Financial bodies emphasize Korea-ASEAN cooperation
Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Choi Jong-ku addresses the third annual ASEAN Ambassadors & Korean Bank CEOs dinner in Myeong-dong, Seoul, on Nov. 27. (Financial Services Commission)
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Sojung
Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Choi Jong-ku emphasized the need to bolster cooperation with ASEAN member...
Sri Lanka to be wonderful partner for New Southern Policy: president
President Moon Jae-in (right) and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena pose for a photo prior to a summit meeting in Seoul, at Cheong Wa Dae on Nov. 29.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena held summit talks...
100 days to PyeongChang Paralympic Games
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jongwhan, President Lee Hee-beom of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee and other representatives unveil a clock tower that will count down 100 days until next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. The unveiling was part of the G-100...
OECD upgrades Korean economic growth to 3.2 percent
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) lifted Korea’s economic growth outlook for 2017 to 3.2 percent, on Nov. 28. The photo above shows President Moon Jae-in (right) during a meeting with Angel Gurria, the secretary-general of the OECD, at Cheong Wa Dae...
Korea, Sri Lanka hold business forum, strengthen trade
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (fifth from left), on an official state visit to Korea, poses for a group photo with attendants at a business forum for Korean and Sri Lankan business leaders, at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Nov. 29.
By Lee Hana
Photo = Jeon Han
Seoul...
PM meets Myanmar parliamentary speaker
Myanmar's Parliamentary Speaker Mahn Winn Khaing Thann (left) and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon shake hands before their meeting at the Government Complex Seoul on Nov. 29. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Kim Young Shin
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon held a meeting with Myanmar's Parliamentary Speaker Mahn Winn Khaing...
Diplomats visit PyeongChang venues
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and ambassadors and businessmen from 68 nations pose for a photo during their visit to PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on Nov. 25, where the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be held. (Ministry of Foreign...
President condemns NK for reckless provocations
President Moon Jae-in speaks on North Korea’s latest launch of a long-range ballistic missile at an emergency meeting of the National Security Council at Cheong Wa Dae on Nov. 29.
By Jeon Han and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
North Korea launched another long-range ballistic missile at around...
President Moon greets Sri Lankan leader at Jogyesa Temple
President Moon Jae-in (center) poses for photos with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Nov. 28 at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena visited Jogyesa Temple in Seoul on Nov. 28, a day...
Hanbok in Ottomans lands
By Korea.net Honorary Reporters Salwa Elzeny and Esraa Elzeny
Photos = Korea.net DB
Video = KBS World YouTube channel
The famous fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, the head creative director at the fashion house Chanel, once said, “Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.”
With the development of...
Education leaders from Asia, Europe agree to boost cooperation
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Kim Sang-kon announces at the sixth ASEM Education Ministerial Meeting that education leaders have agreed to adopt the Seoul Declaration, at the Hotel Shilla in Seoul on Nov. 22. (Minister Kim's Facebook profile)
By Hur SomEe and Kim Young Shin
Education ministers...
San Francisco formally accepts ‘comfort women’ statue
A memorial statue for the 'comfort women' showing three figures, representing young women from Korea, China and the Philippines, was set up on a pedestal at St. Mary's Square in San Francisco in September this year. (Steven Whyte's Facebook)
By Kang Gahui and Lee Hana
The dispute over a...
KTX Gyeonggang Line connects Seoul to Olympic cities
The KTX Gyeonggang high-speed train line that takes just 1 hour and 54 minutes to connect Seoul and Gangneung, one of the host cities in Gangwon-do Province for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, is unveiled for non-Korean journalists and broadcasters...
PM holds meeting with Vietnamese leader
Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh (left) shakes hands with Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon, at the Government Complex Seoul on Nov. 21. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Kim Young Shin
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon held meetings with Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at...
Incheon Terminal 2 ready to greet tourists around the globe
Incheon International Airport completed construction on its second passenger terminal at the end of September this year. It officially opens on Jan. 18, 2018, ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Jeon Han
Incheon | Nov. 21, 2017
The second...
Korea, El Salvador work on customs system
KCS Commissioner Kim Yung-moon (fourth from left) poses for a photo with his Salvadoran counterpart Jose Armando Flores Aleman and other senior officers from the customs department of El Salvador, at the Imperial Palace Hotel Seoul on Nov. 17. (Korea Customs Service)
By Lee Kyong Mi and Yoon...
Remains of independence fighters return home
A welcome ceremony marks the arrival of the remains of independence fighter Li Yeosong and Lim Sungsil at Incheon International Airport on Nov. 15.
By Hur SomEe and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
The remains of independence fighters who were buried overseas have come back...
Korea reaffirms commitment to Paris Agreement
Minister of Environment Kim Eunkyung delivers the keynote speech at the COP23 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, on Nov. 15. (Ministry of Environment)
By Kim Young Shin
Korea has reaffirmed its support for the Paris Climate Agreement and has introduced its efforts to counter climate...
‘Korea’s reconstruction after the war is truly amazing’
Karl Hauser, an engineer who worked alongside German medical personnel in Busan following the Korean War, visits the Seoul National Cemetery to pay his respects on Nov. 10. (Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
Seoul | Nov. 12, 2017
"I find Korea's capacity...
President Moon, Trump visit US military base Camp Humphreys
President Moon Jae-in (right) and U.S. President Donald Trump smile as they talk to soldiers from both countries during a luncheon at the U.S. military installation Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do Province, on Nov. 7.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Hyojadong Studio
President Moon Jae-in and his U.S....
