President supports free trade, firm response to climate change at G20 summit
President Moon Jae-in (front row, far right) poses for a group photo with other world leaders at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in and the other G20 leaders adopted a joint communiqué following the...
President meets heads of int’l organizations
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) discusses ways to boost cooperation with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (left), on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 8.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in met with heads of the U.N....
G20 leaders express concern over North Korea
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (front row, fifth from left), the host of the G20 Summit this year, says in a press briefing following the G20 Retreat Session on July 7 that all the leaders expressed a collective concern over North Korea. In the photo...
Roman Catholic shrine built to honor first Korean saint
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter John Paul Vergonia
Photos = John Paul Vergonia
Who would have taught that a quiet place here in the Philippines was once occupied by a Roman Catholic Korean saint?
The Shrine of St. Andrew Kim Taegon is in Bocaue, Bulacan, in the Philippines.
In the municipal...
President Moon outlines peace initiative for Korean Peninsula
President Moon Jae-in is invited to speak at the Körber Foundation where he outlines his administration's peace initiatives, at Berlin's Old City Hall on July 6.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in was invited to speak at the Körber Foundation and in his...
Korea, US, Japan emphasize firm cooperation on N. Korean nukes
President Moon Jae-in (left) poses for a photo with Donald Trump (center) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ahead of a trilateral dinner in Hamburg, Germany, on July 6. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in attended a dinner with U.S. President Donald Trump...
Leaders of Korea, China stress ‘strategic cooperative relationship’
President Moon Jae-in (second from left) holds talks with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping where they discussed issues of mutual interest, in Berlin on July 6.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in, on an official state visit to Germany, met with his...
Moody’s keeps Korea’s credit rating at Aa2
Moody’s Investors Service maintains Korea’s credit rating at Aa2, while improving the economy's 2017 growth outlook to 2.8 percent, up 0.3 percent, considering the robust economic growth seen in the first quarter of the year. (Korea.net database)
By Sohn JiAe
Moody’s Investors Service has kept Korea’s credit...
Sistine Chapel Choir makes first trip to Korea
The Sistine Chapel Choir, one of the oldest religious choirs in the world and based in Vatican City, performs at Seoul's Myeongdong Cathedral on July 5. (Catholic Bishop's Conference of Korea)
By Kang Gahui and Lee Hana
The Sistine Chapel Choir, one of the oldest religious choirs in the...
Monument commemorates Korean diaspora in Uzbekistan
Tashkent Mayor Rakhmonbek Usmanov (left) and Seoul Mayor Park Won Soon shake hands at the unveiling of a monument to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the deportation of ethnic Koreans to Uzbekistan, at Seoul Park in Tashkent on July 3. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Xu Aiying and Kim...
Seoul, Berlin can play bigger roles in G20
German Ambassador to Korea Stephan Auer emphasizes the potential growth of Korea-Germany cooperation, during an interview with Korea.net in Seoul on June 21.
By Yoon Sojung and Min Yea-Ji
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul | June 21, 2017
“People-to-people exchanges were the foundation that led to the development of Korea-Germany relations.”
So said...
G20 should deal with North Korea as one: Korean, German presidents
President Moon Jae-in (left) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier hold summit talks at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin on July 5.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in, currently on an official visit to Germany, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier held a summit meeting...
President Moon meets with German medical personnel
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) gives a presidential award to Karl Hauser (second from left), an engineer who served with a German medical team after the Korean War (1950-53), while first lady Kim Jung-sook (right) and Hauser's spouse exchange remarks, in Berlin on...
Korean, German leaders affirm commitment to resolving NK issues
President Moon Jae-in (left) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a press conference prior to their summit, at the chancellor’s offices in Berlin on July 5.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in held a summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at her offices...
Korean ballet about Joseon poet opens in Colombia
The Korean National Ballet performs ‘Heo Nanseolheon-Suwolkyeonghwa' (허난설헌-수월경화), a modern ballet based on the poems of Joseon poet Heo Nanseolheon, at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogota. In the photo above, dancers are depicting falling lotus petals as described in her...
‘Owls,’ ‘chipmunks’ carry Seoulites late at night, early in the morning
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has been operating its late-night 'owl buses' (올빼미 버스) since 2013. Starting on June 26 this year, it has started operating early-morning 'chipmunk buses' (다람쥐 버스), too. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Young Shin
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has introduced four new...
We will firmly respond to North’s provocation alongside int’l community: president We will firmly respond to North’s provocation alongside int’l community: president
President Moon Jae-in speaks during a National Security Council meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on July 4, following the launch of a North Korean ballistic missile.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in announced that his government would sternly respond to any further provocations...
President Moon meets former British PM President Moon meets former British PM
David Cameron (left), former British prime minister, is greeted by President Moon Jae-in where they will discuss Korea-U.K. cooperation, at Cheong Wa Dae on July 4. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in met with former British Prime Minister David Cameron at Cheong Wa Dae...
Talk Talk Korea 2017 contest attracts over 30,000 submissions
Winners of the Talk Talk Korea 2016 competition learn how to cook bulgogi marinated beef slices in the Korean Food Hall, at the K-style Hub in Seoul on Oct. 19 last year. (Jeon Han)
By Lee Hana
Talk Talk Korea 2017, a global contest that invites non-Koreans living both...
President Moon completes US visit President Moon completes US visit
President Moon Jae-in (left) is given a U.S. Marine Corps badge from former Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Stephen Olmstead during Moon's visit to a memorial dedicated to the Jangjin Reservoir Battle (장진호 전투), also known as the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir in the...
