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UNESCO Panel to Note Koreans’ Forced Labor Under Japan’s Colonization: Official

SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A UNESCO committee is expected to cite Japan’s wartime brutality of forcing Koreans into harsh labor at some of its newly designated World Heritage sites, a government official here said Monday. UNESCO plans to hold the 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee in Bahrain through next Wednesday. The [...]

Domestic Films Dominate August Box Office

SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Homegrown films dominated the South Korean box office in August while audience amount saw a slight on-year drop, data showed Tuesday. The number of moviegoers last month was 29.88 million, down 0.2 percent from the same month last year, according to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). The August tally [...]