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An illustration by Viktoria Moroz from Ukraine wins in the 'Etc.' category in the global Talk Talk Korea 2018 contest. By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin  Photos = Korean Culture and Information Service The 125 winners of the international Talk Talk Korea 2018 contest, co-hosted by the Korean Culture...

Visitors in May last year pose for photos at the 2025 K-Beauty Festival hosted by the Korean Embassy in Antananarivo as part of the Madagascar International Fair. (Korean Embassy in Madagascar) By Charles Audouin

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...

An artificial intelligence drawing robot on Oct. 29, 2025, creates the portrait of a visitor at K-Business Square of the APEC Economic Exhibition Hall in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. (Park Dae Jin) By Margareth Theresia

President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook talk with members of a South Korean art troupe that performed in Pyeongyang last month, during a luncheon at Cheong Wa Dae on May 11. By Sohn JiAe  Photos = Cheong Wa Dae President Moon Jae-in met with a South...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (left) and her Italian counterpart, Angelino Alfano, hold up plush toys of the PyeongChang mascots Soohorang and Bandabi, in Rome on Jan. 26. By Hur SomEe and Lee Hana Photos = Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha held meetings with...

President Park Geun-hye (second from right) hosts a summit with Icelandic President Olafur Grimsson (second from left) at Cheong Wa Dae on Nov. 9. Korea and Iceland have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the Arctic. President Park Geun-hye held a summit with her Icelandic counterpart,...

Mihara Mai of Japan rejoices after she cleared all the elements in the ladies’ free skating event at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2017, a test event for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games that took place at the...

Travel to Hallasan Mountain and to the Seongsan Ilchulbung of Jeju Island and learn more about its volcanic geographic features. Visit the Hwasun Dolmen in Jeollanam-do Province and explore the megalithic culture of prehistoric times. Follow the traces of the Baekje Kingdom (18 B.C.-A.D. 660)...

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...

President Park Geun-hye delivers her congratulatory address during a ceremony to mark the establishment of the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory X-ray Free Electron Laser, at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory on Sept. 29. She said that she hopes that the newly built facility could serve as...

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 this year ranks sixth in digital technology competitiveness among 64 countries surveyed, the nation's highest rank in the category in its history. Shown is a visitor trying virtual reality content on Nov. 23 at the Korean Government Expo held at...