea Press Center.

2021-07-05