Health ministry selects 24,145 young adults for 2026 savings account
South Korea's health ministry finalized 24,145 participants for its youth asset-building program.
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Health ministry, journalists discuss balanced mental health coverage
The health ministry, the Journalists Association of Korea and the National Center for Mental Health Welfare held a symposium on the media's role in mental health reporting.
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Interior ministry builds AI services to help small businesses and rural newcomers
The interior ministry is working with Gangwon and North Gyeongsang Province on AI services that will connect small business owners and new residents with the information they need, starting late this year.
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Korea's national parks offer 22 free guided programs in October
The National Park Service will run 22 specialist-led interpretation programs across 16 park offices and eco-tourism centers for the full month of October, free of charge.
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Labor ministry affiliate, suicide prevention foundation sign deal on worker safety net
The Labor-Management Development Foundation and the Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention will link mid-career job centers and suicide prevention centers in both directions to reach at-risk workers earlier.
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Interior ministry opens Korean pavilion at Tokyo safety expo for third year
Twenty-three Korean disaster safety companies will exhibit at RISCON Tokyo 2026, backed by the interior ministry and three local governments.
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Labor ministry opens three-day public-sector labor relations course
The Korea Employment and Labor Education Institute will run its second public-institution labor relations program from Sept. 30, drawing on domestic and overseas cases and legal disputes.
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Interior ministry to brief local officials on resident participation rules
The interior ministry will hold a workshop for local government officials on Sept. 29 to explain pending revisions to recall and ordinance-initiative laws and to gather feedback from the field.
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Labor ministry opens applications for construction workers' student scholarships
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association will select 150 construction workers or their children for 2 million won each, with applications open through Oct. 23.
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Interior ministry sends AI delegation to Romania, Georgia
South Korea's interior ministry is dispatching an AI government delegation to two Black Sea Economic Cooperation members to share digital-government policy and lay groundwork for Korean firms abroad.
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Labor ministry launches monthlong roof, solar site safety crackdown
The Ministry of Employment and Labor issued a fall-season fall-prevention alert and will run intensive inspections of roof repair and solar installation sites from Sept. 28 to Oct. 27.
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Environment ministry signs Sejong sewage-heat energy pact
The environment ministry, Sejong city and Korea District Heating Corp. agreed to recover waste heat and biogas from the Sejong Water Quality Restoration Center A.
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Korea opens K-beauty stores in Milan, Stuttgart and Paris
The health ministry is opening pop-up and flagship retail spaces in three European cities to help small Korean cosmetics brands build distribution networks abroad.
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Health ministry picks 120 clinics for community primary care pilot
The health ministry selected 120 clinics from 674 applicants for a three-year pilot that pays integrated fees for preventive care, chronic disease management and community care links.
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Health ministry launches task force to audit 80 welfare programmes
The new body will examine whether the median-income benchmark used by 80 welfare programmes leaves gaps or overlaps, with the first deputy minister calling it an exercise in looking past ministry boundaries.
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Labor ministry backs new four-year degree track for apprentices
The Human Resources Development Service of Korea selected four universities for a 2027 program that lets vocational high school graduates earn four-year degrees without transferring from junior college.
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Korea welcomes record 15.05 million visitors through August
South Korea's culture ministry says cumulative foreign arrivals passed 15 million in August for the first time, with card spending by tourists up 48.5 percent.
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Korea's food and drug safety ministry warns methylphenidate is not a study drug
The food and drug safety ministry and two other departments released a YouTube shorts campaign on the proper use of the ADHD medicine, as regulators blocked 1,733 illegal online listings this year.
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Interior minister signs social economy pacts with Spain, Senegal
Yoon Ho-joong used a UN high-level meeting in New York to share Korea's social solidarity economy policies and signed cooperation agreements with Spain and Senegal.
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Environment ministry to inspect electrical safety at 500 workplaces
The environment ministry will check whether facilities that pose a high risk to life and property have appointed electrical safety managers and kept up with regular inspections.
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Labor ministry opens week of regional job events for older workers
The Ministry of Employment and Labor is holding its 21st Middle-Aged Employment Emphasis Week from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, with job fairs, career counseling and training tied to local industries.
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Korea completes first megawatt-scale solar plant in Tajikistan
The environment ministry said the high-altitude project, carried out with the World Bank and the European Union, marks the first megawatt-class solar installation in Tajikistan and a proving ground for Korean modules and storage systems.
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Interior ministry opens contest for AI-built disaster safety tools
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety is accepting applications until Nov. 10 for a competition recognizing civil servants who built and deployed their own AI-based disaster safety tools.
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Interior ministry to invest 940 billion won in AI disaster response
South Korea will put 940 billion won into 50 projects through 2030 to shift its disaster management from response to AI-driven preparation.
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Korea, Mexico sign culture MOU, add tourism pact
South Korea's culture ministry and Mexico's culture ministry agreed to widen cooperation beyond film and publishing to creative industries, the arts and joint production, with a working group to follow.
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Interior ministry shifts escalator policy to safety culture over standing rules
The government will abandon mandatory two-line standing campaigns in favor of promoting three core safety habits and improving facility conditions following public feedback.
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Interior minister visits police and fire stations ahead of Chuseok
Yoon Ho-joong inspected safety measures for the elderly and holiday security in eastern Seoul while urging officers to restore public trust.
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Health ministry launches AI pilot to streamline welfare checks
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will begin a three-month regular verification survey for social security benefits in October, introducing artificial intelligence tools to reduce administrative burdens.
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Interior ministry seeks public input on life safety decree
The proposed enforcement rules expand the definition of accidents and victims while establishing independent investigation bodies for major disasters.
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Health ministry vice minister visits Sejong child protection center
Hyun Su-yeop visited the facility to hear frontline concerns and pledge improvements ahead of the Chuseok holiday.
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