National Assembly speaker meets Philippine’s Senator Pacquiao
Philippine Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao (left) and National Assembly Speaker Chung Syekyun shake hands at the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, on Dec. 22. (National Assembly of the Republic of Korea)
By Kim Young Deok and Kim Young Shin
National Assembly Speaker Chung Syekyun held a meeting with boxing...
[Peace in PyeongChang] Police agency prepares for public security, terrorism
Director General Kim Gyo-tae of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games Police Task Force says that all police forces in Korea guarantee visitor safety during next year’s Olympic Games. He was speaking in a sit-down interview with Korea.net on Nov. 14. (Jeon Han)
By Kim Ji...
How to save your money during PyeongChang Games
The ‘Korea Tour Card’ offers a variety of discounts on accommodations and entrance fees to tourist sites to non-Korean visitors.
By Kim Tae Won and Sohn JiAe
A series of special discount cards or passes have come to reduce entrance or transportation fees for non-Korean visitors to Seoul and...
Seoul to reward people promoting Korea overseas
Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer from Germany is honored for having played a key role in getting the late composer Yun Isang’s buried in a grave of honor provided by the city of Berlin. The photo above shows first lady Kim Jung-sook (center), Yun Isang’s student Holger...
‘I support Vietnamese people in Korea’: president
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 21. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in met with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at Cheong...
Enjoy the winter in Seoul
The Seoul Plaza Ice Skating Rink, located at Seoul City Hall, opens this year on Dec. 22. (Korea.net DB)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Winter has come with its chilly winds that make our teeth chatter, but there are some who have eagerly awaited the frosty season.
Families, friends...
Weather plane takes flight in Korea
A launch ceremony for Korea's first official government weather plane was held at Gimpo International Airport on Dec. 20. The plane will carry out meteorological observations across the Korean Peninsula.
By Kang Gahui and Lee Hana
Photos = Korea Meteorological Administration
A weather plane built to carry out meteorological observations...
[Peace in PyeongChang] ‘Counter-Terrorism and Safety Measures HQ’ is ready for PyeongChang
Chief of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Counter-Terrorism and Safety Measures Headquarters (CTSM HQ) Mun Yeong Gi explains the wide network of counter-terrorism and terrorist alert systems that will be in place during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, at the Government...
Foreign Minister Kang meets Japanese PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (left) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Dec. 19. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Lee Hana
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...
President Moon boards KTX with PyeongChang supporters
President Moon Jae-in talks with winners of the PyeongChang Idea Olympics onboard the presidential train heading to Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province, on Dec. 19. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in boarded a KTX Ganggyeong high-speed train on Dec. 19 to head to Gangneung as a...
Traditional papers from Egypt, Korea
Park Jae Yang, director of the Korean Cultural Center in Egypt, Professor Seo Jin Yong and other participants pose for a photo at a Hanji making workshop in Cairo.
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Nourhan M. Aldemrdash
Photos = Nourhan M. Aldemrdash
The word “paper” comes from the word “papyrus,”...
President Moon requests diplomacy ‘at people’s eye-level’
President Moon Jae-in toasts with some makgeolli rice beer (막걸리) during a dinner with heads of diplomatic missions, in the Yeongbingwan Guest House at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 18.
By Sohn JiAe and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in has stressed that the standard for defining...
President Moon meets Chongqing governor
President Moon Jae-in (left) holds a meeting with Chen Miner, the governor and Communist Party secretary of Chongqing, in Chongqing, China, on Dec. 16
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
President Moon Jae-in met with Chen Miner, the governor and Communist Party secretary of Chongqing,...
President speaks at Peking University
President Moon Jae-in gives the keynote address at Peking University, in Beijing on Dec. 15.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in visited Peking University in Beijing on Dec. 15, the third day of his official state visit to China, to deliver a speech....
Korea, Cambodia share firefighting knowhow
A special delegation from Korea’s National Fire Agency demonstrates for local firefighters how to put out a fire, in Phnom Penh on Dec. 13.
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Sojung
The National Fire Agency of Korea dispatched a delegation to Cambodia from Dec. 10 to 15 to share its...
First lady Kim, Chinese first lady build friendship
First lady Kim Jung-sook (center, in red) and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan attend an official welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing on Dec. 14. The two first ladies visited the National Centre for the Performing Arts later that...
BTS promotes capital city through song ‘With Seoul’
The Seoul Metropolitan Government releases the music video of pop sensation BTS’s promotional song 'With Seoul' on Dec. 13. ('With Seoul' music video)
By Kim Young Deok and Kim Young Shin
The music video of “With Seoul,” a promotional song for Korea’s capital sung by the pop sensation BTS,...
‘Just like erhu strings, I hope for Korea and China to join in harmony’: first lady
First lady Kim Jung-sook learns how to play the erhu, a two-stringed bowed instrument, at a music store in the Xinjiekou neighborhood of Beijing on Dec. 13. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
First lady Kim Jung-sook, currently on an official state visit to China alongside President Moon...
Olympic-themed subway commutes arrive in Seoul
A PyeongChang Winter Olympics-themed subway car operates along subway line No. 2 six times a day until Jan. 23. (PyeongChang Olympic Organizing Committee)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Young Shin
Seoul l Dec. 11, 2017
On the afternoon of Dec. 11, a subway car stopped at Sadang Station aling line...
Gov’t creates fund for small ecofriendly companies
The Ministry of Environment and private investors jointly created a fund worth some KRW 42 billion to support small green-focused companies. The photo above shows Ulleungdo Island on a clear day. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Young Shin
Korea’s first government-led fund dedicated to green businesses and environmentally...
