Koreans react to plastic bag ban at large supermarkets
Korea from 2019 has banned the use of single-use plastic bags at major supermarkets, with paper bags being offered as alternatives.
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Photos = Xu Aiying
Seoul | Jan. 9, 2019
A woman who lives alone has begun carrying a tote in her handbag because her...
Documentary video features Cheong Wa Dae’s wide variety of beautiful trees
By Lee Kyung Mi and Kim Minji
Video = Presidential Security Service
Cheong Wa Dae, located at the foot of Inwangsan Mountain in Seoul’s central district of Jongno-gu, is surrounded by 50,000 trees spanning 180 species from all over the country. Such lush greenery creates a green look around...
British Korean War hero to be buried at UN cemetery in Busan
The late British war hero William Speakman-Pitt, a Korean War veteran also known as Bill Speakman, in April 2015 talks about his wartime memories during a visit to Seoul. (Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Young Shin
The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs...
Bill in NY State proposes day to honor Korean patriot
This photo shows Korean freedom fighter and martyr Yu Gwan-sun as an inmate at Seodaemun Prison in Seoul. Politicians in the U.S. state of New York on Jan. 14 will introduce a bill to designate March 1 as Yu Gwan-sun Day. (National Institute of...
Foreign, defense ministries blast Japan’s forced laborer, radar claims
The statue located in Yongsan Station square honors Koreans who were forced to work during Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Korea.net DB)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Minji
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Jan. 3 expressed “deep remorse” over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s statement that...
President Moon: peace to strengthen economy in 2019
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 2 delivers his New Year’s address at the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business in Seoul. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 2 stressed the importance of innovation for the well-being of everyone in society...
1st English-language guide on Korean Peninsula mammals published
"Mammals of Korea" is the first English-language guide on 127 mammal species on the Korean Peninsula
By = Xu Aiying and Kim Minji
Photos = Ministry of Environment
A government think tank on Jan. 2 released the first English-language guide to the 127 mammal species living on the Korean Peninsula.
"Mammals...
President Moon’s nat’l cemetery visit begins new year’s official schedule
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 2 burns incense at the Seoul National Cemetery in the Dongjak-gu district of the capital. (Hyoja-dong Studio)
By Kim Young Deok and Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 2 began his first official schedule of 2019 by visiting Seoul National Cemetery in the...
PM Lee wraps up visits to Tunisia, Morocco
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (left) and Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed on Dec. 19 hold a meeting in Tunis.
By Park Hye Ri and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon’s Facebook
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has wrapped up visits to Tunisia and Morocco after his trip to...
Nat’l park service lists 6 lesser-known spots to see sunrise, sunset
Dalah Park inside Hallyeohaesang National Park in Tongyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, has a sunset observatory with a wonderful view of sunlight reflected on the sea with islands big and small.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Korea National Park Service
Many Koreans watch the sunset or sunrise on the...
Top 5 overseas events hosted by Korean Cultural Centers in 2018
Korean Cultural Centers around the world in 2018 hosted a number of exciting events. Highlights included (clockwise from top left) a live screening in Mexico of the year’s first inter-Korean summit on April 27, a pep rally for the World Cup soccer finals in...
Kim Jong Un ‘strongly hoping to visit Seoul’ per personal letter to President Moon
This is the personal letter sent on Dec. 30 by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to President Moon Jae-in. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Park Gil-ja and Yoon Sojung
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Dec. 30 sent a personal letter to President Moon Jae-in expressing Kim’s intent...
Nat’l park service lists 6 lesser-known spots to see sunrise, sunset
Dalah Park inside Hallyeohaesang National Park in Tongyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, has a sunset observatory with a wonderful view of sunlight reflected on the sea with islands big and small.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Korea National Park Service
Many Koreans watch the sunset or sunrise on the...
Forced labor victim waiting 74 years to hear a simple ‘sorry’
Young Korean girls in June 1944 brought to Mitsubishi Nagoya Aircraft Works in Japan for forced labor march with their Japanese instructors at Atsuta Shrine in Nagoya. (Civic Alliance Supporting Korean Women Victims of Forced Labor)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
Anyang | Dec. 18, 2018
For 74...
President Moon named person of the year: domestic poll
President Moon Jae-in (right) on March 15 takes part in a briefing session on measures for youth employment at the Yeongbingwan Guest House of Cheong Wa Dae. (Hyoja-dong Studio)
By Park Gil-ja and Kim Minji
President Moon Jae-in has been chosen 2018’s person of the year in a domestic...
Inter-Korean rail, highway network reconnected for 1st time in 70 years
Officials from the two Koreas on Dec. 26 hold a groundbreaking ceremony for an inter-Korean network of railroads and highways at Panmun Station in Gaeseong, North Korea.
By Kim Young Deok and Lee Hana
Photos = Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
For the first time in 70 years, roads...
Xmas wishes from Korea, abroad stress peace and prosperity on peninsula
Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 25 posts a photo of six puppies on its Facebook account as part of its Christmas greeting. The puppies are the offspring of Gomi, one of two Pungsan breed dogs received as gifts by President Moon Jae-in from North...
Nat’l security strategy for 2019 stresses peace on Korean Peninsula
President Moon Jae-in on Dec. 20 delivers opening statements at the National Defense Ministry on policy goals for 2019. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Park Gil-ja and Kim Young Shin
The Moon Jae-in administration on Dec. 20 highlighted the importance of creating as well as defending peace under a newly...
Korean relics displayed at Saudi Arabia’s National Museum of Riyadh
The exhibition “The Enchanting Journey to Korean Civilization” is being held at the National Museum of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia through March 7, 2019.
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
Photos = National Museum of Korea
Relics representing Korea’s rich history and heritage from 700,000 years ago through 1910...
4 naturalized Koreans receive gov’t honor as ‘exemplary citizens’
Justice Minister Park Sang-ki (center) and four naturalized Koreans honored as “exemplary citizens” on Dec. 19 pose for photos at Government Complex-Gwacheon in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province.
By Park Hye Ri and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Ministry of Justice
The descendant of an independence fighter now serving in the Korea Coast...
