Regular direct flights to launch between Korea, Croatia
Korean Ambassador to Croatia Suh Hyung-won (right) and Croatian Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure Sinisa Hajdas Doncic pose for a commemorative photo on Dec. 30, 2015, in Croatia after signing an agreement on direct flights and the aviation business.
Regular direct flights between...
Best places to watch the sunrise with family in national parks
On the last day of the year, beaches on the eastern coast of the country are crowded with visitors who want to see the first sunrise of the coming year earlier than they could in other, more inland places. There are, however, plenty of...
Explore Korea’s national heritage online
The Cultural Heritage Administration reopens its digital cultural information service today. The website offers a wide range of historical records, pictures and videos related to Korea's cultural heritage.
An updated version of the government website, 'Korea National Heritage Online' (www.heritage.go.kr), opened today for the online...
Korea, Japan reach an agreement on ‘comfort women’
Minister Yun Byung-se of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (right) and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida present at a joint press conference held on Dec. 28 at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul.
Korea and Japan have reached an agreement over "comfort women" issues.
Minister Yun Byung-se...
Korea collaborates on world’s intellectual property and appropriate technology
In Papua New Guinea where irrigation facilities are insufficient, farmers can get their water for farming through pumping underground water by pedaling bicycles. In Cambodia whose citizens often suffer from waterborne diseases because the main sources of the water are rain or reservoir, domestic...
Korea, China work on movie, TV source material
Lotte Hotel World in southern Seoul is host to a conference that focuses on the joint Korea-China production of source material for movies, TV shows, video games and other media platforms on Dec. 16.
Three story outlines that won a contest jointly-organized by Korean and...
Construction begins on Pangyo Creative Economy Valley
Participants in the groundbreaking ceremony of the Pangyo Creative Economy Valley celebrate the commencement of construction on Dec. 23, in Seongnam-si City, Gyeonggi-do Province.
Construction of the "Pangyo Creative Economy Valley," a new community for startups and high-tech firms, began on Dec. 23. About 1,600...
Exhibition celebrates Year of the Monkey
Monkeys are not indigenous to the Korean Peninsula, but as one of the 12 animals of the East Asian zodiac, the monkey can be found in many aspects of Korean history and traditions. As the ninth zodiac animal, it symbolizes maternal love and success,...
Eat your way across Korea — kimchi soup
Korean cuisine just wouldn't be the same without its vast and various varieties of kimchi. There are 187 officially-recognized varieties of kimchi listed at the Kimchi Field Museum in southern Seoul. In reality, however, that number is most likely an underestimate, as every family...
Two ‘Nutcrackers’ enrich year-end celebrations
“The Nutcracker” is on its way to rekindle the innocence of childhood, as Christmas draws near.
The classical ballet is based on the story of Germany-born E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.” The tale begins on Christmas Eve when a young Marie receives...
Korean recipes: patjuk red bean porridge
A staffer at the Korean Folk Village in Yongin-si City, Gyeoggi-do Province, offers patjuk, or rice and red bean porridge, to visitors to mark Dongji, the winter solstice, which falls on Dec. 22 this year.
Earlier this week, it was easy to see people enjoying...
Stroll through a world of orchids
A Darwin's orchid is on exhibit at the National Institute of Ecology. The flower is associated with the naturalist Charles Darwin who correctly predicted that evolution would lead to the development of a species of moth with a long proboscis ideal for pollinating this...
Korean battery makers stand out in global market
Korea-made batteries are leading the electric car lithium ion (Li-ion) battery market.
A new Leaderboard Report released on Dec. 7 by Navigant Research, a global research body that provides market research, ranked LG Chem and Samsung SDI as first and third, respectively, both leading players...
Exhibition shows present, future of craftworks
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jongdeok (right) looks around the 2015 Craft Trend Fair on Dec. 17 at COEX in southern Seoul.
Ceramics and light fixtures that were created using 3-D printers were recently on display at a convention center in southern Seoul.
This...
Korea, China, Japan increase exchanges in arts, sports
Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jongdeok, Chinese Culture Minister Luo Shugang and Japanese State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hiroyuki Yoshiie attend the seventh Korea-China-Japan Culture Ministers’ Meeting in Qingdao, China, on Dec. 20.
Culture ministers from Korea, China...
Moody’s upgrades Korea to Aa2
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Choi Kyunghwan talks about Moody’s recent upgrade of Korea’s sovereign ratings to Aa2 during a press conference on Dec. 20.
Moody’s Investors Service upgraded Korea’s issuer and bond ratings by one notch to Aa2, from Aa3,...
Korea, Japan discuss copyright laws in Tokyo
The 2015 Korea-Japan Copyright Forum was held on Dec. 14 in Tokyo.
The theme of this year's forum was "Protecting the digital society from infringement of copyrighted material." Government officials as well as academic and industry experts in the copyright field were in attendance.
The 2015...
Korea, China open joint agricultural lab
Administrator of the Rural Development Administration Lee Yangho (seated, left) and President of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Li Jia-yang (李家洋) (seated, right) sign an MOU to launch a Korea-China joint research laboratory, in Beijing on Dec. 11.
Korea and China have launched a...
Korea, Sri Lanka work together on forensic criminal investigation
Crime scene investigators in Sri Lanka will now be able to use digital and DNA analytical tools during their investigations, as Korea's National Forensic Service (NFS) has begun supporting forensic criminal investigations in Sri Lanka. The NFS will help with equipping digital forensic teams,...
Meet Korea.net honorary reporters
The fifth group of Korea.net honorary reporters held its induction ceremony at the National Hangeul Museum in Seoul on Dec.11 and thereby officially began its formal blogging activities for the upcoming year.
As part of the ceremony, the writers took a two-day trip to Jeonju,...
