Cooling devices to beat Korea’s summertime heat
Portable 'handy fans' have become must-have items in Korea's sweltering summer heat this year. (Jeon Han)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Folding fans have been replaced by electric "handy fans," while long aerated bamboo pillows -- known as "bamboo wives" or jukbuin (죽부인) -- have given way to cooling mats...
President Moon orders strong, effective measures against NK
President Moon Jae-in presides over a National Security Council meeting at Cheong Wa Dae at 1 a.m. on July 29 following North Korea’s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile earlier that evening at 11:41 p.m.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in called...
‘Korea will continue to pay tribute to Korean War veterans’
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (fifth from left) attends a ceremony to mark the Korean War armistice agreement and U.N. Forces Participation Day, alongside Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Pi Woo-jin (third from left), U.K. Ambassador to Korea Charles Hay (fourth from left) and a...
Halal food on the rise in Korea
Lamb shish kebab (top) and Adana kebab are both signature menu items at Kervan, a halal Turkish restaurant certified by the Korea Muslim Federation.
By Kim Young Deok, Xu Aiying and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Xu Aiying
July 27, 2017 | Seoul
The word halal simply means "allowed" in Arabic. For Muslims, this term applies...
President Moon welcomes first dog Tory
President Moon Jae-in (left) smiles as he’s given a T-shirt printed with a picture of his newly adopted dog, Tory, by Park So-youn and A.J. Garcia from the animal rights group Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth, at Cheong Wa Dae on July 26.
By Sohn...
PyeongChang Winter Games promoted at Astana expo
Korean Ambassador to Kazakhstan Kim Dae-sik (left) poses for a photo with visitors to Expo 2017 Astana in the Kazakhstani capital on June 10 to promote next year's PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Korean Cultural Center in Kazakhstan
Expo 2017...
‘Korean history teaches US highschoolers meaning of life’
Social science and history teachers from the U.S. take a look at ancient Korean artifacts at the National Museum of History on July 24. They are in Korea on a week-long workshop for U.S. educators organized by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.
By Cho...
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....
Northeast Asian cooperation, in film
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-hwa (right) poses for a picture with Kim Jae Min, the winner of the '2017 Korea-Japan-China cooperation user-created video contest,' at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 26.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Jeon Han
July 26, 2017 | Seoul
The award ceremony for...
First lady visits Buddhist temple in Seoul
First lady Kim Jung-sook (center) helps to cut the ribbon during a ceremony to mark the establishment of a 'traditional culture experience hall' at Bongeunsa Temple in Gangnam-gu district, Seoul, on July 25.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
First lady Kim Jung-sook visited Bongeunsa Temple...
Magical winter sports video hits 2.5 million views in two days
Videos promoting next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are released on Korea.net’s official YouTube and Facebook channels on July 24, exactly 200 days before the Winter Olympics begin next year. They've already garnered more than 2.5 million views in just two...
PyeongChang, Korea as seen in Talk! Talk! Korea entries
Akseli Salazar of Honduras wins the mobile phone artwork category in the Talk! Talk! Korea 2017 contest.
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Korean Culture and Information Service
The six winners of Talk! Talk! Korea 2017, a global contest that invited non-Korean contestants to explore Korea through different...
Dolphins returned to the wild
Daepo (대포), one of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins that used to live at the Seoul Grand Park, was released back into the sea on July 18 after an adjustment period at a pool built near Hamdeok Port on Jeju. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Young...
Seoul exhibit digs garbage
A set of artworks by Jaejudojoa, a group of artists from Jeju Island, are all made of recycled trash dredged up from the island's surrounding waters. The works are currently on display at the special Junk X User’s Guide exhibition at the National Folk...
President vows successful 2018 Winter Games
In a special event to mark 200 days until the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, President Moon Jae-in (center) receives an over-sized business card with his name on it, appointing him as a new honorary ambassador for the Winter Games. Kim Yuna...
Festivals mark 200 days to PyeongChang
On July 22, a great fireworks show lights up the skies above Chuncheon in Gangwon-do Province to mark 200 days until next February’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
By Kim Ji Hoe and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
The words “PyeongChang 2018 G-200”...
UN Special Rapporteur on NK human rights supports dialogue with Pyongyang
Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on North Korean human rights, gives a press statement following his official five-day mission to South Korea, at the Seoul Global Center on July 21. (Jeon Han)
By Lee Hana
July 21, 2017 | Seoul
Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N.’s special...
Magical winter sports video marks 200 days to PyeongChang
Magician Yu Ho-Jin flies through the air as he leaps from a special ski jump set up in Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square on June 14.
By Sohn JiAe
A roundup of four video clips was unveiled on July 24 to mark exactly 200 days until next February’s PyeongChang...
Gov’t to support smaller companies: prime minister
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon delivers his congratulatory remarks at a ceremony marking the third anniversary of the 'Day of Medium-sized Business Leaders' (중견기업인의 날), at Lotte Hotel in downtown Seoul on July 21.
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
Photos: Jeon Han
July 21, 2017 | Seoul
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon...
Emblem, slogan unveiled for PyeongChang Cultural Olympiad
Organizers of the Cultural Olympiad for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games pose for a commemorative photo, holding up cubes that spell out the official slogan for the event, 'Culture is added in PyeongChang!' during an unveiling ceremony in Seoul on July...
