Seoraksan Mountain to reopen scenic point after 46 years
Just as its name suggests, the Mangyeongdae view points are some of the most stunning in the country. Each region of Seoraksan National Park -- inner, outer and southern -- has a Mangyeongdae viewpoint, but they have all been closed to the public for...
Come to Pyeongchang for Winter Olympics
Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin from the pop sensation EXO perform in the 'K-drama Festa in Pyeongchang' event in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 18. The combined pop concert and fashion show was held to mark the one-year point until the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and...
Cheong Wa Dae to be turned into public culture-arts complex
Cheong Wa Dae will be turned into a public complex of culture, arts, nature and history. Shown is the main office building of the former presidential compound in April this year. (Korea.net DB)
Cheong Wa Dae to be turned into public culture-arts complex
By Park Hye Ri
Cheong Wa Dae,...
President Moon reaffirms Europe’s support for peace on the Korean Peninsula
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook arrive at Seoul Airbase on Oct. 21 after finishing their nine-day European trip. (Cheong Wa Dae Facebook)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in came back home after ending a nine-day trip to Europe on Oct. 21. During the trip,...
Mussel adhesive minimizes post-operation scars
Surgical thread and medical adhesives used to close wounds can now be replaced with a breakthrough adhesive made from mussel proteins.
A recent study has found that adhesives made from mussels are much more effective in suturing and in leaving fewer scars, compared to existing...
MOUs with Peru to raise cooperation in minerals, infrastructure
President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) and his Peruvian counterpart Dina Boluarte on Nov. 16 pose for a photo at their news conference held at the Presidential Palace in Lima to announce a joint declaration on higher bilateral cooperation. (Office...
Asians prefer shopping, Westerners visiting palaces when in Seoul: poll
Three tourists on Dec. 6, 2018, take a group selfie at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. (Jeon Han)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Young Shin
Asian visitors in Seoul consider visits to and shopping in Myeong-dong, a bustling and popular neighborhood in downtown Seoul, the most satisfying while traveling in...
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...
Korea, US to together usher in denuclearization of Korean Peninsula
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (left) and President Moon Jae-in shake hands before their meeting in Singapore on Nov. 15. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence held a meeting in Singapore on Nov. 15 to discuss strengthening...
Korea holds roundtable with US, 7 Central American states
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Oct. 28 hosted the Korea-Central America Special Roundtable, in which vice ministers of seven Central American countries and delegates from the U.S. Office of the Vice President and Department of State participated. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Kim Hyelin and Lee Jihae
The government...
[ASEAN now ①] Laos powering SE Asia with region’s fastest growth
With the inaugural Korea-Mekong Summit between Korea and the five countries along the Mekong River – Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam -- and the Korea-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) special summit coming up in November in Busan, Korea.net explores the results of...
Ex-nat’l soccer coach Cha to receive German honor
Cha Bum-kun in October 2017 gives an interview to Korea.net at his home in Seoul's Pyeongchang-dong neighborhood. He will receive the Federal Cross of Merit from the German government. (Korea.net DB)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Hwaya
Former national men's soccer coach and German pro league legend Cha Bum-kun will receive the Federal Cross of Merit...
Soju, Korea’s representative liquor
Soju is a popular local spirit that has comforted people's hearts for many years. No matter whether people feel happy or sad, it has remained Koreans' best friend for a long time. Some people would say they feel something is missing without soju when...
Kimchi Festival London spotlights growingly popular side dish
The Kimchi Festival London was held on Nov. 23 at St. Bride's Foundation on the British capital's Fleet Street. Shown are Ambassador to the U.K. Yoon Yeocheol (sixth from left), Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Mayor Liz Green...
President Moon regrets unfortunate history between Korea, Vietnam
President Moon Jae-in pays his respects at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the final resting place of the Vietnamese revolutionary leader, in Hanoi on March 23. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Park Hye Ri and Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in expressed his regrets concerning massacres of Vietnamese civilians by Korean...
President Moon requests diplomacy ‘at people’s eye-level’
President Moon Jae-in toasts with some makgeolli rice beer (막걸리) during a dinner with heads of diplomatic missions, in the Yeongbingwan Guest House at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 18.
By Sohn JiAe and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in has stressed that the standard for defining...
King Jeongjo’s parade turns back clock 222 years
The 2017 King Jeongjo Tomb Parade begins after a formal ceremony to officially depart the palace, at the Donhwamun Gate of Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul on Sept. 23.
By Jeon Han and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul l Sept. 23, 2017
In front of Changdeokgung Palace, the jwatongrye royal official in...
Foreign minister urges ‘victim-centered approach’ toward sex slave issue
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha on Feb. 25 gives the keynote address at the High-level Segment of the 40th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Facebook Page)
By Oh Hyun-woo and Yoon Jihye
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha...
Former S. Korean, American diplomats: second NK-US summit was no failure
Former U.S. Ambassador to Korea Kathleen Stephens (third from left) speaks on March 5 during a forum hosted by the Korea Foundation and the Atlantic Council in Washington. (Korea Foundation)
By Park Gil-ja and Yoon Sojung
Former American and South Korean diplomats on March 5 said the latest summit...
President Moon vows to forge permanent peace between Koreas
President Moon Jae-in (second from left) says he will concentrate on establishing permanent peace between South and North Korea through the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit Pyeongyang. He presided over a Cabinet meeting on the afternoon of Sept. 17, one day before the summit. (Cheong Wa...
