Celebratory event marks 12th annual Taekwondo Day
A celebratory event to mark the 12th annual Taekwondo Day is held on Sept. 4 at Taekwondowon, a taekwondo venue and park in Muju-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Kim Hwaya
A celebratory event to mark the 12th annual Taekwondo Day on...
Korea shares DNA tech with 12 African countries
Participants from 12 member countries of the Korea-Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative learn about how genetic resources are managed, at the Rural Development Administration's Genebank Information Center on April 20. (Rural Development Administration)
By Kim Young Deok and Sohn JiAe
Korea is sharing its skills...
Korea, 5 Asian countries share silk worm knowhow
Korea and five Asian countries have shared their knowhow and expertise in sericulture technology and have discussed measures to boost cooperation. Sericulture is the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk.
The Rural Development Administration (RDA) provided a training workshop on sericulture...
Visiting the Korea Pavilion at the Philippine Travel Tour Expo
There’s no more excuse to not visit Korea, as you don’t have to wait for a midnight seat sale!
The Korea Pavilion at the recent Philippine Travel Tour Expo, held at the SMX Convention Center, gave a glimpse of what Korea might offer to its...
Korea, Indonesia share ecotourism knowledge
Participants in the invitational educational program learn about forest recreation at an ecotourism school in Hoengseong, Gangwon-do Province, on Oct. 14.
Korea and Indonesia are sharing their knowledge about forest recreational activities and ecotourism.
The Korea Forest Service is running its third invitational educational program on...
Hanbok in Ottomans lands
By Korea.net Honorary Reporters Salwa Elzeny and Esraa Elzeny
Photos = Korea.net DB
Video = KBS World YouTube channel
The famous fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, the head creative director at the fashion house Chanel, once said, “Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.”
With the development of...
President Moon meets ILO director-general, Russian federal security director
President Moon Jae-in (right) meets with Director-General Guy Ryder of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to discuss his new administration's labor policies, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 4.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in held a meeting with Director-General Guy Ryder of...
Cosmetics exports hit KRW 10T for 2nd straight year
Cosmetics exports last year broke the KRW 10 trillion mark for the second consecutive year. Shown is a cosmetics store in Seoul's shopping-centric Myeong-dong neighborhood. (Korea Tourism Organization)
By Cao Thi Ha
Cosmetics exports last...
President Moon meets South Korean art troupe for Pyeongyang
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook talk with members of a South Korean art troupe that performed in Pyeongyang last month, during a luncheon at Cheong Wa Dae on May 11.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in met with a South...
Installation of hydrogen stations in Seoul announced under ‘regulatory sandbox’ initiative
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yunmo (center) on Feb. 11 attends the first meeting of a committee for reviewing regulatory exemptions for new business models at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul.
By Park Gil-ja and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Ministry of Trade,...
Acting President orders tighter security
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn requested government authorities to tighten security on ministries and national infrastructure such as banks, transportation, broadcasting and energy services during the Cabinet meeting held at the Government Complex-Seoul on Dec. 13.
“The cyber war is already on and...
Korea shares electoral, criminal justice systems
"We weren't aware that Korea used computer systems to process its National Assembly elections. It's quite amazing."
On Nov. 30, the Ministry of the Interior invited people from diplomatic missions in Korea to the sixth Good Governance session, held at the National Election Commission (NEC)....
Korea, Vietnam trade continues to grow, expand
As President Moon Jae-in visits Vietnam, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Ungyu (right) and Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh sign a memorandum of understanding covering bilateral trade that’s expected to be worth some USD 100 billion by...
Korean, Thai foreign ministers talk in Seoul
Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai (left) and his Korean counterpart, Minister Kang Kyung-wha, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on May 17. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Kim Young Shin
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha held a meeting with the Thai foreign minister, Don Pramudwinai,...
Gwangju, Hyundai Motor finalize deal on innovative job project
President Moon Jae-in (center) on Jan. 31 expresses his congratulations at Gwangju City Hall, where the municipal government and Hyundai Motor Company held a ceremony for signing their deal finalizing the Gwangju job project. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Sojung
The Gwangju city government and Hyundai...
Experts urge expansion, continuation of New Southern Policy
Some 150 Indian and ASEAN experts, including Chairman Sunjoy Joshi of the Observer Research Foundation (third from left) and former Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Ong Keng Yong (third from right), attend an international conference on Korea’s New Southern Policy,...
Mexican veteran ‘never regretted’ participating in Korean War
By Yoon Sojung and Anais Faure
Photos = Jeon Han
Video = Lee Jun Young
Seoul | June 28, 2022
Antonio Lozano Bustos, a Mexican veteran of the Korean War, on June 28 recalled his experience in the conflict.
"Winter in Korea was hard to bear and sometimes the cold was our worst enemy,"...
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....
Kwon wins Korea’s first ATP Tour tennis title in 18 years
Kwon Soon-woo (24, Dangjin City Hall) on Sept. 26 won his first title in an event of the Association of Tennis Players Tour, the Astana Open in Kazakhstan. (Dangjin City Hall)
Korea.net · Kwon wins Korea's first ATP Tour tennis title in 18 years
By Kim Yeojin and Yoon Hee Young
Kwon Soon-woo (24, Dangjin City...
Experience Japan with ‘culture discovery boxes’
A press briefing is held to introduce the new Culture Discovery Box focusing on Japan, at the National Folk Museum of Korea in Seoul on Dec. 5. Curator Gu Min Gyeong explains the randoseru (란도셀, ランドセル), a backpack used by Japanese elementary school students.
The...
