President Yoon hosts event in Poland for Korean expats
President Yoon Suk Yeol (fourth from left in front row), on an official visit to Poland, and first lady Kim Keon Hee (fifth from left in front row) on July 12 at a Warsaw hotel pose for a group photo...
President Yoon pledges to share more military intel with NATO
President Yoon Suk Yeol (first from right in sitting row) on July 12 attends the NATO summit in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. (Office of the President)
By Xu Aiying
President Yoon...
Dodgers, Padres to open MLB season next year in Seoul
Major League Baseball of the U.S. on July 12 said the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres from March 20-21 will play their opening games of the 2024 season in Seoul. On the left is Padres second baseman Kim Ha-seong draped...
‘Tailored partnership’ with NATO to boost security cooperation
President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on July 11 exchange a handshake at Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre, aka LITEXPO, the venue of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
By Park Hye RiPhotos = Office of the...
First lady visits Korean-language institute at Lithuanian uni
First lady Kim Keon Hee (center of front row) and Lithuanian students of Korean on July 11 pose for a photo at the King Sejong Institute branch housed at Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania.
By Wu JinhuaPhotos = Office of...
Cosmetics exports hit KRW 10T for 2nd straight year
Cosmetics exports last year broke the KRW 10 trillion mark for the second consecutive year. Shown is a cosmetics store in Seoul's shopping-centric Myeong-dong neighborhood. (Korea Tourism Organization)
By Cao Thi Ha
Cosmetics exports last...
President Yoon attends int’l Korean scientist, engineer event
President Yoon Suk Yeol (sixth from left in second row) on July 5 poses for a photo with the heads of ethnic Korean scientist and engineer groups abroad at the inaugural World Congress of Korean Scientists and Engineers held at...
Country’s 1st robot conductor to debut with nat’l orchestra
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By Hong Angie
Video = National Orchestra of Korea's official YouTube channel
Photos = National Theater of Korea
"Can a robot replace a conductor?"
Rescue team arrives in Canada to battle wildfires there
The 151-member Korean Disaster Relief Team dispatched to help fight wildfires in Canada on July 2 pose for a group photo upon arrival at Ottawa International Airport. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Park Hye Ri
‘Korea’s method of cultural promotion is Egypt’s role model’
Hisham Ibrahim, vice president of Egypt's Academy of Arts, on June 21 speaks to Korea.net in an interview at the conference house Dalgaebi in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Israa Mohamed)
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong and Israa MohamedThirty minutes...
Jeju tour allows visitors to enjoy sea, protect environment
Participants in the "E-Run Trip" on June 2 pose for a group photo while holding scrap metal they fished out of the sea at Cheonjin Port in the township of Udo-myeon in Jeju City, Jeju Island. (Jeju Tourism Organization)
Currency swap with Japan resumed after 8 years for USD 10B
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho (second from right) and Japanese Minister of Finance Shunichi Suzuki on June 29 hold the eighth bilateral meeting of finance ministers at the Japanese Ministry of Finance in Tokyo.
Pop-up relay event for cultural content to start in Busan
Members of the International Bureau of Expositions (BIE) in April watch a fireworks display above the Gwangandaegyo Bridge in Busan's Suyeong-gu District. (World Expo 2030 Busan Bid Committee's official Facebook page)
By Cao Thi Ha
Fans to cheer U-20 WC team in semifinals in downtown Seoul
Members of the national soccer team's Red Devils cheering corps on Nov. 24, 2022, cheer for Korea at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul's Jongno-gu District during the team's opening Group H game of the Qatar World Cup soccer finals. (Korea.net DB)
Men’s taekwondo team wins 4th straight world championship
Male Most Valuable Player (MVP) Park Tae-joon (middle) of Korea and female MVP Merve Dincel (right) of Turkey at this year's World Taekwondo Championships on June 4 pose for photos while holding their awards at Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. (World Taekwondo)
Seafood on southern island delights 7 Honorary Reporters
Seven Korea.net Honorary Reporters visiting Namhae-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, on a seafood tour on May 24 pose for a photo at a restaurant featuring maritime cuisine from the region. They are (from left to right) Karina Gur from Germany, Anastassiya Kim from Kazakhstan, Mohammad Iqbal...
Success of Nuri rocket’s 3rd launch hailed by President Yoon
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By Xu AiyingVideo=Ministry of Science and ICT's official YouTube channelThe country has successfully launched its domestically developed space rocket KSLV-II, aka Nuri.This has ushered in a new space age for the nation.The Ministry of Science and ICT and Korea...
President Yoon pledges stronger cooperation with US, Japan
President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) on May 21 greets U.S. President Joe Biden (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Japan, where the Group of 7 economies (G7) summit was held.
First lady spends time with Japanese, German counterparts
First lady Kim Keon Hee (right) on May 21 takes a photo with her Japanese counterpart Yuko Kishida, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, at a restaurant in Hiroshima, Japan.
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KOCIS ceremony welcomes new global promoters of Korea
Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Cho Yongman on the afternoon of May 19 gives a congratulatory speech at the induction ceremony for this year's global Korean culture ambassadors at KOCIS Center in Seoul's Jung-gu District.
