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,...
K-ICT hardware conference held in Seoul
The K-ICT Equipment Industry Festival opens with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 11 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Seoul.
On Dec. 11, the K-ICT Equipment Industry Festival opened in Seoul.
The high-tech hardware convention, held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, was organized around conferences...
Spanish director to head modern art museum
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Gov’t builds archive of German reunification info.
Recently built by the Ministry of Unification, the archive has data and information about the reunification of Germany.
Korea will now be able to learn from its global neighbor’s experience.
To mark the 70th anniversary of Korean independence and the 25th anniversary of German reunification, on...
Eat your way across Korea — spicy soft tofu soup
The jagged rectangle of the Korean Peninsula juts southward out of Manchuria, at the far eastern edge of the Asian landmass. Being thusly located, Korea has always shared in East Asia's extraordinary wealth of vegetables and plant life. It's estimated that Western Europe has...
Korea.net honorary reporters officially begin their duties
Members of this year's team of Korea.net honorary reporters pose for a photo after receiving their appointment certificates from KOCIS Director Park Younggoog (center), at the National Hangeul Museum on Dec. 11 in Seoul.
The fifth group of Korea.net honorary reporters has begun promoting Korea....
