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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety found businesses promoting processed stevia tomatoes as ordinary produce, while separate checks uncovered hygiene breaches and E. coli violations.
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The ministry's second ticket-support round will offer 10,000 won on-site discounts at selected regional cultural halls from Sept. 1 through Nov. 30.
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The government plans supply adjustments after Pyeongrim Dam entered the drought caution stage.
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The ministry will inspect response measures at Miryang and Unmun dams as southern drought raises concerns over water supplies.
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The ministry's second-half blueprint centers on content investment, regional cultural infrastructure and tourism access as it seeks to broaden K-Culture's economic and overseas reach.
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The government will seek residents' views on a draft plan aimed at reducing the burden of national power-grid construction.
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Government initiatives use AI for public-data searches, welfare administration and monitoring medical-narcotics handling.
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The Ministry of Employment and Labor held an Asan event urging workplaces to replace impersonal forms of address with migrant workers' names.
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The Ministry of Health and Welfare has designated 6,363 senior centers, extending operations through Sept. 30.
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The institute said its new freshwater bacteriophage kills strains from eight multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter species and plans a patent registration this year.
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The Ministry of Employment and Labor's annual report shows a drop in retirement mutual-aid enrollment even as total payouts rose and welfare programs reached construction workers.
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The Ministry of the Interior and Safety plans to automate benefit applications, streamline complex administrative requests and extend AI systems across government.
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Minimum site hours will rise to three days weekly in August, while a mobile service targets people with mobility difficulties.
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A new price rule and proposed compulsory insurance reshape two lodging categories.
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The ministry said its affiliated institute identified the first new bristletail species recorded on the Korean Peninsula in 25 years.
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South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety will host the seventh Island Day event in Yeosu from Aug. 6 to 9, with ceremonies, performances and visitor programs.
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The Ministry of Health and Welfare asked Incheon and local leaders nationwide to strengthen an integrated-care system while reviewing early implementation and planning measures to reduce regional gaps.
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The Ministry of Health and Welfare is expanding safety oversight in senior employment programs as 2026 jobs reach a record 1.152 million.
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South Korea's Ministry of Employment and Labor set the 2027 minimum wage at 10,700 won an hour, with the 3.7 percent increase exceeding the prior two annual rises.
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The ministry is pursuing administrative action after big-data-led joint inspections identified reporting and recordkeeping breaches involving medical narcotics.
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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will inspect 173 medical-device products before Chuseok, with failures prompting sales suspensions, recalls, disposal and further action.
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Newly included categories and growth in existing products lifted the market, while adult-diaper supply and wet-wipe production highlighted shifts in demand.
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