Korea signs 26 MOUs with Saudi Arabia worth tens of trillions of KRW
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Saudi Ministry of Investment on Nov. 17 held the Korea-Saudi Investment Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul's Jung-gu District. Shown are Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-Yang (second from left) and...
President Yoon, Saudi prince discuss energy, defense industry, infrastructure
President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) on Nov. 17 poses for photos with visiting Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the presidential residence in the Hannam-dong neighborhood of Seoul's Yongsan-gu District.
President Yoon, Saudi prince discuss energy, defense industry, infrastructure
By Jung Joo-ri
Photos = Office of the President
President...
From boilermakers to luxury drinks, 4 experts discuss Korean booze culture
From left are Won Spirits CEO Jay Park, Damhwa CEO Lee Jaeook, Korea Studio Sool Director Park Rokdam and Won Spirits Chief Communications Officer Kim Hee-jun.
By Min Yea-Ji
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Lee Jun Young
Rapper Psy's music video "Hangover" from 2014 offers a glimpse of Korean drinking...
Korea’s biggest game expo G-Star returns in Busan after 3 years
The country's largest game exhibition "Game Show and Trade, All Round 2022" (G-Star) was opened on Nov. 17 at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, or BEXCO.
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong
Photos = Yoo Yeon Gyeong
Busan
The global game expo "Game Show and Trade, All Round 2022" (G-Star)...
Photo essay of President Yoon’s tour of Southeast Asia
President Yoon Suk Yeol from Nov. 11-16 went on a four-night, six-days tour of Cambodia and Indonesia. From Nov. 11-13, he attended the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to deliver his Korea-ASEAN solidarity vision for cooperation with ASEAN member states and took part in the ASEAN Plus Three Summit and...
Seasonal foreign workers to see better protection of human rights
The Ministry of Justice is seeking to boost protection of the human rights of seasonal foreign workers. Shown are such laborers at a farm in Goesan-gun County, Chungcheongbuk-do Province. (Goesan-gun County Office)
By Lee Kyoung Mi
Seasonal foreign workers in Korea will receive better legal guarantees of their human rights.
The Ministry of...
All 4 Korean American candidates win in US midterm elections
From left are newly elected Reps. Marilyn Strickland (Democrat-Washington), Young Kim (Republican-California) and Michelle Steel (Republican-California) and reelected Rep. Andy Kim (Democrat-New Jersey). (Screen captures from their official websites)
By Kim Hayeon
All four Korean American politicians who ran for Congress in the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8 won their respective...
President Yoon returns home after 1st summit with China in Bali
President Yoon Suk Yeol on the evening of Nov. 15 is greeted by well-wishers before making his flight home at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia.
President Yoon returns home after 1st summit with China in Bali
By Xu Aiying
Photos = Office of the President
President Yoon Suk Yeol...
Exhibition in UAE to display Korean content integrated with high tech
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will co-organize with the Korea Creative Content Agency "Korea: Cubically Imagined," an exhibition under the theme of technological convergence running from Nov. 16 to Dec. 4 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. Shown is the work...
Daejeon, Sejong, 2 provinces to host 2027 Summer World University Games
Daejeon Mayor Lee Jang Woo (third from left), Sejong Mayor Choi Min-ho (fourth from left), Chungcheongbuk-do Province Gov. Kim Young-hwan (third from right), Chungcheongnam-do Province Gov. Kim Tae-heum (second from right), and officials from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korean Sport and Olympic...
President holds bilateral, trilateral talks with US, Japan in Cambodia
President Yoon Suk Yeol (second from left) on Nov. 13 attends a trilateral summit with U.S. President Joe Biden (center of the middle table) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (second from right) and poses for a commemorative photo in a hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
By Min Yea-Ji
Photos...
Photo essay of Ulleungdo and Dokdo islands
To mark Dokdo Day on Oct. 25, the Northeast Asian History Foundation invited Korea.net Honorary Reporters to go on a trip from Nov. 1-4 to the islands of Ulleungdo and Dokdo. Dokdo Day was designated in 2000 by the private organization A Party for...
Ministry’s creative uniform campaign wins bronze at Clio Sports Awards
By Park Hye Ri
Video = Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism's official YouTube channel
The Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism's "Save Uniform" campaign launched last year has won a bronze honor at this year's Clio Sports Awards.
The ministry on Nov. 11 said it was the first Korean government department to receive...
President Yoon to attend ASEAN, G20 summits in Southeast Asia
President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Bali, Indonesia, to attend summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Group of 20 (G20) economies. The photo shows he and first lady Kim Keon Hee on Sept. 18 saying bye to the crowd before...
Special envoy pledges aid for ‘effective climate actions’ in developing world
Ambassador on Climate and the Environment Na Kyung-won on Nov. 8 gives a speech at the 27th U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Lee Kyoung Mi
Ambassador on Climate and the Environment Na Kyung-won, who is...
Jordanian ambassador hails Korean culture’s tradition-modernity coexistence
Jordanian Ambassador to Korea Asal Al Tal on Sept. 13 gives an exclusive interview to Korea.net at her embassy in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District. With this year marking the 60th anniversary of bilateral ties, she said she hopes for stronger cooperation in sectors such as tourism, investment, advanced agricultural...
Seoul hosts conference on tourism recovery, innovation in Asia-Pacific
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Nov. 7 said it will host the 16th Global Sustainable Tourism Council's Asia-Pacific Sustainable Tourism Conference jointly with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Shown here is a picture taken from the 10th conference held in 2016 from March 29...
BTS has most No. 1 hits on Hot 100 chart this decade: Billboard
BTS over the past decade has had the most No. 1 songs on Billboard's main singles chart Hot 100. (BTS' official Twitter)
BTS has most No. 1 hits on Hot 100 chart this decade: Billboard
By Lee Jihae
BTS over the past decade has had the most No. 1 songs on...
President Yoon sends gifts to rescued miners, says they ‘gave new hope’
Two miners who were trapped in a zinc mine for nine days in Bonghwa-gun County, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, are safely escorted out of the mine on Nov. 4 at 11:03 p.m. by rescue workers. (National Fire Agency)
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Nov. 5 thanked and expressed his...
3 European veterans of Korean War to be laid to rest in Busan
Three European veterans who served with the United Nations Command in the Korean War will be buried at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Korea located in Busan: (from left) Robert Picquenard from France and Mathias Hubertus Hoogenboom and Eduard Julius Engberink from Netherlands. (Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs)
By Park...
