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President Yoon Suk Yeol on Jan. 31 speaks at a meeting on follow-up measures for the United Arab Emirates' pledge to invest in the country at the Korea International Trade Association building in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. (Office of the...

Freize-KIAF (Korea International Art Fair) is part of this year's 100 K-Culture-Tourism Event hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. By Theresia MargarethPhotos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and TourismThe Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism...

President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on Jan. 31 give a toast at a New Year's luncheon they hosted for the Diplomatic Corps in Korea at Yeongbingwan, the guesthouse at the former presidential compound of...

President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) on Jan. 30 shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the presidential office in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District. By Park Hye RiPhotos = Office of the PresidentPresident Yoon Suk...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Jan. 30 said the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics will have 22 official events including taekwondo. The photo shows a taekwondo match at the 2020 Tokyo tournament. (Screen capture from World Taekwondo website)

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Jan. 26 receives new year's reports from the Ministry of Justice, Fair Trade Commission and Ministry of Government Legislation at Yeongbingwan, the guesthouse at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae. (Office...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy Choo Kyung-ho on Jan. 26 gives a speech at the 144th meeting of the Economic Development Cooperation Fund's (EDCF) management committee at Government Complex-Seoul in the capital's Jongno-gu District. (Ministry of...

The United Nation on Jan. 25 said Korea will see economic growth of 2%, ahead of the world's rate of 1.9%. Shown is a panoramic view of Seoul. (Jeon Han)  By Kim Hayeon   The United...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Jan. 23 urged the Japanese government to immediately withdraw its "unjustifiable" territorial claim to Dokdo Island. (Korea.net DB) By Margareth Theresia  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Jan....

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Jan. 21 returned home after completing his eight-day tour of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Switzerland. From Jan. 14-17, he became the first Korean leader to make a state visit to the UAE, holding a bilateral summit with UAE...

Numerous events are scheduled both at home and abroad to mark Seollal (Lunar New Year). (Korea.net DB) By Kim Hyelin Events spreading the warmth and excitement of Seollal (Lunar New Year) are scheduled...

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Jan. 20 chairs a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at Government Complex-Seoul in the capital. (Office for Government Policy Coordination, Prime Minister's Secretariat) https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1428462898&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true Indoor mask-wearing rule to be...

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Jan. 18 speaks at the Global Business Leadership Luncheon at a hotel in Davos, Switzerland, on a visit that includes his attendance at the World Economic Forum. By Margareth TheresiaPhotos = Facebook...

President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on Jan. 17 disembark from the presidential plane Code One at Zurich Airport in Zurich, Switzerland. https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1426786993&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true President Yoon arrives in Switzerland for...

First lady Kim Keon Hee on Jan. 9 visits Chunchugwan, the media center at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, to see the literary exhibition "Lee Sang, Yeom Sang-seop, Hyun jin-gun, Yoon Dong-ju, stroll through Cheong...

President Yoon Suk Yeol and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Jan. 16 pose for a group photo at a ceremony to mark the completion of Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the UAE.

President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) on Jan. 15 attends a bilateral summit with United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the presidential palace in the Mideast nation's capital of Abu Dhabi.  By...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Tourism Organization on Jan. 16 announced that the Korean capital in 2025 will host the International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress of Political Science and the World Congress of the Econometric Society. Shown is IPSA...

U.S. President Joe Biden (White House's official Flickr account) By Yoon Sojung U.S. President Joe Biden on Jan. 12 praised Korean Americans by saying their contributions "enrich our lives every day and lift America to...

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Bo Gyoon (third from right) on Jan. 12 in the tourist-heavy Myeong-dong neighborhood of Seoul takes a commemorative photo with participants at the opening ceremony of Korea Grand Sale 2023.