Summer by the sea, a perfect vacation spot
Surfers enjoy the waves at the Songjeong Beach in Busan. (Korea Tourism Organization)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Min-Jeung
Transparent emerald-blue seas and sandy beaches surrounded by a dense forest of pine trees would make for a beautiful vacation spot, one that's kind of rare to find along...
Korea, UK top diplomats hold strategic dialogue
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (left) and U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt shake hands before their meeting in London on July 18. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Kim Young Shin
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and the U.K.’s new foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, discussed the situation on...
Interview #2: Global pop group ‘Now United’ talks about Korea
Seven members of the pop group Now United’ pose for a photo in a studio in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on July 12.
By Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | July 18, 2018
The pop sensation Now United arrived in Korea on July 6, the seventh country on...
Korea continues to push cross-cultural partnerships
Participants in the 2017 Cultural Partnership Initiative Project pose for a photo at Korea House in Jung-gu District, Seoul, during the welcoming reception. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Min-Jeung
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on July 19 that 63 young...
Interview #1: Global pop group Now United unites world through music
By Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | July 18, 2018
“Different people from all around the world unite through music. Nothing can be more amazing than that.”
A new global pop group, Now United, has visited Korea for a week starting on July 6. Now United...
New Southern Policy is key factor of new economic map: president
President Moon Jae-in speaks during the weekly senior secretariat meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on July 16. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Min-Jeung
President Moon Jae-in said that a new Asian era is approaching, and that “the two axes holding up the New Southern Policy are India...
Vietnamese film festival to be held in Seoul
The Vietnamese romantic comedy film 'The Girl from Yesterday' (2017) will be screened at the Lotte Cinema World Tower during the two-day Vietnamese film festival that starts in Seoul on July 18.
By Park Hye Ri and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Korean Film Council
Korea's biggest Vietnamese film festival, Vietnam...
World Korean teachers conference kicks off in Seoul
Participants in the 10th World Korean Educators Conference wave to the camera as they hold up King Sejong Institute textbooks. (King Sejong Institute Foundation)
By Kim Hyelin and Kim Min-Jeung
The four-day 10th World Korean Educators Conference kicked off at the COEX convention center and at Le Méridien Seoul...
Agricultural policies pave the way for young farmers
A researcher from the Rural Development Administration inspects a new breed of strawberry in Hongseong County, Chungcheongnam-do Province, in December 2017. (Rural Development Administration)
By Hahm Hee-eun
In the early 20th century during a phase of rapid industrialization, many people in Korea moved to the city for...
First lady visits disabled, able-bodied community in Singapore
Ho Ching (second from left), the wife of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and first lady Kim Jung-sook (second from right) visit the Enabling Village, a community space dedicated to integrating the disabled with the able-bodied, in Singapore on July 12.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos...
BOK freezes rates at 1.5%
The Bank of Korea (BOK) announces its decision to keep Korea's key interest rate at 1.50 percent in its Monetary Policy Board meeting on July 12. (BOK)
By Lee Yoonseo and Kim Min-Jeung
The Bank of Korea decided to keep Korea's key interest rate at 1.5 percent in its...
Korea pushes for new energy sources
A Korea Gas Corporation (KGC) employee explains how LNG is transported to representatives from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, in front of a model of the KGC's new LNG terminal, at the KOGAS Incheon LNG Terminal on June 28. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Lee Yoonseo and Kim...
First lady meets ‘Dangal’ family, ‘You’re all gold medalists’
First lady Kim Jung-sook meets the Phogat family whose story was the inspiration behind the 2016 film 'Dangal,' at a hotel in New Delhi on July 10. Pictured from left are: youngest son Dushyant, mother Daya Kaur, eldest Geeta, the first lady, father Mahavir...
President Moon lends ear to Korean, Indian CEOs
President Moon Jae-in and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a roundtable for Korean and Indian CEOs in New Delhi on July 10.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
During his state visit to India, President Moon Jae-in attended a roundtable for Korean and Indian CEOs...
Korea, India to become comprehensive partners: Cheong Wa Dae
Presidential Senior Secretary for Public Relations Yoon Young-chan briefs the press about the significance of President Moon Jae-in’s state visit to India, at the press center in New Delhi on July 10. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Young Shin
Cheong Wa Dae announced that President Moon...
Korea, India strengthen future partnership
President Moon Jae-in (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk together to the meeting room at India’s state guesthouse in New Delhi on July 10. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in, on a state visit to India, held a summit with Indian...
First lady tours Mughal tomb, attends K-pop contest
First lady Kim Jung-sook greets people at Humayun's Tomb in Delhi.
By Kim Eun-young and Min-Jeung Kim
Photo = Cheong Wa Dae
First lady Kim Jung-sook visited the UNESCO World Heritage site of Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, and then attended a K-pop contest organized by the Korean Cultural Center in...
US ambassador arrives in Seoul
The new U.S. ambassador to Korea, Harry Harris (right), issues a brief statement after arriving at Incheon International Airport with his wife. (U.S Embassy & Consulate in Korea)
By Min-Jeung Kim
Harry Harris officially became the new U.S. ambassador to Korea on July 7.
A retired four-star admiral...
Korea, US, Japan share goal of North Korean CVID
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left), Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (center) and Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha hold a joint press conference following a ministerial meeting in Tokyo on July 8. (U.S. Department of State)
By Lee Hana
Top diplomats from Korea, the U.S. and Japan...
Korea, China discuss earthquake, volcano disaster response
The head of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Nam Jaecheol (first row, left), the head of the China Earthquake Administration (CEA), Zheng Guogwang (first row, right), and other representatives pose for a group photo following a meeting about cooperation on earthquake disaster response, in...
