Film ‘Parallel’ highlights para ice hockey players
First lady Kim Jung-sook (left) shakes hands with Korean para ice hockey athlete Han Min-su after a preview of the documentary 'Parallel' that features...
Kazakhstan greets Olympic Opening Ceremony
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Aigerim Sadykova
Photos = Aigerim Sadykova
The Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games was held on Feb. 9 and brought together...
Seollal Lunar New Year’s celebrations in Egypt
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Sara Khaled and Dina Khaled
Photos = Sara Khaled and Dina Khaled
They say that experiencing a new culture is like stepping into a whole new...
Experiencing Seollal in Jakarta
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Stephanie Pradnyaparamita
Photos = Stephanie Pradnyaparamita
Last Wednesday, Feb. 14, the Korean Cultural Center in Indonesia (KCC) held an event to let Indonesians experience...
Seollal Lunar New Year’s custom wows visiting media
Residents from 21 villages in Gangneung bow to their village leaders on Feb. 17, a day after Seollal Lunar New Year’s Day, at the...
[Korean recipes for PyeongChang 2018] Marble Rice Cake
Six government organizations, including the Korean Food Promotion Institute and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, introduced their “10 Korean Recipes Loved Around...
Celebrate Lunar New Year at Seoul’s museums, palaces
The National Folk Museum of Korea will entertain museum-goers with traditional programs during the Seollal Lunar New Year’s holiday. Pictured is a group of...
EXO song added to Dubai Fountain
The song 'Power' by the Korean pop group EXO has become the first Korean pop song to be played at the Dubai Fountain. (Sara...
President Moon, NK delegation enjoy Samjiyon performance
President Moon Jae-in (second from left) talks to President Kim Yong-nam of North Korea’s Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly (third from left) and...
Royal rite honors Olympic Games
By Min Yea-Ji and Yoon Jihye
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Kim Sunjoo
Seoul | Feb. 2, 2018
"The Joseon-era Jongmyo Jeryeak royal ceremony used to ring out whenever the nation had a grand...
Winter Olympics enshrined in literature
By Jeon Han and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Jeon Han
Video = Kim Sunjoo
A special event is underway in Seoul to spotlight written works about winter and winter leisure activities in...
Korea opens cultural center in Hong Kong
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) delivers his congratulatory remarks during the opening ceremony for the Korean Cultural Center...
Korea.net Honorary Reporters promote PyeongChang 2018
The seventh team of Korea.net honorary reporters poses for a photo after its launch ceremony at the Foreign Press Center Korea in Seoul on...
Korean cultural centers hold annual meeting
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) delivers the opening address to kick start the annual meeting of directors from...
Two Koreas to enter PyeongChang under one flag
Vice Minister of Unification Chun Hae-Sung (second from left) and North Korea’s Vice Chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country...
Gwanghwamun Square torch relay shows 600 years of history
The torch for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games is delivered by Lee Hong Bae (left), the chair of Dae Han Imperial House, who...
President Moon watches film about 1987 pro-democracy movement
President Moon Jae-in (left) and first lady Kim Jung-sook (center) cry as they watch '1987: When the Day Comes,' based on the torture and...
Gangwon-do Province youth orchestra supports PyeongChang Olympics
El Sistema Korea Gangwon, a youth orchestra with members from across Gangwon-do Province, is to perform at the Gangneung Arts Center in Gangneung on...
Seoul to reward people promoting Korea overseas
Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer from Germany is honored for having played a key role in getting the late composer Yun Isang’s buried in a grave of...
Traditional papers from Egypt, Korea
Park Jae Yang, director of the Korean Cultural Center in Egypt, Professor Seo Jin Yong and other participants pose for a photo at a...
