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34 notes and counting. A new one appears when the research is solid or a family day feels worth keeping.
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Guide
Korea Sets Aside Four In Five University Seats Before Its Famous Exam
Why Korea's famous November exam decides only a fifth of university seats: how the September susi round, the six-application limit and the acceptan...
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Korea's Blue Crab Has Two Seasons, And The Law Sits Between Them
Why Korean markets sell two different blue crab seasons, what the summer closed season protects, how to tell a male from a female, and the 6.4 cm s...
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Rural Korea's Food Deserts and the Trucks That Serve Them
Korea's rural food deserts explained: why 73.5% of rural villages have no food shop, and how mobile grocery trucks in Okcheon and Jangsu answer it.
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Korea Publishes Two Peak Foliage Dates, Measured Two Different Ways
Why Korea’s weather service and forest service announce different peak foliage dates, what the 20, 50 and 80 percent rules mean, and how to plan a ...
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Why New Korean Bank Accounts Start With Tiny Limits
Korea's limited transaction accounts explained: the daily caps on new bank accounts, why they exist, the documents that lift them, and the 20-busin...
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Why Korea's National Treasures Lost Their Numbers
How Korea's heritage labels work now: what Treasure and National Treasure mean, why the numbers were abolished in 2021, and how the 2024 reframing ...
