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...
North Korean cheering squad bids farewell to Inje County
Members of the North Korean marching band and cheering squad put on a special show for residents of Inje County, at the Inje Multipurpose Stadium on Feb. 23. The North Koreans were based in Inje during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games.
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics learn from PyeongChang success
The executive director of communications and engagement for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Maki Kobayashi-Terada, talks about the PyeongChang Olympics at the Tokyo 2020 Japan House at the Gangneung Olympic Park, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 22.
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
Photos = Kim Young Deok
Gangneung...
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...
Olympic host city reenacts royal funeral
Participants in a street parade perform a reenactment of the royal funeral for Joseon’s sixth monarch, King Danjong (단종, 端宗) (r. 1452-1455). They carry the bier that, in the past, held the monarch's corpse, at Dano Park in Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 22.
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Olympic tourists, athletes forge unforgettable memories with Korea
German athletes have fun taking photos with the Olympic rings at an outdoor square in front of Gyeongpo Beach in Gangwon-do Province on Feb. 22.
By Jeon Han and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Jeon Han
Gyeongpo Beach has become a popular photo spot among social media users, especially those...
Culture Olympiad promotes heritage to winter sports fans
The theatrical performance ‘Scent of Thousand's year’ (천년향), one of the programs at the 2018 PyeongChang Cultural Olympiad, takes place at the Haeram Culture Hall at Gangneung Wonju University in Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 24. (Gangneung Art & Culture Foundation)
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
Gangneung...
Korea, Switzerland agree on KRW 11 trillion currency swap
Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan (left) and Bank of Korea Governor Lee Juyeol shake hands after signing a bilateral currency swap agreement, in Zurich on Feb. 20.
By Kim Eun-young and Lee Hana
Korea and Switzerland have signed a bilateral currency swap agreement that will enable its central...
Athletes from Russia enrich PyeongChang: president
Russian Presidential Aide Igor Levitin (left) and President Moon Jae-in hold a meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 20.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in invited Russian Presidential Aide Igor Levitin and representatives of the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) to...
