President Moon, first lady visit Andong Hahoe folk village
President Moon Jae-in joins a group of performers on stage following a Hahoe byeolsingut talnori mask dance at the Andong Hahoe folk village in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province on Oct. 6.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook paid a visit to the...
President Moon sends message of thanks, peace to overseas Koreans
President Moon Jae-in (left) receives a map of the Korean Peninsula painted by children from a Korean language school in Germany from Choi Young-keun, president of the Korean Community of Wiesbaden, during the opening ceremony for the 11th Korean Day and the 2017 World...
Korea to benefit all of mankind: PM
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and other guests celebrate the 4,349th anniversary of National Foundation Day, at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul on Oct. 3.
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul l Oct. 3, 2017
A celebration to mark the 4,349th anniversary of...
President Moon expresses condolences to Las Vegas victims, families
President Moon Jae-in sends a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump to express his condolences to the victims and families of the recent Las Vegas shooting, announced Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Soo-hyun on Oct. 3. (Korea.net DB)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in sent a letter...
Prost!, at Namhae German Village
The annual Namhae German Village beer festival runs this year from Oct. 6 to 8 in Namhae-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. (Namhae-gun county)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
The annual Namhae German Village beer festival, modeled after Munich's own Oktoberfest, will run this year from Oct. 6 to 8...
PyeongChang stadium ready for Games
Construction on the stadium that will host the Opening and Closing ceremonies for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games finished on Sept. 30. The pentagon building represents the Olympic Games’ five goals: the economy, the environment, IT, the arts and peace....
2017 Korea Sale Festa offers bountiful discounts
The 2017 Korea Sale Festa, a nationwide retail sale, offers a variety of discounts on bus and train tickets, shopping, restaurants and accommodations. It runs from Sept. 28 to Oct. 31. (Jeon Han)
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
The Korea Sale Festa (코리아 세일 페스타), a nationwide shopping...
Olympic torch lights Korea for first time in 30 years
The Olympic torch relay starts in Incheon on Nov. 1, exactly 100 days before the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Pictured are PyeongChang honorary ambassador Kim Yuna (left) and Organizing Committee Presdient Lee Hee-beom during a press conference to unveil the torch...
Chuseok holidays abound with special deals
Both residents and visitors alike can look forward to many special deals this Chuseok holiday season. Pictured are a group of Korean.net honorary reporters wearing traditional Hanbok attire and trying their hand at tuho, a traditional arrow-throwing game, in December 2016. (Korea.net DB)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
The...
President stresses ‘bipartisan cooperation’ to deal with security crisis
President Moon Jae-in and leaders of four ruling and opposition parties are briefed on the state of security on the Korean Peninsula, at the National Crisis Management Center of the National Security Council at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 27.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa...
PyeongChang Winter Olympics: ‘ready to bring peace’
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jongwhan (second from right) speaks to a group of foreign correspondents about the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, during a luncheon at Seoul's Foreign Press Center on Sept. 27.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul | Sept....
VR event previews PyeongChang Winter Games
Visitors to the themed zone '88 Olympic Bridge' at the Yeouido Hangang Park in Seoul pose for a picture with the Olympic torch and the two mascots of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Soohorang and Bandabi, on Sept. 23.
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young...
The Korean Day, World Korean Community Leaders’ Convention open in Seoul
President Moon Jae-in (left) receives a map of the Korean Peninsula painted by children from a Korean language school in Germany from Choi Young-keun, president of the Korean Community of Wiesbaden, during the opening ceremony for The 11th Korean Day and the 2017 World...
Korea-Japan Festival connects Pyeongchang, Toyko
The calligraphy club from Tottori Higashi High School in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, presents a work of art wishing for the success of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, as well as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, at the Korea-Japan Festival...
President Moon urges NK to honor 2007 declaration
President Moon Jae-in calls upon North Korea to return to the spirit of the Oct. 4, 2007, South-North summit declaration, at a celebration to mark the declaration’s 10th anniversary at the 63 Building in Seoul on Sept. 26.
By Yoon Sojung and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa...
King Jeongjo’s parade turns back clock 222 years
The 2017 King Jeongjo Tomb Parade begins after a formal ceremony to officially depart the palace, at the Donhwamun Gate of Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul on Sept. 23.
By Jeon Han and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul l Sept. 23, 2017
In front of Changdeokgung Palace, the jwatongrye royal official in...
Moon congratulates Merkel on fourth victory
President Moon Jae-in sends a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sept. 25 to congratulate her on her recent election victory. Pictured, the two heads of state hold a press conference prior to their summit, at the chancellor's offices in Berlin on July...
Eradicating corruption, starting point of all government policies: president
President Moon Jae-in presides over the first Anti-Corruption Policy Consultation Council at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 26.
By Jeon Han and Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in presided over the nation's first Anti-Corruption Policy Consultation Council at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 26.
The council was...
Candlelight revolution is historic page of UN spirit: president
President Moon Jae-in stresses the meaning of Korea's Candlelight Revolution, as well as the policy priorities and diplomatic direction of his new government, in his keynote speech to the 72nd U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 21. He also...
Korea, US, Japan stress stronger sanctions against NK
President Moon Jae-in holds a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in New York on Sept. 21. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in held a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and...
