First ROK-U.S. call under ‘Trump 2.0’: ROK-U.S. alliance, the linchpin of security
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul speaks on the phone on Jan. 23 with Marco Rubio, the new United States Secretary of State (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong
Seoul to kick off forest restoration projects with Latin American partners
The photo shows a forest restoration site that is part of an overseas development assistance program between Korea and Honduras. (Korea Forest Service)
By Kim Seon Ah
The government will speed up...
Mangjong (망종, 芒種)
The day of Mangjong (망종, 芒種) -- literally, "The Day the Grain Begins to be Harvested" -- falls on Sunday, June 5, this year. Mangjong marks the beginning of the ninth of 24 solar terms that divvy up the year, and is a key...
NY Times’ travel column highlights Korea’s rural areas
The New York Times on Sept. 25 ran a column on rural areas in Korea written by travel writer Adam Graham with the headline "Exploring 'The Land of the Calm.'" Shown is Mureung Valley in Donghae, Gangwon-do Province, one of the places he visited. (Ministry of...
Koreaphiles discover hidden treasures of Busan
“I’m so excited. This is one of the three cities that I most wanted to visit when I was in Korea.”
On the train to Busan, you could see how thrilled Nadine Postigo was, a Korea.net honorary reporter from the Philippines, by the look on...
Korean recipes: Yakgwa deep-fried honey cookies
Yakgwa are cookies that can also be medicine, and the snack has one of the longest histories in Korean cuisine.
The snack originated during the era of Korea's three kingdoms, roughly 57 B.C. to A.D. 668. According to "The Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms" (Samguk...
Two Koreas agree to study inter-Korean railway
Kim Jeong-ryeol (second from left), the chief delegate from South Korea and second vice chairman of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and Kim Yun Hyok (second from right), the chief delegate from North Korea and the vice railway minister, exchange joint press releases...
New tech allows IoT to work on different platforms
Researchers have unveiled a new technology that enables devices based on different Internet of Things (IoT) platforms to interwork and to become connected to each other.
The Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) presented its new interworking technology, based on the oneM2M platform, at the oneM2M...
K-Ribbon Selection label offers premium products
Gisundo soy sauce (기순도), a product in the K-Ribbon Selection's Hansik category, is a delicious condiment made using a 10-month traditional fermentation and aging process.
Thirty-five new products selected last month by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as 2016 Korea Premium Products are...
Korea’s biggest game expo G-Star returns in Busan after 3 years
The country's largest game exhibition "Game Show and Trade, All Round 2022" (G-Star) was opened on Nov. 17 at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, or BEXCO.
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong
Photos = Yoo Yeon Gyeong
Busan
The global game expo "Game Show and Trade, All Round 2022" (G-Star)...
Global taekwondo mecca Taekwondowon marks 10th anniversary
The Taekwondo Promotion Foundation on April 29 held a ceremony to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the massive taekwondo facility Taekwondowon at T1 Stadium in Muju-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province. Attending were Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu...
‘Arirang,’ a melody across generations
The 2016 Arirang Festival opens on Oct. 8 at the National Museum of Korea with an outdoor concert featuring many variations of the song 'Arirang' and accompanied by the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Korean folk song "Arirang," in genres both old and new, echoed across...
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...
President Moon, US think tanks discuss solutions to Korean Peninsula issues
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) poses for a photo with the heads of U.S. research institutes in New York on Sept. 20. From left are Korea Society President Thomas Byrne, Council on Foreign Affairs President Richard Haass, President Moon and Kevin Rudd, president...
Comfort women’s #MeToo resounds in France
The ‘comfort woman’ victim, Lee Yong-soo (fourth from the left), testifies about the misery of her suffering during the ’’Comfort Women’ Victim's Suffering’ hearing held in the House of Commons chamber in Paris on March 8. (Gwangmyeong City Hall)
By Min Yea-Ji and Son Gina
A 90-year-old woman, Lee...
Korea progresses toward Central American FTA
Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera (left) and President Park Geun-hye hold summit talks on Oct. 12 at Cheong Wa Dae.
President Park Geun-hye and Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera held summit talks in Seoul on Oct. 12.
The two leaders agreed to...
Korea, US cooperate on military alliance
The Ministry of National Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense held talks over the phone on Mar. 1 and agreed to further strengthen their military alliance in response to North Korean nuclear and missile weapons threats.
During the talks, which lasted some 30 minutes,...
Korean TV hits Indian shores
Producers of Korean TV shows conduct one-on-one consultation sessions with local media buyers at the India Mumbai Frames 2018 broadcasting exhibition in Mumbai on March 5. (Ministry of Science and ICT)
By Kim Tae Won and Hahm Hee Eun
Korean TV producers have taken their first steps into the...
Nation honors 59th anniversary of 1960 revolution
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on April 19 pays his respects at a national ceremony in northern Seoul to mark the 59th anniversary of the April 19 Revolution, a pro-democracy uprising in 1960.
By Park Hye Ri and Lee Hana
Photos = Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
A ceremony held...
Events nationwide mark 20th annual Dokdo Day
Dokdo Island, also known as the Liancourt Rocks, is a group of small islets in the East Sea. (Korea.net DB)
By Lee Hana
A series of events nationwide on Oct. 25 marked Dokdo Day, which commemorates the official proclamation of Emperor Gojong in 1900 declaring Dokdo as territory attached to Ulleungdo Island.
One hundred years later in...
