New travel program promotes visits to 21 nat’l parks
The Korea National Park Service has launched a three-year tourism program dubbed "National Park Passport Vacation" to promote visits to 21 national parks. The photo above is of Hallyeohaesang National Park in Namhae-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province.
By Xu Aiying and Lee Jihae
Photos = Korea National Park Service
The Korea National...
Swiss Embassy in Seoul unveils new Hanok-style building
The Swiss Embassy in Seoul's new building is a reinterpretation of a Hanok (traditional Korean house). (Kim Sunjoo)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Hwaya
Seoul | May 16, 2019
The Swiss Embassy in Seoul has unveiled its new building that reinterprets a Hanok (traditional Korean house) in the capital's Jongno-gu...
Nat’l security strategy for 2019 stresses peace on Korean Peninsula
President Moon Jae-in on Dec. 20 delivers opening statements at the National Defense Ministry on policy goals for 2019. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Park Gil-ja and Kim Young Shin
The Moon Jae-in administration on Dec. 20 highlighted the importance of creating as well as defending peace under a newly...
Endangered birds found in southern Korea
A mother Chinese crested tern bears her egg. The species, considered to be close to extinction worldwide, was found on an uninhibited island in southern Korea early in April this year.
Endangered varieties of birds and other creatures are being found one after another across...
What Seoul landmarks are the favorites of residents and expats?
This photo of a sunset on the Hangang River was taken on May 8 from Seoraeseom Island in Seoul's Seocho-gu District. (Seoul resident Park Woo-young)By Yoo Yeon Gyeong
Seoul residents say the Hangang River is their favorite landmark in...
Eat your way across Korea: stone pot bibimbap mixed rice
The delicious world of Korean cuisine is broad and deep. From the vast vegetable varieties of kimchi, through to the three pillars of Korean cuisine -- red pepper paste, soy sauce and soybean paste -- Korean cooking encompasses the expansive geography and habitats native...
Browse 45,295 Korean species in 33 volumes
The National Species List, published in 33 volumes by the National Institute of Biological Resources, contains scientific information on 45,295 indigenous Korean species. The catalogue covers everything from the first documented ground beetle,Coptolabus smaragnidus monilifer (left), all the way to the most recently discovered...
Third inter-Korean summit to be held in Pyeongyang in September
South Korea's Minister of Unification Cho Myoung-gyon (left) shake hands with his North Korean counterpart, Ri Son-gwon, after high-level talks on Aug. 13.
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Min-Jeung
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have agreed to hold a third inter-Korean summit...
President Moon meets Ban Ki-moon ahead of UN General Assembly
President Moon Jae-in meets with former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 11. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in met with former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the upcoming 72nd session of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA 72) and...
Gwangju job project spurring other cities to pursue similar ventures
President Moon Jae-in (center) on Jan. 31 delivers a congratulatory speech at the signing ceremony for the Gwangju job project, a revolutionary joint venture between the Gwangju municipal government and Hyundai Motor Company. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Minji and Kim Young Shin
The Gwangju job project, considered a...
Korean Red Cross builds temp homes for Turkish quake victims
Turkish children on Oct. 7 hold drawings and letters thanking the Korean people and a large poster drawn by students at Kyonggi Elementary School in Seoul while posing for a group photo at the move-in ceremony for Korea-Turkiye Friendship Village in the town of Pazarcik in...
There’s still chance to get PyeongChang tickets
On Feb. 1 the PyeongChang Organizing Committee announced that it has sold 75 percent of the tickets for the Olympic Games and 83 percent for the Paralympic Games. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Young Shin
It’s only a week until the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic...
Russia, EU, ASEAN envoys increase scope of diplomacy: president
President Moon Jae-in meets with envoys to Russia, the European Union, Germany and to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as they report on their diplomatic achievements, at Cheong Wa Dae on May 29. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in was briefed on...
President boosts Korea-Ethiopia ties through culture
President Park Geun-hye and Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome address the audience after the ‘K-culture in Ethiopia’ show at Addis Ababa University on May 28. President Park said that Korea and Ethiopia can strengthen their bilateral relationship through cross-cultural exchanges.
President Park Geun-hye has stated that...
Talk Talk Korea 2017 exhibition opens
Director of the Korean Culture and Information Service Kim Tae-hoon (fourth from left) poses for a photo with winners of the Talk Talk Korea 2017 contest, at an exhibition of the winning works on display at Seoullo 7017, in Seoul on Nov. 1.
By Yoon Sojung and Kim...