List of nation’s top 100 tourist spots for 2025-26 released
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization on Jan. 20 announced their annual list of the country's top 100 tourist attractions. Shown is a snow-covered Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Korea.net DB)
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Diplomatic policy for 2025 stresses ‘stable foreign relations’
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul (right) on March 18, 2023, takes a photo with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a luncheon conference hosted by the ministry in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Events in SE Asia to promote travel to Korea to ASEAN nat’ls
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In Chon from Jan. 18-19 will attend this year's ASEAN Tourism Forum and the ASEAN Plus Three (Korea, China and Japan) Tourism Ministers Meeting in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Shown are visitors in Kuala Lumpur,...
Record 35.2% of disabled did sports or exercised daily in 2024
The daily sports participation rate of disabled people last year was 35.2%, the highest since the statistic was first measured in 2007. Shown is Choi Yong Beom, a national Paralympic canoeist, on Sept. 7, 2024, paddling in the men's...
Korea Aerospace Administration to raise ties with Europe
This is the headquarters of the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, where a seminar with the European Space Agency was held on Jan. 15. (Sacheon City Hall)
By Koh HyunjeongThe Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA)...
Carrying weapon or posing threat in public designated as crimes
This is Government Complex-Gwacheon in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Ministry of Justice)By Kim HyelinCarrying weapons in a public place and posing a public threat are newly classified crimes designed to prevent offenses targeting an unspecified number of people.
Energy tech univ. to help develop next-gen nuclear reactors
Park Jin-ho, acting president of Korea Institute of Energy Technology (Kentech), and Richard Muller, cofounder and chief technology officer of the U.S. nuclear power startup Deep Fission, attend an energy forum running from Sept. 26-27, 2024, in Naju, Jeollanam-do Province. (Kentech)
Some 100 meetings to cover prep for Gyeongju APEC summit
In a meeting chaired by Gyeongsangbuk-do Province Gov. Lee Cheol-Woo, the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Community) Preparation and Support Bureau of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province and Gyeongju on Jan. 7 discussed preparations and directions for the senior officials meeting of APEC 2025...
Provincial county offers winter tour via wine therapy, taekwondo
Six foreign promoters of Korean culture on Jan. 7 take a group photo after their ski lesson at Muju Deogyusan Resort in Muju-gun County, Jeollabuk-do (Jeonbuk-do) Province. (Margareth Theresia)
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NCG talks with US reaffirm extended deterrence vs. N. Korea
Cho Chang-rae, deputy minister for national defense policy (right), and Cara Abercrombie, acting U.S. deputy under secretary of defense for policy on Jan. 10 take a photo after jointly chairing the fourth Nuclear Consultative Group meeting in Washington. (Ministry...
Train line in Gyeonggi-do Province reopened after 21-year break
A rail line connecting the Gyeonggi-do Province cities of Goyang, Yangju and Uijeongbu will be reopened on Jan. 11. (Gyeonggi-do Province)
By Kim HyelinA suburban train line connecting the Gyeonggi-do Province cities of Goyang, Yangju and Uijeongbu on...
Acting president reaffirms nuclear power cooperation with Czech PM
Acting President Choi Sang Mok (left), who also serves as deputy prime minister and minister of economy and finance, on Jan. 8 holds a phone conversation with Czech Prime Minister Petr Filala at Government Complex-Seoul. (Ministry of Economy...
Acting President Choi gets credentials from 9 new ambassadors
Cuba's first ambassador to Korea, Claudio Monzon Baeza (left), on Jan. 7 poses with Acting President Choi Sang Mok (center), who is deputy prime minister and minister of economy and finance, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul...
Sec. Blinken reaffirms US trust in Korean democracy, defense
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken (left) on Jan. 6 shakes hands with Acting President Choi Sang Mok, who is deputy prime minister and minister of economy and finance, at Government Complex-Seoul. (Ministry of Economy and Finance)
Beautiful result! Cosmetics exports hit record USD 10B in 2024
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Jan. 6 said cosmetics exports last year set a record-high USD 10.2 billion. Shown are visitors in October 2024 at the K-Beauty Expo held at the Korea International Exhibition Center, aka KINTEX, in...
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Dream Program to offer winter sports training to youth athletes
The 2025 Dream Program on Jan. 6 will begin in Pyeongchang-gun County and Gangneung in Gangwon-do Province (State) to help youth athletes from countries with few opportunities in winter sports to experience both the sports and Korean culture. Shown is a group...
‘Sincere respect for Korean is essential when learning it’
Miyuki Hamanoue, a professor of Korean at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan, on Oct. 28 smiles during an interview with Korea.net at his office. "Korean is really interesting because of the different language based on age, gender and social class as...
Incheon airport eyes 100M passengers, top 3 megahub status
Lee Hag-jae (fourth from left), president and CEO of Incheon International Airport Corp., Minister of Land Infrastructure and Transport Park Sangwoo (sixth from left), Rep. Maeng Sungkyu (eighth from left), chairman of the National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee,...
Higher cooperation agreed on with Lavtia in bio, defense sector
President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) and his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics on Nov. 28 pose for a photo at their summit held at the Office of the President in Seoul. (Office of the President)
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