From donee to donor: Korea to chair IAEA General Assembly
Ambassador to Austria Ham Sang Wook (center), who is also permanent representative to the international organizations in Vienna, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi (left) on Sept. 16 greet each other at the IAEA General...
KCCs in 25 countries to host events for Chuseok holiday
Visitors to the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Ankara, Turkiye (Turkey), on Sept. 30, 2023, play beonadolligi, a traditional game using wooden sticks to spin bowls, treadwheels or basins. (KCC in Turkiye)
By Kim HyelinTwenty-six Korean Cultural...
More people choose to spend Chuseok in their own ways
Cho Yoon-ju (right), chief of Korean Food Grand Master Center, on Sept. 22 last year introduces with models the traditional charye (ancestral rite) table and etiquette in a Chuseok demonstration hosted by the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp. (aT) in Hanok Village of Seoul's...
Billboard ranks BTS 19th-greatest pop star of 21st century
Billboard on Sept. 10 ranked K-pop sensation BTS 19th on the American music magazine's list of the greatest pop stars of the 21st century.
By Xu Aiying
Photos = Billboard's official website
Exchanges of 40M people by 2030 pledged with China, Japan
Korea, China and Japan on Sept. 11 adopted a joint statement at their trilateral summit of tourism ministers in Kobe, Japan, with (from left) Chinese Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Zhang Zheng, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In Chon and...
25% of nation’s intercity buses to run on hydrogen by 2030
Hydrogen-powered buses will account for 25% of the nation's intercity buses by 2030 to expand their use nationwide. (Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Government)
By Yoon Sojung
One in four intercity buses nationwide by 2030 is forecast to run...
Festival to honor Jeju’s famed female divers from Sept. 20-22
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province on Sept. 8 announced its hosting of the 17th Jeju Haenyeo (Female Diver) Festival from Sept. 20-22 at Haenyeo Museum in the town of Gujwa-eup in Jeju City, Jeju Island, and the nearby beach. Shown is...
Int’l forum in Seoul discusses responsible military use of AI
Minister of National Defense Kim Yong Hyun on the morning of Sept. 9 gives a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of the 2024 REAIM (Responsible AI in the Military Domain) Summit at Lotte Hotel in Seoul's Jung-gu District....
Think tank develops eco-friendly uranium extraction tech
The leading researchers of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) who created a green technology to extract high purity uranium of up to 95% from a solution containing several metals are (from left) Oh Maengkyo, Eun Heechul and...
Accord with Japan to protect both nations’ people abroad
President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) on Sept. 6 poses for photos with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of their expanded bilateral summit at the Office of the President in Seoul. (Office of the President)
President gives Chuseok gift sets of traditional alcohol, cosmetics
President Yoon Suk Yeol has given Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) gift sets (shown) to leading figures in each sector. (Office of the President)
By Lee DasomPresident Yoon Suk Yeol has sent gifts of traditional alcoholic beverages and domestic cosmetics for Chuseok...
Training center for content industry opened in Indonesia
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) on Sept. 6 opened a training center in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta to develop content development personnel. Shown is a scene from this year's K-Content Expo...
Talks with NZ seek to upgrade ties to strategic partnership
President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) on Sept. 4 speaks at a bilateral summit with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the Office of the President in Seoul.
By Charles AudouinPhotos = Office of the President
Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1 designated temporary holiday
This year's Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1 has been designated a temporary public holiday. Shown is a street parade in September last year at the Gwanghwamun Square area of Seoul to mark the 75th Armed Forces Day....
Fall night tours of Gyeongbokgung Palace to start on Sept. 11
The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Korea Heritage Service on Sept. 2 announced the schedule of the Gyeongbokgung Palace Night Tour for the second half of the year (Sept. 11 to Oct. 27). Shown is a night view of...
Institute makes world’s 1st wheel that rolls over obstacles
Song Sung-Hyuk (right), a senior researcher at the Advanced Robotics Center of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, and center director Kim Dong Il inspect a wheelchair with the morphing wheels they invented.
By Charles AudouinPhotos = Korea...
Higher cooperation in decarbonization agreed on with IEA
Second Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Choi Nam-ho (left) in February takes a photo at the International Energy Agency's (IEA) ministerial conference with IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol at the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
KDCA highlights mRNA vaccine for COVID-19’s boosted effect
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Sept. 1 said it identified the regulation process of the immune response of an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. Shown is KDCA Commissioner Jee Youngmee on Aug. 28 chairing a meeting of...
4 landmarks in Korea to visit to mark 79th Liberation Day
The Independence Hall of Korea is located in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do Province. (Independence Hall of Korea)
By Yoo Yeon GyeongPhotos = Ministry of Patriots and Veterans AffairsAug. 15 is Liberation Day, or Gwangbokjeol in Korean, a term...
Deal to boost core mineral supply chains with Kyrgyzstan
Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Kim Heesang (left) on Aug. 12 holds talks with Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Economy and Commerce Daniyar Amangeldiev at the sixth meeting of the Korea-Kyrgyz Commission on Economic Cooperation in the Central Asian country's capital of Bishkek....
