Culture ministry, YouTube discuss stronger cooperation on K-content growth
The culture ministry and YouTube discussed cooperation to support Korean creators and the new-media video-content industry.
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Life & Safety
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Climate, Energy and Environment Ministry announces partnership to upgrade urban flood forecasts
The agreement will pair the Han River Flood Control Office's operating expertise with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information's artificial intelligence and high-performance computing capabilities.
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Interior ministry issues August drought warnings for 48 localities
August drought alert identifies conditions nationwide and details water-supply measures focused on the south.
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Food and drug safety ministry trains Asian food regulators
The program pairs policy training and site visits with an action-plan module and an export-focused roundtable for Korean food companies.
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Food and drug safety ministry to hold September patent-linkage training
The food and drug safety ministry will offer general and advanced courses in Seoul for pharmaceutical-company staff on Sept. 2-3.
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Culture ministry holds Dream Festival camps for children and adolescents
The culture ministry has recast its Dream Festival as genre-specific camps, beginning with an 800-member orchestra and dance gathering in Pyeongchang.
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Climate, Energy and Environment Ministry plans campaign to cut heat-wave energy waste
The ministry will promote energy-saving practices in 26 shopping districts, and a nationwide lights-out event is planned as higher summer power demand is expected.
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Labor ministry announces 274 hires at Geunro Bokji Gongdan
Geunro Bokji Gongdan will make its biggest intake in three years to support insurance-system changes and expand services for vulnerable workers.
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Interior ministry steps up heat-wave protections for vulnerable groups
South Korea's interior ministry convened agencies and local governments to reinforce heat-wave safeguards for older farmers, outdoor workers and other vulnerable people.
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Labor ministry orders expansion of shared rest areas at Gimpo Airport
The labor ministry ordered a joint plan for rest facilities after finding that existing spaces could be too remote or small for airport ground handlers.
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South Korea's interior ministry inspects heat risks for foreign seasonal farm workers
Kim Gwang-yong's visit to Yesan followed deaths of foreign workers in extreme heat and included checks of livestock safeguards.
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South Korea checks heatwave risks at worksites
South Korea is checking rest rules, farm cooling and power-saving measures.
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Culture ministry launches global Facts About Korea volunteer group
A 40-member ministry volunteer group will report inaccurate overseas information about South Korea and promote accurate information and K-content for five months.
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Labor ministry and Incheon declare drive against manhole deaths
The labor ministry and Incheon city have adopted a joint declaration to prevent fatal suffocation accidents in public-sector confined-space work.
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Korea extends startup support to the market
Agencies are extending programmes from university founders and public patents to market tests, approvals, investment and sales.
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Health ministry designates 6,363 senior centers as heatwave hubs
The health ministry is extending operating hours at designated senior centers through September.
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Environment ministry reports spoonbill breeding range reaches south coast
South Korea's black-faced spoonbill breeding population gained about 700 pairs from a year earlier, while a nationwide survey found its first breeding site on the south coast.
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Labor ministry announces construction training partnership for vulnerable groups
A three-way partnership will pair living-space improvements for vulnerable groups with construction training, field placements and job links for young people in self-sufficiency programs.
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Environment ministry announces island cleanup expansion for summer debris
The environment ministry said the Korea National Park Service will extend a resident-led marine-debris cleanup effort to 94 locations on 22 national-park islands in preparation for heavier summer waste inflows.
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Labor ministry reports completion of mentoring for guardians of disabled students
The Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities' online mentoring program drew 1,700 applicants and logged 2,006 cumulative views.
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Interior ministry sets 2026 Ulchi exercise for Aug. 18-21
The four-day nationwide emergency-readiness exercise will include infrastructure and cyber-defense scenarios, with about 4,000 organizations and 580,000 people expected to participate.
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Ministry of Food and Drug Safety permits dual-form vitamins
Updated manufacturing standards permit over-the-counter vitamin products that package liquids and tablets together, aiming to widen consumer choice.
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National park agency to release 28 endangered foxes in Sobaeksan
The ministry's national park agency will use gradual release and tracking for 28 captive-bred foxes in the Sobaeksan National Park area.
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Labor Ministry safety guide for manhole work
The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency plans to distribute a manhole-work safety guide to 224 local governments and public institutions.
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Ministry of Health and Welfare unveils AI healthcare plan
The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans AI pilots, a national healthcare platform and expanded health-data access to narrow regional care gaps.
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Ministry of Employment and Labor announces digital labor seminar with Uzbekistan
The Korea Labor Foundation convened Uzbek officials to discuss AI-enabled labor administration, inspection capacity and training cooperation.
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Ministry of the Interior and Safety starts online child-record certificate service
Parents will be able to obtain minor children's entry-and-exit record certificates through Government24 from Aug. 7, without visiting administrative offices.
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Ministry of Health and Welfare unveils AI healthcare strategy
South Korea plans to expand AI-assisted care from local health centers to emergency and public hospitals under a strategy adopted Thursday.
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Ministries address heat risks for workers and vulnerable people
Government measures include checks on vulnerable people and workplace safeguards.
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Three deliberation agendas set for 2026
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety says deliberations on AI, jobs and everyday policy issues will feed into recommendations by year-end.
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