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President Yoon Suk Yeol from Jan. 14 will make an eight-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland. He is shown on Jan. 9 receiving this year's business briefings from government ministries at Yeongbingwan, the guesthouse at the...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/2EPn2Dywh_Y By Hong Angie and Aisylu Akhmetzianova Video = Lee Jun Young A burs ride lasting 2 1/2 hours departed from the Myeong-dong neighborhood of Seoul and arrived at a "winter empire" around Hwacheoncheon Stream in the town...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin on Jan. 9 talks on the phone with his new Chinese counterpart Qin Gang. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) By Kim Seon AhMinister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin on Jan. 9...

Five Korean referees in July will work at this year's FIFA Women's World Cup soccer finals in Australia and New Zealand. From left are Oh Hyeonjeong, Kim Yujeong, Kim Kyoung Min, Lee Seul Gi and Park Mi-suk (Korea Football Association)

Two exhibitions featuring the beauty of Hanbok and practicality of Hanbok-inspired uniforms will run from Jan. 12-29 at Ara Art Center in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. Shown are Hanbok-inspired uniforms for staff in transportation and leisure services.  https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1420528099&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true

Cruise lines at Incheon Port halted due to COVID-19 will be resumed for the first time in three years and five months. Shown is the Hanseatic Inspiration, a vessel of the German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd AG that the Incheon Port Authority attracted in 2021. 

The government will promote exports of the domestic content industry with record-high funding of KRW 790 billion. Shown here on Dec. 3 last year are participants doing a K-pop cover dance at the 2022 K-pop Gala hosted by the Korean Cultural Center in Ottawa, Canada....

To mark the Year of the Rabbit in 2023, a big rabbit-shaped light installation stands at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Kim Sunjoo) By Lee Jihae 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit under...

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Jan. 4 from 7 p.m. will hold the "2023 New Year's Concert" at the Concert Hall of Seoul Arts Center in the city's Seocho-gu District. Shown here on Dec. 17 last year is "Saturday...

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Creative Content Agency on Jan. 2 said in a white paper that the domestic game industry in 2021 broke KRW 20 trillion in value for the first time. Shown is...

Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, who in 2003 became the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, on the afternoon of Dec. 12 speaks with Korea.net in an interview at Alpensia Convention Center in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province. (Yun Dahee) 

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec. 27 takes a commemorative photo after the awards ceremony for the Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit for "Squid Game" actor Lee Jung-jae and director Hwang Dong-hyuk at the Office of the President in Seoul's...

German-language specialist Min Yea-Ji is Korea.net's staff writer of the year. (Kim Sunjoo) By Lee Kyoung Mi Korea.net on Dec. 23 named German-language specialist Min Yea-Ji as staff writer of the year.

Visitors on May 26 wait in a long line to tour the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae. (Korea.net DB) By Kim Seon Ah An estimated 4.8 million visitors by year's end are expected to tour Cheong Wa Dae, the former presidential compound that was opened to the public...

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Nov. 23 cohosted a concert with the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange to mark the 2021-22 Year of Cultural Exchange between Korea and China and the 30th anniversary of bilateral ties at Seoul Art Center...

Fans on June 18, 2018, cheer for the national soccer team at Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square during Korea's game versus Sweden in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. (Jeon Han)  'Red Devils' supporters to cheer for soccer team in downtown Seoul By Israa Mohamed Loud cheers on the evening of Nov....

President Yoon Suk Yeol (fifth from left) and Kenyan President William Ruto (fifth from right) on Nov. 23 hold a bilateral summit at the Office of the President in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District. By Xu Aiying Photos = Office of the President President Yoon Suk Yeol on Nov. 23 held a...

The government will build the world's sixth inland base in the South Pole by 2030. Shown is the area for ocean research near the King Sejong Station. (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries) By Kim Seon Ah

Visitors in Doha, Qatar, crowd around the booth for promoting tourism in Korea.   By Jung Joo-ri Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism An official booth for promoting tourism in Korea is running in Doha, Qatar, where this year's World Cup soccer finals were opened. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and...

"The King's Affection" on Nov. 21 made history as the first Korean drama to win an International Emmy Award at the ceremony for the 50th edition of the honors in New York. (KBS official website) By Lee Jihae The King's Affection" is the first Korean drama to win an...