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Wang Liqun is a Chinese doctoral student at Pai Chai University in Daejeon who won the Hoseo Literature Award last year for four poems including ”Sleep.” By Kang Gahui and Kim Minji  Photos = Kim Sunjoo "There is someone else within me Someone who is apparently a spy spreading my secrets One...

Interviewing leaders | #1. Gangwon-do Province Balanced national development is the government's key challenge in the government's drive to solving issues Korea faces such as low economic growth, wealth polarization, the low birth rate, and developmental and economic disparity in the provinces. President Moon Jae-in said...

First lady Kim Jung-sook on Aug. 12 washes household goods covered in mud in the village of Igil-ri of Dongsong-eup Town, Cheorwon-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, a region hit hard by flooding due to torrential rain.   By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae Photos = Cheong Wa Dae With restoration efforts in full...

The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's leading newspaper, on April 2 posted a contribution from a Japanese woman saying kimchi originated from Korea. (Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp.) By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Minji A Japanese woman has contributed an article to her nation's leading daily Yomiuri Shimbun saying kimchi...

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on April 1 holds a meeting of the Central Disease Control Headquarters on responding to COVID-19 at Government Complex-Seoul. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) By Sarah Oqelee and Lee Jihae Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on April 1 announced the country's adoption of a "vaccine passport" containing a...

The Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies on June 12 released the report "Bending the Architecture: Reimagining the G7 (Group of Seven economies)" that recommended adding Korea and Australia to the group. Pictured are the leaders of...

The daily sports participation rate of disabled people last year was 35.2%, the highest since the statistic was first measured in 2007. Shown is Choi Yong Beom, a national Paralympic canoeist, on Sept. 7, 2024, paddling in the men's...

Cosmetics exports last year set a record-high KRW 11.4 billion. Shown are visitors on Aug. 28, 2025, receiving explanations on beauty products at the Seoul Beauty Week held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Lee Jeongwoo)

Image of Korail Pass Plus (Korail) By Koh Hyunjeong The Korea Railroad Corp. (Korail) has launched the Korail Pass Plus exclusively for foreign travelers to use on the bullet train KTX, subways and...