President Moon meets Mongolian PM
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh following their meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 15. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in met with Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 15. They discussed...
Stroll through spring’s petal-laden paths
Each April, Jeju Island's fields turn bright yellow as canola flowers come into bloom. Pictured is a field of canola near Sanbangsan Mountain. (Jeju Tourism Organization)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
The year's most colorful, fragrant season is upon us.
The warm breeze is making its way up the...
Seoul, Hanoi to strengthen cooperation
President Moon Jae-in (left) and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang pose for a photo at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on March 23.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
President Moon Jae-in, currently in Vietnam on a state visit, vowed to bolster bilateral ties between...
‘I want to go back to Gaeseong and run the machines again’
Chairman Shin Han Yong of the Corporate Association of the Gaseseong Industrial Complex hopes that the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit will be successful so that it can help improve inter-Korean relations.
By Yoon Sojung and Jung Joo-ri
Photos = Jeon Han
Video = Kim Sunjoo
Seoul | April 11, 2018
“We all wish to get...
Expectations rise for high-speed train across Korean Peninsula
The 2018 Inter-Korean Summit has led to growing interest in a high-speed railway connecting South and North Korea. Moon Jong-mook, director of the Pan-Citizen Measure Committee for Nurturing the KTX Gwangmyeong Eurasia Departure Station, holds up a virtual train ticket on Dec. 31, 2017....
DMZ Camp Greaves to host performances, exhibits
The theater troupe People In Backpacks performs ‘The Metamorphosis.’
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Gyeonggi-do Provincial Government
At Camp Greaves along the DMZ, the only area within the civilian access control line that has been returned by the U.S. armed forces, there will be an...
Moon’s bold imagination brings peace to Korean Peninsula: Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in announces his administration's peace initiatives, at Berlin's Old City Hall in July 2017. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
Exactly one year ago, President Moon Jae-in announced the Berlin Initiative that outlines his administration’s North Korea policies to dissolve the Cold War structure...
President Moon hopes for success at upcoming Asian Game
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (left), in Seoul as a special envoy from Indonesian President Joko Widodo, and President Moon Jae-in pose for a photo with the three mascots of the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, at Cheong Wa Dae on July 27. (Cheong Wa...
Gov’t emphasizes human-centered 4th industrial revolution
Participants in the G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting discuss ‘A Digital Agenda for Development’ in Salta, Argentina, on Aug. 24. (G20 Argentina Organizing Committee)
By Jung Joo-ri and Kim Min-Jeung
Korea participated in the Group of 20 (G20) Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting in Salta, Argentina, from Aug. 23 to...
#HANAGo Chuseok Special – Songpyeon (송편) rice cakes
Hi, it's Hana of HANAGo.
In this episode made especially for the Chuseok Mid-Autumn Festival, I will explore a very chewy kind of Korean food - tteok.
Tteok, or rice cake, is a food that comes in many variations. No Korean festival, celebration or anniversary would...
Indie films show different sides of Korea in Berlin
The Korean Cultural Center holds the second ‘Korea Independent Film Festival’ in Berlin, Germany, from Nov. 1 to Nov. 10. Katti Jisuk Seo’s documentary film, How About Having a Fascination of Mind?’ will be premiered at the festival. (Korean Cultural Center in Germany)
By Hahm Hee-eun
Korean...
Two Koreas connect road for war remains excavation
Soldiers from South and North Korea working on the road connection project meet at the Military Demarcation Line in Cheorwon, Gangwon-do Province in November. (Ministry of National Defense)
By Kim Young Shin
The two Koreas connected a tactical road across the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized...
Marriage immigrants in Korea now eligible for victim’s compensation
Marriage immigrants will no longer be denied victim's compensation. (Ministry of Justice)
By Park Gil-ja and Kim Minji
Marriage immigrants in Korea are now eligible to receive victim’s compensation regardless of whether an applicant gets a guarantee from his or her home country.
The Justice Ministry on Dec. 18 announced...
Korean gov’t to promote hydrogen economy through car, fuel cell sectors
President Moon Jae-in (second from left) on Jan. 17 looks at the booth of a hydrogen fuel car at Ulsan City Hall ahead of the announcement of the administration’s pro-hydrogen economy policy. (Hyoja-dong Studio)
By Jung Joo-ri and Yoon Sojung
The government on Jan. 17 announced an ambitious plan...
March First Independence Movement Day
We are at Gwanghwamun Square in the heart of Seoul on March 1, where a ceremony is taking place to mark the centennial for the March First Independence Movement.
One hundred years ago today, Korea's first uprising against Japanese colonial rule began on March 1,...
Interpretation service for foreign victims of crime expanded
An operator at the Immigration Contact Center (1345) in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province, provides interpretation service for a caller. The center from this month began providing three-way interpretation with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office for foreign victims of crime. (Ministry of Justice)
By Song Baleun and Kim Minji
The Ministry of...
Unsung Hero of Korea’s Independence – George Lewis Shaw
By Jeon Han
Photos = The Independence Hall of Korea
Illustration = Manus Eugune
A trading company in Andong (now Dandong), China, holds a distinctive place in the history of Korea's independence movement.
Yilyungyanghaeng assisted the Korean Provisional Government in transporting weapons, delivering government funds and communicating with activists,...
President Moon: Korea, Finland to boost cooperation through innovation
President Moon Jae-in (right) and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on June 11 shake hands at the Korean-Finnish Startup Summit in Helsinki.
By Song Baleun and Lee Jihae
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in on June 11 said at the Korea-Finland Startup Summit in Helsinki, "I strongly believe that...
Celebratory event marks 12th annual Taekwondo Day
A celebratory event to mark the 12th annual Taekwondo Day is held on Sept. 4 at Taekwondowon, a taekwondo venue and park in Muju-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Kim Hwaya
A celebratory event to mark the 12th annual Taekwondo Day on...
Protection-security office for ASEAN-Korea summit opened
The Protection and Security Office for the 2019 ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit is opened on Nov. 15 at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) to ensure security and safety at the event. Shin Yong-wook, vice chief of the Presidential Security Service (fifth from left) and staff from...