Friday, March 29, 2024

Diplomacy through presidential gifts

'Imparting Harmony and Friendship,' an exhibit currently underway at the Presidential Archives in Sejong City, features a collection of gifts that former Korean presidents received from their foreign counterparts over the years. An ornate jewelry box (pictured) was given to former President Chun Doo...

Chuseok holiday abounds with tourist discounts

With Chuseok (추석, 秋夕), the Korean mid-autumn harvest festival, just around the corner, a series of discounts at tourist sites and accommodations will add more entertainment and fun to one of the nation’s biggest holidays of the year. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism...

Enjoy Chuseok festivities at K-Style Hub

The K-Style Hub offers a variety of cultural activities, like trying on Hanbok (pictured), in celebration of the upcoming Chuseok mid-autumn harvest festival. The K-Style Hub, located in Jung-gu along the Cheonggyecheon Stream and run by the Korea Tourism Organization, is offering visitors a variety...

President reaffirms will to bolster Seoul-Washington alliance

U.S. President Barack Obama (left) and President Park Geun-hye shake hands prior to a Korea-U.S. summit in Vientiane on Sept. 6. Both leaders vowed to bolster the bilateral alliance. President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama have once again declared their will to bolster...

Korea, Kenya, Uganda come closer through music

Korean musician Don Spike (center) and band mates perform on Aug. 29 at a shopping mall in Nairobi. The Africa Sings Korean Soul concerts were held from Aug. 29 to Sept. 5 in four cities across Kenya and Uganda. Musicians from Korea, Kenya and Uganda...

New site corrects inaccuracies about Korea

On Sept. 1, the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, launched the Facts:Korea website, a new website designed to help correct inaccurate information that is out there about Korea. The site receives and deals with reports...

International cyclists race along the DMZ

On Sept. 5, cyclists of various nationalities pedal uphill in the Tour de DMZ 2016, an international youth road cycling race organized by the Ministry of the Interior. Young cyclists from around the world pedaled their way along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), from east to...

Korea, Bangladesh collaborate on biopharmaceuticals

A group of Bangladeshi public officials, including the head of the country's Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA), look around medical devices at the Medical Device Development Center at the Osong Medical Innovation Foundation on Aug. 31. These officials are participants in a biopharmaceutical...

Korea, Italy discuss economy, nuclear issues

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (left) and President Park Geun-hye hold summit talks in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province, China, on Sept. 5. President Park Geun-hye and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi held a summit on Sept. 5 in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province, China. The two...

President emphasizes free trade, vision for creative economy

President Park Geun-hye speaks during the G20 summit in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province, China. She urged the G20 to play a more active role in expanding free trade and in responding to climate change. President Park Geun-hye called for G20 governments on Sept. 5 to...

Korea shares archiving experience with Asian neighbors

Archive specialists from Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Mongolia are greeted by a Korean official at the International Council on Archives Congress 2016, held at the COEX convention center on Sept. 5. Korea is sharing its archiving expertise with its Asian neighbors. Thirty-four archive specialists from Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan,...

Baengno (백로, 白露), the day of White Dew

The day of Baengno (백로, 白露), literally "White Dew," falls on Wednesday, Sept. 7, this year. It is the 15th of 24 solar terms of the year. It always falls between Cheoseo (처서, 處暑), the End of the Heat, which was on Aug. 23,...

President Park emphasizes Korea-China relations

President Park Geun-hye (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photo ahead of a Korea-China summit on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province, China. In the meeting, the two leaders reaffirmed their will to further develop Seoul-Beijing...

Latina YouTuber promotes Korea in Spanish

Third-year Korea University student Nalu is the creator and star of 'Latina Saram,' a YouTube channel that introduces Korean pop culture and Korean university life to Spanish speakers all over the world. With over 300,000 subscribers, Nalu was recently tapped by Korea University to...

Enjoy autumn nights at Gyeongbukgung Palace

A gugak concert takes place next to the Sojubang, the royal palace's kitchen. A palace night tour, the Starlight Tour at Gyeongbokgung Palace, will run from Sept. 1 to 17. Visitors on the tour can enjoy court cuisine, gugak traditional music and walking under...

Korea, 5 African nations share vocational education expertise

Korea and five African countries have shared their knowledge and experiences of vocational education and related policies. The Ministry of Education extended its invitation to ten experts in vocational education from Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Namibia and Zambia. The invitational training...

Medellin transforms with Korean transport system

Colombian central and local government officials pose for a picture last June at the Busan Metropolitan City Transport Service Center. For many years now, Medellin has been rising from the scourge of drug wars past and has been growing beyond the scars left by Pablo...

Traditional, modern performances come to central Seoul

A playful performance on an outdoor stage captures the attention of passersby near the beautifully remade Cheonggyecheon Stream in central Seoul on Aug. 31, the last Wednesday of the month and the government's official "Cultural Wednesday." The performance was the opening act of "Myeonginjeon," an...

President to meet Russian, Chinese, US counterparts

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and President Park Geun-hye shake hands at Cheong Wa Dae in 2013. President Park and President Putin will hold a summit on Sept. 3 in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum. President Park Geun-hye will...

Children in Tanzania, Morocco read Korean folktales, learn Hangeul

A young Tanzanian student reads the traditional Korean folktale 'Heungbu and Nolbu' in Swahili. "A long, long time ago, there were two brothers named Heungbu and Nolbu. The greedy older brother, Nolbu, took all the money their father had left for them, and poor Heungbu...

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