President Moon attends Korea-China Business Forum
President Moon Jae-in delivers the keynote speech at the Korea-China Business Forum, at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on Dec. 13.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in, currently on an official state visit to China, attended the Korea-China Business Forum on...
President holds interview with CCTV before state visit to China
President Moon Jae-in (right) holds an interview with CCTV news anchor Shui Junyi, at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 8.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in shared his thoughts on the situation on the Korean Peninsula, as well as his thoughts on relations...
Medals for PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics revealed
Medals for the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games are revealed on Dec. 11. The horizontal, grooved lines represent equality, one of the core values that encompasses the spirit of the Paralympic Games.
By Lee Hana
Photos = PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic...
Presidential Chief of Staff encourages Korean soldiers in UAE, Lebanon
Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok presents a wall clock with the signature of President Moon Jae-in to an officer at the U.N. Peacekeeping Dong-Myung Unit, in Lebanon on Dec. 11.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok has given encouragement...
100 photos reveal beauty of Korean parks
Photographer Lim Hong-bin is the winner of the 16th National Park Photo Contest with his picture of clouds and mist at the Gongryong Ridge of Seoraksan Mountain in Gangwon-do Province.
By Cho A-la and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Korea National Park Service
The Korea National Park Service unveiled the...
New presidential committee launches
Chairman Song Young-gil of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation (fourth from left) and other dignitaries unveil the new signboard for the committee, at the KT Gwanghwamun Building in Seoul on Dec. 7. (Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
The new...
High-speed train to connect Seoul, Gangneung
The KTX Gyeonggang high-speed train, which runs between Seoul Station and Gangneung Station in 1 hour and 54 minutes, began selling tickets on Nov. 30. Ticket sales are now three times higher than those at other high-speed train lines in the country. The photo...
President Moon emphasizes expanded supply of zero-energy housing
President Moon Jae-in inspects a model zero-energy apartment complex, called the Nowon Energy Zero Houses, in Nowon-gu District, Seoul, on Dec. 7.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos Hyoja-dong Studio
President Moon Jae-in has expressed his will to expand the number of energy self-supplying households across the country, emphasizing the...
President Moon to visit China
President Moon Jae-in will go on a state visit to China from Dec. 13 to 16. The photo above shows President Moon (left) and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, prior to their summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Nov. 11. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe and Kim...
Korea, Turkey have cooperation potential: president
President Moon Jae-in (right) and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım hold summit talks at Cheong Wa Dae, in Seoul on Dec. 6.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
President Moon Jae-in met with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and discussed bilateral cooperation between Seoul and...
President meets Pacific island foreign ministers
President Moon Jae-in talks to representatives from Pacific island nations during the third Korea-Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Dec. 5,
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in greeted representatives from 13 Pacific island nations, including Nauru, Samoa...
Korea to see USD 1 trillion in trade, 3% growth: president
President Moon Jae-in greets award winners during a ceremony to mark the nation's 54th Trade Day, at the COEX convention center in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu District, Seoul, on Dec. 5.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in has stated that the Korean economy will return...
Visa procedures eased for Winter Games
The government will offer a visa waiver to Chinese tourists and ease immigration procedures for athletes and tourists during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The photo above shows the second passenger terminal at Incheon International Airport, which will open on Jan....
President Moon greets national WorldSkills team
President Moon Jae-in smiles as he receives a caricature of himself from Kim Eun-ho from the Chungnam Design Art High School, one of the Korean participants in the 44th WorldSkills 2017 competition that took place recently in Abu Dhabi, at Cheong Wa Dae on...
Christmas lights brighten Seoul
A lighting ceremony for a giant Christmas tree is held at Seoul Plaza on Dec. 2. The tree is next to statues of the two mascots for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Soohorang the white tiger and Bandabi the Asiatic black...
President Moon to lunch with Olympic enthusiasts
President Moon Jae-in uploaded a photo of himself to Twitter on Nov. 26 holding tickets to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The photo can also be found at the Hello PyeongChang Website.
By Yoon Sojung
A lunch with President Moon Jae-in.
This is not for...
PM holds meeting with Greek foreign minister
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (left) and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon pose for a photo before their meeting at the Government Complex Seoul on Nov. 30. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Kim Young Shin
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias discussed ways to increase...
Moon administration launches Ministry of SMEs and Startups
Following a launch ceremony for the new Ministry of SMEs and Startups, held at the COEX convention center on Nov. 30, President Moon Jae-in (second from left) and Minister Hong Jong Haak (left) drop by a startup festival to meet with companies like CYCLO,...
Korea, US hold two calls to discuss NK missiles
President Moon Jae-in holds two phone calls with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, first on Nov. 29 immediately following North Korea’s latest long-range ballistic missile launch and then again on Nov. 30. Pictured is President Moon talking to President Trump at Cheong Wa Dae...
Tanzanian hospital opens with Korean support
Funded by the Korean government, the MUHAS Medical Center opens in Dar es Salaam on Nov. 25. (Minister of Strategy and Finance)
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Sojung
The MUHAS Medical Center, a new hospital in Dar es Salaam, opened in the Tanzanian capital on Nov. 25 with support...
