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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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...
KRW 1.4T policy fund in 2025 to support semiconductor sector
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok on Nov. 27 speaks at a meeting of economy-related ministries on boosting industrial competitiveness at the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Ministry of Economy and Finance)
FM Cho urges global efforts to stop NK-Russia military tie-up
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul (second from left in front row) on Nov. 26 attends an outreach session for the Indo-Pacific region at the Group of Seven Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Fiuggi, Italy. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Korean-language education to be spread to public schools o’seas
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Ju-Ho (second from left) on Nov. 25 gives a speech at the ninth ministerial meeting on social affairs at Government Complex-Seoul in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Ministry of Education)
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Strategic ties formed with Malaysia, FTA to follow next year
President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) and Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Nov. 25 pose for photos for their bilateral summit at the Office of the President in Seoul.
By Xu Aiying
Early morning self-driving bus service to debut on Nov. 26
Early-morning self-driving bus service in Seoul will start from Nov. 26. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Lee Kyoung Mi
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will start self-driving bus service in the capital for commuters who start their...
Seoul Winter Festa to illuminate nightscape from Dec. 13
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Nov. 21 said that from Dec. 13 to Jan. 5, it will host Seoul Winter Festa 2024 in major downtown spots. Shown is a scene from the 2023 Seoul Lantern Festival that ran from Dec. 15,...
Defense ministers’ talks with ASEAN discuss sea training
Minister of National Defense Kim Yong Hyun on Nov. 21 speaks at a ceremony to mark the 35th anniversary of dialogue relations between Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Vientiane, Laos. (ASEAN's official Facebook page)
Foreign acts to perform at traditional music concert on Dec. 10
The Korea Heritage Agency on Dec. 10 will hold the concert "Sinawi Spectrum" at Korea Cultural House in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. From left are pansori (solo lyrical opera) singer Laure Mafo from France; dancer Alessandro Navarro Barbeito from Spain; and Choi...
Trilateral Secretariat office with US, Japan opened in Seoul
Yi Wonwoo (center), deputy director-general of the North American Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Robert Koepcke (left), U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for Japan, Korea and Mongolia, and Akihiro Okochi, deputy director-general for Asian and Oceanian affairs at Japan's Ministry of...
Contest honors top local gov’t practices that help expats
Jeonbuk Fire Service on April 16 holds an event at the headquarters of Jeonbuk State in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do Province, to honor an interpretation volunteer group for emergency 119 service. Comprising some 60 migrant women and foreign students, the group offers interpretation in 12 languages around the...
President Yoon pledges ‘green ladder’ role in climate change
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Nov. 19 speaks at the third session of the Group of 20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. (Office of the President)
By Park Hye Ri
President Yoon Suk...
President Yoon pledges USD 10M to help African food crisis
President Yoon Suk Yeol (second from right) on Nov. 18 speaks at the first session of the Group of 20 (G20) Summit at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Office of the President)
New alliance to help developing states with climate change
The Ministry of Environment on Nov. 19 will propose the Korea Climate Transparency Alliance at the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan to be held from Nov. 11-22. (COP29's...
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...
‘Brazil seeks Korea’s cooperation in sustainable development’
Brazilian Ambassador to Korea Marcia Donner Abreu on Nov 7 talks about the upcoming Group of 20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro and Korea's cooperation with the G20 in an interview with Korea.net at her embassy in Seoul’s Jongno-gu District.
