President Moon addresses major public concerns
President Moon Jae-in speaks to the nation about his government’s new policies, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 20. He is speaking alongside ministers, top presidential aides and more than 280 members of the Citizens Advisory Committee for Presidential Transition.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa...
Gangneung Station becomes new Olympic attraction
With more than 20,000 daily users, Gangneung Station has become the gateway to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and a new attraction for tourists. The photo shows a traditional march and percussion performance in front of the station on Feb. 15.
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics...
Graphic novelist talks about youth
U.S. graphic novelist Craig Thompson talks about his 20s, at the Korea Manhwa Museum in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do Province, on July 24. (Kim Young Shin)
By Kim Young Shin
July 23, 2017 | Bucheon
At the 20th Bucheon International Comics Festival, under the theme of “youth” this year, U.S....
Seoul wins bid to host 2027 World Youth Day
https://www.youtube.com/embed/3IG0XUAsJpQ
By Xu Aiying
Video = Official YouTube account of 2023 World Youth Day
"Korea, Seoul."
Pope Francis on Aug. 6 announced the nation's capital as the host city...
Paralympics soar as high as Olympics
Visitors line up to buy tickets for the para ice hockey mixed preliminary round group B match between Korea and the Czech Republic, at the Gangneung Hockey Center on March 11
By Korea.net PyeongChang Special Report Team
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Gangneung | March 12, 2018
The popularity of...
Government 3.0 promotes openness, sharing, communication, cooperation
The Government 3.0 Expo kicked off on June 20 at the COEX convention center in Seoul, giving a glimpse into the present and future of the Korean government's online services.
The continuing progress being made by Government 3.0, a Korean government initiative aimed at bringing...
President Moon emphasizes safety, security for coast guard
President Moon Jae-in delivers the congratulatory address on the 64th anniversary of Korea Coast Guard Day, at the Port of Incheon Coast Guard Station on Sept. 13.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
“You should be reborn as a coast guard that keeps in mind solely...
ASEM culture ministers gather in Gwangju
Ministers and vice ministers from Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) countries listen to an explanation about the Asia Culture Center (ACC) from ACC President Bang Sun-gyu (center) on June 22 in Gwangju, one day ahead of the opening of the seventh Asia-Europe Culture Ministers' Meeting.
Ministers and...
Nation’s 1st craft art museum to open in downtown Seoul
The Seoul Museum of Craft Art in the city's Jongno-gu District opens on July 16. (Seoul Museum of Craft Art)
By Lee Jihae
The Seoul Museum of Craft Art, founded by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, opens on July 16.
Located at the former site of Poongmoon Girls' High School...
Scientists push high-tech farming
An AI discriminator can check the ripeness of each tomato. (Ministry of Science and ICT)
By Kim Tae Won and Kim Young Shin
The Ministry of Science and ICT hosted its “technology exposition for convergence research on smart farm solutions” conference on June 4 to show off some of...
E-gov’t exports estimated at over $314 mil.
Exports of computer systems and software that provide online government services reached USD 314.42 million in the first half of the year.
That amount includes exports by some 250 local IT companies during the first half, and it is equivalent to 66 percent of similar...
Event for trying in-flight Korean cuisine gets big response in Tokyo
An Asiana Airlines flight attendant on Nov. 14 offers an in-flight meal to a Japanese passenger participating in an event for in-flight Korean cuisine in Tokyo. (Korea Tourism Organization)
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Hee Young
Japanese who love Korea on Nov. 14 gathered in Tokyo's Shinagawa district to participate in an...
Belgian-born priest who became Korea’s cheese pioneer dies
The late Father Ji Jeong-hwan, a Belgian-born Catholic priest with the birth name Didier t'Serstevens, helped launch the Korean cheese industry in Imsil-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province. (Imsil-gun County)
By Kim Hwaya
Imsil cheese is a specialty founded in Imsil-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province, a rural area in the...
Kimchi Festival London spotlights growingly popular side dish
The Kimchi Festival London was held on Nov. 23 at St. Bride's Foundation on the British capital's Fleet Street. Shown are Ambassador to the U.K. Yoon Yeocheol (sixth from left), Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Mayor Liz Green...
President Moon lauds e-health cooperation with Uzbekistan
President Moon Jae-in (left) on April 19 listens to an explanation about joint telemedicine between Korean and Uzbek medical teams at Inha University's campus in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Inha University-Tashkent (IUT) opened in 2014 to allow the Uzbek government to acquire Korea's human resource development...
I hope you can help deepen Korea-China friendship: culture minister
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Cho Yoonsun (second from right) greets popular Chinese online personalities who are visiting Korea at the Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul on Oct. 3.
A total of 13 well-known Chinese bloggers and online personalities, dubbed 網紅 in simplified Chinese,...
Korea, Sudan to boost cooperation
Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Lee Tae-ho (left) and Undersecretary Abdel-ghani Elnaim of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs pose for a photo in Khartoum on April 5. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Kim Young Shin
Korea and Sudan are set to expand cooperation across a...
Livestock industry sees new tech horizons
The Rural Development Administration develops an IT-based tool that can check on the health of pregnant pigs by monitoring their body movements in real time. (RDA)
By Park Hye-ri and Sohn JiAe
The livestock industry is getting tech savvy.
The Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced on March 26 that it...
DMZ Peace Trail opened to public for 1st time in 65 years
Visitors on April 27 walk along a fortified coastal road known as the DMZ Peace Trail in Goseong-gun County, Gangwon-do Province. The trail has been opened to the public for the first time in 65 years.
By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
Photos = Kim Young Deok
Gangwon-do | April 27,...
Korea tops global IP index 3 years in a row
Korea has now come in first place for the third year in a row in a specific category of the U.S. Chamber International IP Index rankings.
Korea topped 45 other countries in the category of "Trademarks, Related Rights and Limitations," part of the International IP...
