India, key partner in New Southern Policy: president
President Moon Jae-in, currently on state visit to India, is welcomed by local students studying at the King Sejong Institute in New Delhi on July 8. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in highlighted the importance of cooperation between Korea and India as a leading...
North Korea sends 25 athletes to Korea Open
Athletes of the two Koreas march together at the opening ceremony of Asian Games, in Busan, on Sep. 29, 2002. (Korea Sports and Olympic Committee)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Hahm Hee-eun
North Korea will send a team of athletes to the Korea Open Table Tennis Tournament in Daejeon from...
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...
Gov’t goes green: no more single-use products
Using ceramic coffee cups and portable tumblers instead of disposable paper cups has become more and more common at Cheong Wa Dae. The photo shows Director of National Security Chung Eui-yong using a mug to drink coffee during a conference. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Xu Aiying and Hahm...
First lady enjoys Bollywood with Indian students
An international student from India takes a selfie with first lady Kim Jung-sook after watching a Bollywood movie together, at an art-house cinema in Seoul on July 4. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
Seoul | July 4, 2018
First lady Kim Jung-sook spent an afternoon watching a...
Experts urge expansion, continuation of New Southern Policy
Some 150 Indian and ASEAN experts, including Chairman Sunjoy Joshi of the Observer Research Foundation (third from left) and former Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Ong Keng Yong (third from right), attend an international conference on Korea’s New Southern Policy,...
Buddhist shrine becomes National Treasure
The Jeokmyeolbogung Shrine that holds a sarira from the Sakayamuni Buddha is located in the forests of Odaesan Mountain in Pyeongchang-gun County. (Cultural Heritage Administration)
By Kang Gahui and Hahm Hee-eun
The Jeokmyeolbogung Shrine (적멸보궁) was designated as an official National Treasure on July 4. Located at Woljeongsa Temple...
President Moon marks upcoming 100th anniversary of March 1st Movement
On July 3, President Moon Jae-in speaks during a ceremony to launch a preparatory committee for events that will commemorate next year’s 100th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement and the establishment of a provisional government in exile in protest of colonial rule....
French Koreaphile says Korea ‘full of friendliness’
Lea Moreau began living in Korea when she settled in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do Province. Here, Moreau poses for a photo with the English edition of the travel guide she wrote for the province in 2016.
By Jung Joo-ri and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Lea Moreau
A YouTuber who posts videos about...
Korea, Luxembourg to strengthen ties for future growth
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (right) and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel hold a joint press conference at the Government Complex-Seoul on July 2.
By Kim Min-Jeung
Photos = Prime Minister’s Office
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel held a joint press conference at the...
Digital museum brings cultural heritage online
Experts gather at a forum to discuss the future of digitized museums in the age of the fourth industrial revolution, held at the National Museum of Korea on June 29. (National Museum of Korea)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Seoul | June 29, 2018
The digitalization of museums, a...
Two Koreas to host basketball game in Pyeongyang
South Korea's Secretary General Jeon Choong-Ryul (left) from the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee and North Korea's Vice Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Won Kil U (right) discuss joint sporting events, at the Peace House in Panmunjeom on June 18. (Ministry of Unification)
By Lee...
#HANAGo Episode 1 : Hanok Photo Spots
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Episode One is my answer to a question sent in by Nistha Shrestha from Nepal, who asked,...
Talk Talk Korea 2018 tops last year’s numbers
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (second from left) poses for a group photo with the winners of the Talk Talk Korea 2017 competition, at the Seoullo 7017 park in Seoul in Novermber 2017. (Jeon Han)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
The global...
Buddhist sites added to UNESCO World Heritage list
The Korean delegation celebrates as seven sansa Buddhist mountain monasteries get inscribed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites, during the 42nd meeting of the World Heritage Committee held in Manama on June 30. (Cultural Heritage Administration)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Young Shin
A network of sansa Buddhist mountain temples located across...
Governmental writer wins Peony Prize
Presidential writer Elizabeth G. Kraft Lee from the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) gives a brief speech after receiving the Peony Medal during a retirement ceremony at the National Museum of Korea on June 29. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Kim Young Shin
Seoul | June 29, 2018
Elizabeth...
Two Koreas agree on road modernization
The delegation from South Korea, including Kim Jeong-ryeol (second from left), the second vice chairman at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, crosses over the Military Demarcation Line to attend high-level talks about inter-Korean road cooperation at the Thongil House in Panmunjeom on...
New York Korea Center to open in 2020
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) (third from left) attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the New York Korea Center on 32nd Street in Manhattan on June 28.
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Photos = Korean Culture and Information Service
A groundbreaking ceremony for the...
From Cold War to world peace, Korean Peninsula shows the way
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon delivers the keynote speech at the Jeju Forum for Peace & Prosperity 2018 that took place at the International Convention Center Jeju on June 27.
By Kim Young Deok and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Jeju Island Self-Governing Province
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said, “The process of...
Peace to help AIIB achieve its goals: finance ministry
First Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance Ko Hyoung-kwon (left) shakes hands with the president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Jin Liqun, during the third annual meeting of the AIIB in Mumbai, India, on June 25. (Ministry of Strategy and Finance)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim...
