Livestock industry sees new tech horizons
The Rural Development Administration develops an IT-based tool that can check on the health of pregnant pigs by monitoring their body movements in real time. (RDA)
By Park Hye-ri and Sohn JiAe
The livestock industry is getting tech savvy.
The Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced on March 26 that it...
Korea, UAE are brother countries: President Moon
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook enjoy a meal after looking around the desert some 170 km from Abu Dhabi on March 26. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi hosted President Moon’s brief tour of the desert.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong...
President Moon meets with Dubai ruler
President Moon Jae-in (left) holds talks with UAE Prime Minister and ruler of the Emirate of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, in Dubai on March 27.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in met with Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and...
Schedule unveiled for South Korean Pyongyang concerts
South Korean composer Yoon Sang (left), who will lead a delegation of performers in Pyongyang, holds working-level talks with Hyun Song-wol, director of the North Korean Samjiyon Orchestra, at the Panmunjom Tongilgak Pavilion on March 20. (Ministry of Unification)
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
The Ministry of Culture,...
Former UN chief to lead green growth group
Ban Ki-moon, who was just appointed as the new chair and president of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), speaks during a press conference at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu District, Seoul, on March 27. (Global Green Growth Institute)
By Kang Gahui and Hahm Hee-eun
Former United Nations...
Team Korea introduces new uniform
The Korean national men's soccer team introduces its new kit for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The home kit consists of red tops and black bottoms, and the away kit has white for both the top and the bottom. (Korea Football Association)
By Kim...
Korea to head WTO Safeguard Committee
The World Trade Organization (WTO) appointed Kwon Hyouk-woo, the head of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva, as the chairperson of the WTO Safeguard Committee on March 26. (World Trade Organization)
By Kim Tae Won and Hahm Hee-eun
The World Trade Organization (WTO) appointed Kwon...
President Moon commemorates first Barakah nuclear plant
President Moon Jae-in poses for a commemorative photo in front of the Barakah Unit 1 nuclear energy plant in Abu Dhabi, along with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and other dignitaries on March 26.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon...
Immigration call center marks 10th year
Minister of Justice Park Sang-ki (left) visits the 1345 Immigration Contact Center's offices and observes first-hand how the counseling progresses, in Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu District, Seoul, on March 23.
By Kim Hyelin and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Ministry of Justice
The 1345 Immigration Contact Center, which provides multi-lingual information and counseling...
Korea removes trade uncertainty with US
Minister for Trade Kim Hyun-chong briefs the press on the negotiations that took place concerning the revision of the Korea-U.S. FTA and U.S. steel tariffs, at the Government Complex-Seoul in Jongno-gu District, Seoul, on March 26. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
By Kim Tae-won and Yoon Sojung
Korea...
Korea, UAE agree to become special strategic partners
President Moon Jae-in (left) shakes hands with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, at the UAE Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi on March 25.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in, currently on a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
President Moon regrets unfortunate history between Korea, Vietnam
President Moon Jae-in pays his respects at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the final resting place of the Vietnamese revolutionary leader, in Hanoi on March 23. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Park Hye Ri and Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in expressed his regrets concerning massacres of Vietnamese civilians by Korean...
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...
Korea, China, Japan move ahead on free trade
The 13th round of China-Japan-Koreanegotiations for a free trade agreement are held at the Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu,Seoul, on March 23.
By Kim Tae Won and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Korea, Japan and China have stressed theimportance of free trade in their ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.
The three...
Korea to be guest of honor at German theater festival
The Arts Council Korea holds a press conference about having been nominated as the guest of honor at the Heidelberger Stückemarkt theater festival, at Artist House in the Daehak-ro neighborhood of Seoul on March 22.
By Min Yea-Ji and Yoon Jihye
Photos = Arts Council Korea
Korea has been chosen...
Painting exhibit highlights French-Korean artist
The exhibition 'Rhee Seundja: Road to the Antipode' opens in the Gwacheon Gallery 2 and in the Main Hall at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art on March 22. The photo shows one of the Rhee's works that depicts the view from...
Korea signs FTA with 5 Central American countries
Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong (third from left) joins hands with ministers from five Central American countries at the Korea-Central America Free Trade Agreements (FTA) signing ceremony at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul on February 21. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
By Kim Eun-young and Lee Hana
Korea has...
Korea, Vietnam trade continues to grow, expand
As President Moon Jae-in visits Vietnam, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Ungyu (right) and Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh sign a memorandum of understanding covering bilateral trade that’s expected to be worth some USD 100 billion by...
President Moon begins Vietnam itinerary
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with football coach Park Hang-seo, head of the Vietnamese national men's soccer team, at the team's training center on March 22.
By Sohn JiAe and Yoon Jihye
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
On March 22, President Moon Jae-in met football coach Park Hang-seo, who...
Korea warns of ‘trade friction’ at G20 meeting
Kim Dong Yeon, deputy prime minister and minister of finance, attends the G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors Meeting and talks about the major challenges facing the global economy, in Buenos Aires on March 20.
By Kim Eun-young and Hahm Hee-eun
Photo = Ministry of Strategy and Finance
Kim...
