Gangwon saw a 20 percent on-year increase in overseas tourists in 2024, the provincial government said in a press release Wednesday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol pledged full support for the “rapid development” of North Jeolla as it gained the status of a special self-governing province on Thursday.
A drone soccer match, using rules and technology developed in Jeonju, North Jeolla, was demonstrated at CES 2024 in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
An investor relations event hosted by the province of Gangwon was held at its community hall located in Mapo District, western Seoul on Tuesday. Around 100 people including Gangwon Governor Kim Jin-tae attended the event.
North Korea is likely to ramp up production of munitions after shipping thousands of containers full of suspected artillery ammunition and weapons to Russia, according to an expert interviewed by the JoongAng Ilbo.
Frequent ship movements captured by satellite photos of a port in North Korea this past month suggest an increase in shipments from the North to Russia that the U.S. government says contain weapons deliveries.
Officials from local governments and related agencies traveled abroad 99 times, including for cruise trips, over the past eight years purportedly to prepare for the ongoing 25th World Scout Jamboree.
President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a ceremony on Friday marking Gangwon's new status as a special self-governing province, which he said would empower the region to cut red tape and develop its local industries.
North Korean IT workers working for Pyongyang collectively made between $600 million and $1 billion in the past year through both cybercrime and foreign employment contracts, according to the U.S. State Department.
The suspects are accused of making explicit materials that involve master-slave roleplaying. The investigation team found 4,352 unreported pieces of child porn, bringing the victim count to 45.
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