President Moon, Trump to hold summit April 10-11 in Washington
President Moon Jae-in will visit Washington from April 10-11 for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. The two leaders are shown in this photo from Sept. 24, 2018, during the United Nations General Assembly at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New...
Final preparation under way in Hanoi for second NK-US summit
Staff on Feb. 24 inspect preparation work at the international media center for the upcoming North Korea-U.S. summit slated for Feb. 27-28 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
By Korea.net Special Reporting Team
Hanoi | Feb. 24, 2019
On Feb. 24, just three days ahead of the second North Korea-U.S. summit,...
Heyri Art Valley, home to the arts
Northwest of the capital city, nestled between two mountains in Paju, Gyeonggi-do Province, sits a special village devoted to the cultivation of the arts.
The Heyri Art Valley was founded in 1998 by a group of like-minded artists who wanted create a specialized community where...
Palace snowscape welcomes tourists
Visitors to the Secret Garden at Changdeokgung Palace enjoy the snowy scenery while listening to a tour guide’s comments about the Juhamnu Pavillion.
Changdeokgung Palace, an officially-registered UNESCO World Heritage Site, has changed into its white winter clothes.
On Dec. 20, snow began falling across Seoul...
Hallyu gains base in Vietnam via renovated Hanoi Library
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's first public library project abroad, Hanoi Library in Vietnam, has been completed at the end of this month after work began in 2021. Shown is the facility's lobby.
By Park Hye...
Nationwide sale, tourism discounts begin
Department stores and street stalls in Sogong-dong in central Seoul are crowded with shoppers, while placards and banners announce the launch of the Korea Sale Festa, on Oct. 1 in Seoul.
A country-wide series of shopping sales, tourism discounts and pop concerts, collectively known as...
Life in a traditional Hanok home in Bukchon
I had a chance to live in a traditional Hanok home.
Last year when I was living for a month in the capital of Korea, Seoul, I had a great opportunity to live for 15 days in a Hanok home. The house where I was...
‘Iksan, a city that benefits the people’
Mayor of Iksan City Park Kyung-Chul emphasizes that the city must be beneficial to the people, saying that Iksan was a capital city four times in ancient Korea.
“Iksan is a city that benefits the people.”
This is the definition of Iksan, according to Iksan City...
Colorful scenes from the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Korea
This is a photo of the campsite of the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, an estuarine tidal flat in Buan-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province. (Cao Thi Ha)
Buan-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province
By Cao Thi Ha and Yoon SeungjinThe...
Jordanian ambassador hails Korean culture’s tradition-modernity coexistence
Jordanian Ambassador to Korea Asal Al Tal on Sept. 13 gives an exclusive interview to Korea.net at her embassy in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District. With this year marking the 60th anniversary of bilateral ties, she said she hopes for stronger cooperation in sectors such as tourism, investment, advanced agricultural...
Saemaul Undong transforms Cambodian poultry farms
Farmers inject young chickens with vaccines at a poultry farm in Cambodia. This farming community has been truly inspired by South Korea's set of agricultural development policies from the 1970s and 1980s, the Saemaul Undong, or New Community Movement.
In the early 1970s, rural South...
President meets Belgian princess
President Moon Jae-in smiles as he holds talks with Princess Astrid of Belgium, at Cheong Wa Dae on June 13.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in greeted Princess Astrid of Belgium along with a delegation of 250 or so economic experts who...
Prime minister visits Thailand, meets with Asian leaders
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn (left) and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pose for a photo prior to the Korea-Thailand summit in Bangkok on Oct. 11.
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn held summit talks with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Oct. 11 to discuss how to...
Talk Talk Korea 2018 contest winners rediscover Korean culture
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (right) listens to an explanation about the winning work of Piper Bo, a 15-year-old from the United States who won the top prize in the category of Korean music and drama at the exhibition...
Korean aid, economic growth point way to future
Korea has transformed itself from an aid beneficiary to an aid provider. The country holds the indigenous, precious asset of having accomplished economic development, all while overcoming the difficulties of war and all within a relatively short period of time.
Many countries around the world are...
Korea, Saudi Arabia tighten economic bonds
Saudi Economy and Planning Minister Adel Fakeih (left) and Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn shake hands at the Government Complex Seoul on March 7.
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn held a meeting with Adel Fakeih, Saudi Arabia’s minister of economy and...
President Moon honors IOC chief
President Moon Jae-in (right) poses with IOC President Thomas Bach for a commemorative photo after awarding him a Cheongryong Medal, at Cheong Wa Dae on March 8. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kang Gahui and Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in gave International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach a Cheongryong Medal,...
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...
Nulji of Silla (눌지 마립간, 訥祗 麻立干) (r. 417-458)
Nulji brought home two brothers who had been sent into tributary-exile, made temporary peace with the rising Goguryo power, and solidified his family's patrilineal place on the Silla throne. No statue of him exists and his tomb has yet to be discovered.
Under the reign...
