PM Han, Vietnam agree on 2-way trade of USD 150B by 2030
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (right) on July 2 hosts a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh at Government Complex-Seoul in the capital's Jongno-gu District. (Office for Government Policy Coordination under Prime Minister's Secretariat)
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Exhibition honors 85 Luxembourg soldiers in Korean War
Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Xavier Bettel on July 2 explains the significance of the exhibition "Luxembourg's Volunteers in the Korean War" in remembering his compatriots who took part in the conflict at the...
Ground broken for massive K-pop-centric venue Seoul Arena
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on July 2 said it held a groundbreaking ceremony for the forthcoming K-pop concert facility Seoul Arena in the Chang-dong neighborhood of Seoul's Dobong-gu District. This is an artist's rendition of a bird-eye view of Seoul Arena. (Seoul...
Foreign workers, marriage migrants in Busan to get medical support
Busan Metropolitan Government will provide support for medical expenses for medically underprivileged groups like foreign workers and marriage migrants. Shown is a class on labor law for Cambodian expats in April at Busan Foreign Residents Center in the city's Sasang-gu...
Gyeongju selected to host next year’s APEC Summit
Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, will host next year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. Shown are attendees at the provincial government's office on June 27 taking a group photo after the announcement of the city's designation. (Gyeongju City Hall)
By Hong AngieGyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do...
Next year’s official development assistance eyed at KRW 6.8T
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on June 26 chairs a meeting of the Committee for International Development Cooperation at Government Complex-Seoul in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Office for Government Policy Coordination under Prime Minister's Secretariat)
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Inaugural industry summit with US, Japan held in Washington
The inaugural trilateral summit of industry ministers of Korea, the U.S. and Japan is held on June 26 at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
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Seoul’s mass transit to adopt self-driving buses from July 1
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on June 25 said it will incorporate next month the Seoul Autonomous Bus into the capital's mass transit system. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
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Gov’t to allow more foreign staff, boost biz management
A policy coordination meeting chaired by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on June 20 at Government Complex-Sejong announced measures to improve the management of foreign workers. Shown are tourists on June 17 posing for photos at Gamcheon Culture Village in Busan's Saha-gu...
K-Book Copyright Market to boost sector’s global reach
Domestic publishers on June 24 hold an investor relations session for foreign buyers at this year's K-Book Copyright Market at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul's Songpa-gu District. (Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea)
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KOICA leads Africa’s ICT education revolution from Rwanda
Rwandan Minister of State for Education Claudette Irere (second from left), Ambassador to Rwanda Jeong Woo Jin (third from left) and Kim Jin-Hwa, country director of the KOICA Rwanda Office (second from right), on June 19 take a...
Agency sets up police camera surveillance center in El Salvador
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on June 11 held a ceremony for the completion of the closed-circuit integrated TV surveillance control center at the National Civil Police of El Salvador's 911 Center in the country's capital of San Salvador. Shown...
High-speed rail KTX to see first export via Uzbekistan deal
President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on June 14 sign a joint statement on deepening and comprehensively expanding the special strategic partnership between the two nations at the presidential palace in the Uzbek capital...
G7 should add Korea, Australia as members: US think tank
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...
Seoul named world’s 9th best city for launching startups
Panoramic view of Seoul Bio Hub, a support hub for biomedical startups, in Seoul's Dongdaemun-gu District (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
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Seoul is the world's ninth-best city to launch a startup, with...
Gov’t to help Kyrgyzstan’s EV transition to fight climate crisis
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) President Chang Won Sam (left) and Kyrgyz Minister of Economy and Commerce Daniyar Amangeldiyev on June 7 take a photo after signing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, a record of discussions on a project for electric vehicle conversion by public...
President Yoon leaves for state visits to 3 C. Asian nations
President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) and first lady Kim Keon Hee on Dec. 11, 2023, bid farewell at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province, ahead of his state visit to the Netherlands. (Korea.net)
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Project launched for online training in Korean address system
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety on June 5 held an inception ceremony for the development of the Korean address system and plans for the project with an Ethiopian government branch at the Korean Association of Property Appraisers in Seoul's...
Nation reelected to World Health Organization’s exec board
Korea has been reelected to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board a year after its previous term ended. Shown are participants at this year's World Health Assembly on May 27 in Geneva, Switzerland. (WHO)
Foreign ministers hold talks before Korea-Africa Summit
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul (10th from right in front row) and Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Salem Ould Merzoug (11th from right in front row) on June 2 held a Korea-Africa Summit Foreign Minister's Meeting at the hotel Four Seasons in Seoul's...
