Restaurants, cafes allowed to run until 10 pm amid eased restrictions
Korea Rail Corp. and Supreme Railways from Feb. 15 will sell tickets for aisle seats. From Dec. 8 last year, both companies had adopted the government's recommendation of selling only half or fewer available seats and only those by the window after the social distancing level was raised to 2.5. The photo...
[Lunar New Year] 3 great places in Seoul for rice cakes
Seollal (Lunar New Year), one of Korea's two biggest holidays, features the tradition of sharing tteok (rice cake) with family, relatives and neighbors.
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Hee Young
Seoul | Jan. 29, 2021
Photo = Kim Sunjoo
Feb. 12 is Lunar New Year's Day or Seollal, one of Korea's two biggest holidays.
The leading Korean food served on...
[Lunar New Year] Seollal period packed with online cultural events
The National Gugak Center on Feb. 14 presents for the first time online "Jongmyo Jeryeak," an elaborate performance of ancient court music and designated National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 1, for Lunar New Year. (National Gugak Center)
By Kim Hyelin and Yoon Hee Young
Mass migration to hometowns, tteokguk (sliced rice cake soup), the charye (ancestral...
Culture minister chairs UNESCO committee on cultural diversity
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo on Feb. 1 chairs the 14th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions via videoconferencing. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Lee Jihae
The 14th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for...
Soccer coach Park honored with commemorative coins
The Korea Minting Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) on Feb. 1 unveils its designs for commemorative coins honoring soccer coach Park Hang-seo, who heads the Vietnamese national team, at the government-run authority's headquarters in Seoul’s Mapo-gu District.
By Kim Yeojin and Yoon Hee Young
Photos = Korea Minting Security Printing &...
NY Times food writer shines spotlight on Korean pancake
The New York Times in its Jan. 26 article titled "An Easy Path to Dinner, by Way of Korea" explained what jeon is and how to make it. The photo shows the traditional rice wine makgeolli. (Korea.net DB)
By Lee Jihae
The New York Times has featured the Korean pancake jeon.
In the article titled...
President gifts traditional liquor to outgoing US ambassador
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 19 presents outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Korea Harry Harris with a gift set of the traditional liquor Andong soju at Cheong Wa Dae, urging the diplomat to continue taking an interest in and supporting the Korea-U.S. alliance. (Cheong Wa...
Interior Ministry launches support team for COVID-19 vaccinations
Minister of the Interior and Safety Jeon Hae-cheol (third from left) on Jan. 12 inspects the preparation of COVID-19 vaccines at a testing center in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do Province. (Ministry of the Interior and Safety)
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Sojung
The government is speeding up the process of vaccinations...
British daily analyzes vaccination delay in Korea
A temporary facility for COVID-19 testing on Dec. 17, 2020, is set up in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Jeon Han)
By Lee Jihae
The British daily Guardian has analyzed why Korea and other countries with relatively fewer COVID-19 infections like Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan are starting vaccinations later than...
Korea, Japan, China discuss sports cooperation amid pandemic
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo (right) on Dec. 24 takes part online in the third Korea- Japan-China meeting of sports ministers with his Japanese and Chinese counterparts. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Korea, Japan and China have agreed to join hands in...
Illegal stayers can preregister voluntary departure online
The Ministry of Justice on Dec. 16 launched an online preregistration system allowing foreign nationals illegally residing in the country to voluntarily leave for the sake of containing COVID-19. The photo above is a scene from April this year at the Korean Immigration Service...
Free Wi-Fi on all city buses nationwide marks world first
Minister of Science and ICT Choi Kiyoung (left) on Dec. 14 tests free Wi-Fi on a bus at a bus terminal in Seoul's Yeouido district at an event to mark the launch of the nationwide service. (Ministry of Science and ICT)
By Elena Kubitzki and Lee Hana
The country has achieved...
High-tech robots for responding to nuclear disaster released
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute on Dec. 7 said it is developing an unmanned robot system for response to a nuclear disaster. The photo above is of the robot TRAM (Tracked Radiation Area Monitoring) on the left, which monitors indoors, and ARMstrong (Accident Response Manipulator)...
Korea’s COVID-19 screening methodology adopted as int’l standard
A domestically developed screening methodology for COVID-19 was adopted on Dec. 2 as a global standard by the International Organization for Standardization. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Hyelin and Lee Jihae
A domestically developed methodology for COVID-19 screening using the lab technique reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been adopted as...
‘Don’t read so much COVID-19-related news to prevent blues’
Korea.net on Sept. 14 held an interview with Yook Sungpil, head of the Korean Psychological Association's special committee on COVID-19, at Yongmoon Graduate School of Counseling Psychology in Seoul. He talked about the symptoms of COVID-19 blues and how to respond to them (Kim Sunjoo)
By Kim Young Deok and Lee...
[How COVID-19 changed Chuseok 2] Holiday gift trends reflect social distancing
Gift sets of face masks and hand sanitizers on Sept. 13 are displayed at a Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) gift corner in front of a grocery store in Seoul ahead of the holiday.
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Lee Kyoung Mi
Seoul | Sept. 13, 2020
COVID-19 is reshaping...
Korean-made AI curling robot beats skilled human team
The artificial intelligence robot Curly in March 2018 prepares its stone for a test match at the Icheon Training Center of the Korea Paralympic Committee. At the time, Curly lost a two-end game against a high school team, 3-0. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
Video = Korea.net
An artificial intelligence (AI)...
3 bus terminals in Seoul using AI robots to prevent COVID-19
Seoul's Seocho-gu Office on Sept. 22 announced the deployment of artificial intelligence-based robots at three inter-city bus terminals ahead of the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) holidays. (Seocho-gu Office)
By Kim Minji
Ahead of the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) holidays next week, artificial intelligence-based robots have appeared at express bus terminals.
Seoul's...
Traditional paper lanterns to light up Singaporean garden
"Royal Family's Walk," a showcase of the royal procession of the king and queen during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) in front of Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace will be displayed through lanterns at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay. The photo above is of the procession featured in...
BTS stars in video promoting tourism in Seoul
▲ A promotional video on tourism in Seoul features K-pop sensation BTS. (Screen capture from Seoul Metropolitan City’s official YouTube channel)
By Kim Minji
K-pop sensation BTS, who has topped Billboard's Hot 100 chart for the second consecutive week, will promote tourism in Seoul to the group's fans around...
