President Park to visit New York for UN summit
President Park Geun-hye will visit New York for four days, from Sept. 25 to 29, for the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 and the 70th Session of the U.N. General Assembly.
President Park will deliver a keynote speech on Sept. 26 at the plenary...
Korea, EU to put FTA into effect by end 2015
President Park Geun-hye (right) and President of the European Council Donald Tusk hold a joint press conference after having the Korea-EU summit meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 15.
President Park Geun-hye and President of the European Council Donald Tusk agreed to make sure...
Korea, UNWTO seek to expand cooperation on tourism
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Surround yourself with nature on Daebudo Island
The Gubongdo Sunset Observatory is the highlight of Daebudo Haesolgil trail No. 1. This spot is best known for its sunsets, where one can feel the true beauty of the Yellow Sea.
People walk along the beach and mudflats that appear at low tide.
As they...
Music, dance festival expands to Silla capital
The percussion group Drum Cat wows the crowd during the opening ceremony of the 2013 Korea in Motion festival, held along the Cheonggyecheon Stream in central Seoul. The festival this year is being held in Seoul and Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province.
A wide range of...
President Park receives credentials from six new ambassadors
President Park Geun-hye (right) receives credentials from new EU Ambassador to Korea Gerhard Sabathil, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 14.
President Park Geun-hye received credentials from six new ambassadors, including that from the European Union, on Sept. 14.
The presentation of letters of credence to...
Korea, Jordan extend cooperation, exchanges
President Park Geun-hye and King Abdullah II of Jordan hold a summit meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 11.
Korea and Jordan will expand cooperation on energy, people-to-people exchanges and cultural interactions.
President Park Geun-hye hosted summit talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan during...
Korea, Jordan hold summit talks
President Park Geun-hye (right) and King Abdullah II of Jordan pose for a photo prior to the Korea-Jordan summit at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 11.
President Park Geun-hye held summit talks with the King of Jordan, Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, on Sept. 11...
World scientists discuss science, technology
The OECD Ministerial Meeting Daejeon 2015: World Science & Technology Forum is slated for Oct. 19 to 23 at venues across Daejeon. It will bring together ministers and vice ministers from OECD and ASEAN member nations, and entrepreneurs and scientists from all around the...
Make Eurasia one: President Park
President Park Geun-hye speaks during the ASEM Symposium Seoul 2015 on Sept. 10 in Seoul.
President Park Geun-hye emphasized the importance of the potential for all of Eurasia on Sept. 10, saying, “In order to realize the infinite potential of Eurasia, it is important to...
Meteorologists discuss future of weather education
Weather professionals from 19 nations have gathered in Seoul to discuss future directions for the development of meteorological training.
The 11th Computer Aided Learning and Distance Learning (CALMet) workshop is underway at the Korea Meteorological Administration's (KMA) headquarters in Seoul. The workshop is scheduled from...
President pushes for Northeast Asian development bank
President Park Geun-hye met with Jin Liqun, first president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Sept. 9.
President Park Geun-hye shakes hands with Jin Liqun, first president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, at Cheong Wa Dae...
Korea to chair IAEA Nuclear Security Conference
Korea will play a leading role in the international cooperation on nuclear security at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"I wish to inform the board that the Republic of Korea has offered to chair, at the ministerial level, the next IAEA Nuclear Security Conference,...
Unification of Korean Peninsula will end Cold War: president
President Park Geun-hye gives the keynote speech at the Seoul Defense Dialogue on Sept. 9 in Seoul.
President Park Geun-hye said on Sept. 9 that, “Unification of the Korean Peninsula will be the fundamental solution to North Korean nuclear issues and humanitarian issues. It will...
Asia-wide cultural center opens to public
Walking down an alleyway next to the former provincial government offices of Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province) along Geumnam-ro Street in Gwangju leads visitors to an underground city. A broad plaza is surrounded by a glass and steel building. The historic venue of the May...
Mozambique, Sri Lanka win King Sejong prize
People attend classes on offer at the Progress Association in Mozambique.
The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize has gone jointly to Mozambique's Progress Association and Sri Lanka’s National Institute of Education on Sept. 8, International Literacy Day.
The Mozambican association runs the “Literacy in Local Language,...
Korea via stamps, poet Yun Dong-ju
Wishing not to have
So much as a speck of shame
Toward heaven until the day I die,
I suffered, even when the wind stirred the leaves.
With my heart singing to the stars,
I shall love all things that are dying.
And I must walk the road
That has been...
Korea shares disaster management experiences with 7 countries
Participants in the emergency rescue educational program attend a CPR training course on Sept. 7 at the National 119 Rescue Headquarters in Daegu.
Korea and seven countries have shared their knowledge and know-how on fire and disaster management and emergency rescue responses.
The National Fire Service...
Koreas agree on family reunions in Oct.
Red Cross delegations from both Koreas hold working-level talks at the House of Peace in Panmunjom, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do Province. They agreed to hold reunions for families separated since the Korean War from Oct. 20 to 26 this year.
The two Koreas have agreed to hold...
Hand-made shoes tailored to individual size, taste
There is an alley in Daegu that smells of leather, leather goods and leather polish.
The so-called “Hand-made Shoes Alley” in Hyangchon-dong, Jung-gu District, Daegu, produces a range of hand-made shoes, exquisitely crafted by master leatherwork artisans.
The alley is home to approximately 60 stores and...
