First lady visits firefighters as heat wave hits nationwide
First lady Kim Jung-sook (right) listens to an explanation about the firefighting gear she has on, at a fire station in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, on Aug. 8.
By Kim Min-Jeung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
First lady Kim Jung-sook visited a fire station in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province,...
Team Korea targets second place at Asian Games
Athletes representing Korea at the upcoming Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang pose for a group photo during the team's launch ceremony at the Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul on Aug. 7.
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Photos = Prime Minister's Secretariat
Team Korea, competing in the Asian Games 2018 to...
Teen tourist returns pearl pebbles to Geoje beach
Two pebbles and a hand-written letter arrive at the Hallyeohaesang Marine National Park Eastern Office on July 10.
By Kim Hyelin and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Hallyeohaesang Marine National Park Eastern Office
“I decided to return the pebbles to their rightful place.”
A young teenager from the U.S. who visited a...
Give internet banks more room to maneuver: president
President Moon Jae-in (left) learns how to open a bank account on a smartphone at Seoul City Hall on Aug. 7. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Min-Jeung
President Moon Jae-in has called for steps to remove excessive regulations and give online-only banks more room in which to...
Art troupe shows charms, joys of Korea
Vietnamese participants learn how to play traditional Korean musical instruments at the Korean Culture Center in Vietnam. (Korean Culture Center in Vietnam)
By Xu Aiying and Hahm Hee-eun
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation announced on Aug. 6 that the Global...
ASEAN forum urges NK to fulfill denuclearization commitments
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (back row, center) poses for a photo with other participants in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) foreign minister’s meeting at the Singapore Expo Convention Centre on Aug. 4.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha...
Postage stamps show footsteps of independence activists
Korea Post is issuing a series of independence movement stamps to commemorate Korean Independence Day on Aug. 15. (Korea Post)
By Kim Hyelin and Hahm Hee-eun
Four representative historic sites that were locations for Korea's overseas independence movement will be commemorated on postage stamps to mark Korean Independence Day...
Cheong Wa Dae to release presidential speeches
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong Un (left) and President Moon Jae-in officially announce the Panmunjeom Declaration at the Peace House in the Panmunjeom Truce Village where they held the historic Inter-Korean Summit on April 27.
By Kim Young Shin and Kim Min-Jeung
A compilation of President...
Gov’t to invest in 8 innovative, growing industries
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Kim Dong-yeon (second from left) gives a speech during the third Innovative Growth Ministerial Meeting at Seoul Square in Jung-gu, Seoul, on Aug. 2. (Ministry of Strategy and Finance)
By Xu Aiying and Hahm Hee-eun
The government has announced its...
Taiwan media highlights Jeju haenyeo
Some of Jeju's famous female haenyeo divers and a group of Taiwanese visitors pose for a photograph at the Jeju Hansupul Hanyeo School on Aug. 2. (Jeju Tourism Organization)
By Hahm Hee-eun
The government of the Jeju Special Self-governing Province and the Jeju Tourism Organization announced on Aug. 2...
Two Koreas discuss JSA disarmament, joint excavations of war remains
Lieutenant General An Ik San (left), the chief of the North Korean delegation, and Major General Kim Do-gyun, from the South Korean delegation, shake hands before their meeting at the Peace House on the South’s side of the Panmunjeom Truce Village on July 31....
Two Koreas on the same boat for Asian Games
South and North Korean athletes, who compete together as one team at the upcoming Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang, train at the Cheongju Tangeum Lake International Rowing Center in Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, on July 21.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
South and...
Devour Busan’s historic delicacies
By Kim Hyelin and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Korea Tourism Organization
Busan | July 31, 2018
Food from different regions can tell us a lot about those places.
This is certainly the case for Busan’s specialties, among which there are many that retain the history and unique social aspects of Korea's southern...
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...
#HANAGo Episode 2: Custom-made Hanbok
Hi, it's Hana of #HanaGo. I'm here to answer your questions and to enjoy all that Korea has to offer along the way. Just ask and I'll go!
Today I will answer a question sent in by Theresia from Indonesia who asked, "Where is the...
President stops by local pub after work
President Moon Jae-in raises his glass with a group of diners brought together to speak with the president about policy-related issues, at a restaurant in Gwanghwamun in central Seoul on July 26.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in met with a group of...
‘Korea is a miraculous land made by UN veterans’
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon awards a national medal to U.K. author Brian Parritt who participated in the Korean War, during a commemorative ceremony on U.N. Forces Participation Day at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul on July 27.
By Park Hye Ri and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Prime Minister’s...
Gov’t to boost inclusive economic growth
Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs Yoon Jong-won talks live about the meaning of ‘inclusive growth’ and the current state of the Korean economy on the show ’11:50 a.m. at Cheong Wa Dae,’ aired on social media on July 27. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young...
Korea to boost economic ties with Africa, Middle East
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon speaks at the South Korea-Oman business forum, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Muscat on July 25. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Kim Min-Jeung
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has officially ended his week-long trip to Kenya, Tanzania and Oman. During his visit, Lee bolstered...
Gov’t to provide balanced support for the arts
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jonghwan (second from right) discusses ways to expand the overseas reach of Korean art, content and tourism with the heads of relevant government organizations, in Seoul on July 26. (Jeon Han)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
Seoul | July 26,...
