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According to the Sydney Korean Education Institute, more than 9,500 students are currently learning Korean at 68 schools in Australia, an increase of nearly 1,000 over the past 10 years. At the King Sejong Institute at the Korean Cultural Centre in Sydney, a total of 430 people have registered as of the first semester of 2024, which is 5 times more than what it was in 2011, when the Korean language course was first opened. 

Australia and Korea have vastly different cafe cultures. In Korea, cafes play a central role not only in coffee but also in culture, serving as a hub for social gatherings, work, study and relaxation. While in Australia, cafes are a place to drink coffee rather than a place to spend hours at.

South Korean whiskey producers are actively exploring new import markets, particularly in Australia. In response, Australian whiskey has gained traction in South Korea, with its import value soaring from $4,000 in 2021 to $139,000 in 2023.

According to the Korea Tourism Organization, in 2023, Korea experienced a significant rebound in foreign tourism, surpassing 11 million visitors, equivalent to 63% of pre-COVID levels.

South Korea and Australia have committed to advancing the procedures for cross-border carbon dioxide transport, facilitating the progress of their bilateral carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. 

SK E&S announced a partnership with Australia to produce blue hydrogen utilising LNG and CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) technology.

S-Oil is now recycling spent cooking oil, palm oil byproducts, waste plastic-based pyrolysis oil, and other bio-based feedstocks to increase the number of low-carbon fuels and environmentally friendly chemical products it produces.

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has successfully tested wireless power transmission across a distance of 1.81 kilometres in space, surpassing the 1.5 kilometres set by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the greatest distance to date.

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A.SINGLE.PIECE is a newly opened contemporary art gallery in Surry Hills, Sydney focusing on Asian art, particularly Korean.