Revised immigration bill passes National Assembly
A revision bill to the Immigration Control Law that requires non-Korean residents to renew their registration cards and imposes a prompt travel ban on suspected non-Korean violators, passed the National Assembly on Feb. 28. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Sohn JiAe
The Ministry of Justice announced...
Enjoy healthy food on first full moon of new lunar year
People enjoy and share ogokbap five-grain rice along with various vegetables, known as jinchae (진채) and nuts, on Jeongwol Daeboreum, the first full moon of the new lunar year, the 15th day of the first lunar month, in the hopes that they will stay healthy throughout the whole year....
Korea to play active role in human rights: foreign minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (fourth from left) poses for a picture with a group of special rapporteurs representing the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in Geneva on Feb. 27. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Lee Kyong Mi and Lee Hana
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with a...
Korea donates food to 5 developing countries
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) Kim Yung-rok (right) shakes hands with World Food Programme Director David Beasely after signing an agreement outlining the donation of 50,000 tons of Korean rice, at WFP headquarters in Rome on Feb. 28. (MAFRA)
By Kim Eun-young and Lee Hana
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Korea, US vow to revive inter-Korean dialogue
President Moon Jae-in talks to his U.S. counterpart, at Cheong Wa Dae on March 1. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in held a phone call with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on March 1. The two leaders had an in-depth discussion about issues related...
March 1st movement forms root of national sovereignty
President Moon Jae-in gives three cheers for an independent Korea alongside first lady Kim Jung-sook, other dignitaries and the people of Seoul, at a ceremony in honor of the 99th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement, in Seoul on March 1.
By Korea.net Special Report...
Candlelight began with pro-democracy in 1960s: president
President Moon Jae-in delivers his speech at a ceremony to mark the 58th anniversary of the 1960 pro-democracy movement, at the Daegu Concert House on Feb. 28.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in stressed that the long-past beginning of the candlelight revolution, which...
Ministry of Unification, North Korea agree on Paralympics
South Korea's Lee Joo-tae (right), director general of the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Bureau, and North Korea's Hwang Chung-song, a senior official on the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, shake hands after the Pyeongchang Paralympic Working-Level Talks, at the Panmunjom Tongilgak...
Foreign minister emphasizes PyeongChang spirit for peace, prosperity
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha delivers the keynote speech at the 37th UNHCR Session in Geneva on Feb. 26. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Lee Kyong Mi and Yoon Sojung
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha attended the high-level segment of the 37th regular session of the U.N....
PyeongChang is complete with Paralympic Games: PM
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon speaks during the ninth Cabinet meeting, at the Government Complex Seoul on Feb. 27. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Sohn JiAe
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has said that the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games mirrored changing values across Korean society, revealing less obsession with...
PyeongChang ends on high note
The Closing Ceremony for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games is held at the PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on Feb. 25. Pictured is the LED pagoda that lit up the Closing Ceremony in celebration of hope and harmony. (Hyoja-dong Studio)
By Lee Hana
The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter...
Time for PyeongChang Paralympics
The PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games run from March 9 to 18. Bandabi the Asian black bear is the official mascot for the Games. Pictured is a press conference at the Gangwon Media Center on Feb. 22 about the Christmas in March festival that...
Pyongyang willing to hold talks with US
President Moon Jae-in (third from left) shakes hands with Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the North Korean Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, at the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb....
‘Great success’ says Team Korea
Sarah Murray, coach of the unified women's ice hockey team, and the team itself that embodied the ’Peace Olympics’ has a chat with big smiles on their faces during the Olympic Team Night for the Korean national athletes at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter...
Foreign media dub PyeongChang Games as ‘most high-tech Olympics ever’
Media outlets are praising the state-of-the-art tech that was showcased at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The above photo shows a drone delivering the Olympic torch using some of Korea's newest 5G technology connection speeds in Seoul on Jan. 13. (Jeon Han/Korea.net)
By Jung Joo-ri and Yoon Sojung
Foreign media...
Driving force behind successful PyeongChang Games
Song Hyeon-jun drives the free shuttle bus No. TS22 that runs between Gangneung Station and the Olympic Park during the PyeongChang Winter Games, in Gangneung on Feb. 21. Song says that the warm words from the passengers meant everything to him.
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
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PyeongChang success seen at national pavilions
Visitors to the House of Switzerland in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, take pictures of themselves while an Olympic event is live-streamed on Feb. 24
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
Photos = Jeon Han and Kim Sunjoo
Pyeongchang l Feb. 24, 2018
“Hospitality is the key to PyeongChang success!”
This is the common thought from...
‘I fell in love with the flavor of Korea’
German visitors Isabella Kohlmus (left) and Manuela Bohm stop by the K-food Plaza near the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza for a bite to eat and examine some bibimbap mixed rice, at the Jeollado Province Hall on Feb. 25. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
Pyeongchang l Feb. 25, 2018
The...
PyeongChang Games ‘free of crime’
The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, which are approaching their end, have so far been free of any major crime committed against a non-Korean Olympic fan. Pictured is the crowds at the Gangneung Olympic Park in Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 22.
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics...
Seoul, Washington move forward together forever: President Moon
Ivanka Trump (left), assistant to U.S. President Donald Trump, poses for a photo with President Moon Jae-in at the entrance to the Sangchunjae Hall at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 23.
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in and White House advisor Ivanka...
