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1. Total cost for Gyeongbokgung Palace wall restoration could amount to 100 million won 2. Chinese astronauts enjoy an abundant meal prepared with space-grown veggies to greet new year 3. American teen becomes first to beat 'unbeatable' Tetris – by breaking it

1. Everland's 6-month-old twin pandas make public debut today 2. Taylor Swift breaks Elvis Presley’s record for most weeks at No 1 on US album chart 3. Seoul to get Climate Cards, river buses, hot-air balloon in 2024

1. Visiting pop-up stores become regular pastime for young Korean consumers 2. French news channel comes under criticism after airing erroneous S. Korean flag reminiscent of Japanese flag 3. Kevin Oh quietly begins his mandatory military service

1. “Higher wages” tops workers' New Year wishes 2. Retail companies embrace Year of the Dragon with dragon-themed marketing campaigns 3. Discarded oyster shells transform into safe school walking paths

The most-searched keywords for 2023: TV shows, movie titles, and sport

1. Korail to open online and phone reservations for Lunar New Year train tickets from January 8 2. First sunrise of 2024 to be visible in most regions of S.Korea except for the east coast and Jeju island 3. Chilly winter days lead to an uptick in low-temperature burns

1. Actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead amid investigation into drug use allegations 2. Israeli Embassy in Seoul removes footage depicting hypothetical Hamas attack on S. Korea 3. Chungju city "PR man" promoted from 9th to 6th grade in just 7 years

1. 500 won restaurant: nourishing children with dignity and community support 2. Seoul subway to receive first new map in 40 years

1. More strollers sold for pet companions than infants 2. G-Dragon donates 300 million won to create foundation to fight drug abuse 3. Tourists beware: unlicensed artists in Paris' famed Montmartre rip off tourists with sub-par portraits

1. WHAM!’s ‘Last Christmas’ finally reaches Christmas No. 1, 39 years after release 2. Here’s how to track Santa around the world today, in real time 3. In this village in Germany, children’s letters to Santa get a reply from angels

1. Report shows daily commute in greater Seoul takes 83 minutes on average 2. New study shows the practice of fact-checking fake news is making some people believe it 3. Actors Lee Byung Hun and Lee Min Jung welcome home a baby girl

1. Suzy in hanbok to light up Times Square on Christmas Eve 2. Cannabis cultivation game on app market raises concerns, exposes oversight in game regulation 3. Lee Myung-Hee’s Seoul mansion tops standard single-family home value for 9th consecutive year

1. Attrakt sues three former FIFTY FIFTY members for a hefty 130 billion KRW 2. Chaos at a self-service store in Wonju: vandal caught on CCTV, and a surprising act of kindness follows 3. Couple miss out on $232 million fortune due to banking oversight

1. NewJeans to perform at ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ 2. “Neighborhood Bathhouse” magazine chronicles Korea’s bathing culture 3. A bizarre “woke” row erupts after a Miss France contestant with a pixie cut wins the pageant

1. Police investigate after Gyeongbokgung walls vandalized, experts begin removing spray paint from palace walls 2. KTX train window shatters in cold snap, no injuries reported 3. Seoul City merchandise sells out

1. NYT names Korean dweji gomtang a top New York City dish of 2023 2. BTS hits no. 1 on iTunes, but they didn’t release anything new 3. 36th polar bear festival takes over Haeundae Beach this weekend

1. Ban on wild animal cafes to take effect starting today 2. Foreigners choose to use Korean proper nouns for Korean food names over translated equivalents 3. Tanghulu store caught dumping sugar syrup into nearby gutter

1. Bibimbap was the most searched recipe on Google this year 2. Bonghwa County ready to welcome visitors to its very own Santa Village this Christmas 3. Blind app marks 10 years of enhancing anonymous professional conversations

1. Apps that use AI to undress women in photos soaring in use 2. Ateez soars to No. 1 on Billboard main albums chart 3. All BTS members begin military service

1. The four-character idiom to sum of 2023 is '견리망의': 'forgetting Righteousness in Pursuit of Profit'" 2. Busan fish cake shop visited by business leaders sees '1 billion won promotional effect' 3. Thousands of tons of dead sardines wash ashore in northern Japan

1. ‘12.12: The Day’ sparks smartwatch challenge trend 2. Seoul launches free Arisu vending machines to provide clean water for the homeless 3. 5G WiFi now available on all intra-city buses in South Korea 4. Police in China fine woman for riding electric suitcase down busy Shanghai street

1. NYT picks President Yoon, NewJeans among 71 'most stylish' people of 2023 2. Blackpink sign new contract ensuring K-pop group will stay together 3. A boy badly burned in Russian attack slowly returns to life in his native Ukraine

1. National Theater of Korea's 50th year to close with 'Song of King Sejong' 2. Army barracks turned upside down by early morning disaster alert 3. A woman gave her number to a man sitting at the next table while she was on a blind date. Yay or nay?

1. Korean ballerina Park Sae-eun receives French order of merit 2. A series of iphone fires spook users 3. Oxford University Press has named 'rizz' as its word of the year

1. Seoul set to become first in the world to operate self-driving nighttime buses 2. Harvard University to offer "Taylor Swift and Her World" course 3. Ai Bao and her adorable twin cubs make TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2023