National health insurance to cover traditional medicine
The Korean healthcare system will expand its insurance coverage to include more traditional Korean medicine treatments.
Previously, patients were only able to get insurance coverage...
Korea, Cuba hold first foreign minister talks
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se (left) and his Cuban counterpart Minister Bruno Rodriguez hold talks on June 5 at the Palacio de Convenciones...
Korea joins Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
Members of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites gather for the 30th CEOS General Assembly, in Australia on Nov. 2.
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)...
New site corrects inaccuracies about Korea
On Sept. 1, the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, launched the Facts:Korea website, a...
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...
Korea, Japan, Netherlands support ’Peace Olympics’
President Moon Jae-in (right) holds a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Yongpyeong, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 9.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos Cheong Wa Dae
President...
President Moon, Chairman Kim express hope for better inter-Korean ties, unification
President Moon Jae-in (right) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hold a brief chat prior to their summit, in the lobby of the...
Korea, US, Japan defense ministers cooperate on denuclearization
Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo (left) holds hands with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis (center) and Japanese Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera...
Two Koreas discuss JSA disarmament, joint excavations of war remains
Lieutenant General An Ik San (left), the chief of the North Korean delegation, and Major General Kim Do-gyun, from the South Korean delegation, shake...
A historic first: President Moon delivers live speech to North Korean public
President Moon Jae-in delivers his words of greeting to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife and to 150,000 Pyeongyang citizens, thanking...
President Moon urges Russia to play active role for denuclearization of N.K.
President Moon Jae-in (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for photos at Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on Nov. 14. (Cheong Wa Dae Facebook)
By Yoon...
[New Year’s news conference on diplomacy, security] President Moon: Kim Jong Un’s China visit...
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 10 speaks in his New Year’s news conference at Cheong Wa Dae.
By Kim Young Deok and Kim Minji
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President...
Inter-Korean liaison office partially resumes operations
Unification Ministry Spokesperson Baik Tae Hyun on March 25 tells a news briefing that the inter-Korean liaison office in the North Korean border city...
President Moon pledges to make Korea ‘responsible economic powerhouse’
President Moon Jae-in on Aug 15 gives a speech to commemorate the 74th National Liberation Day at the Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan,...
President reaffirms bilateral cooperation to 2 US secretaries
President Moon Jae-in (middle) on March 18 poses for a photo with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Secretary of Defense Lloyd...
President Yoon hosts summit talks with Nigerian leader
President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Oct. 26 pose for photos ahead of their bilateral summit at the Office of the President in...
North Korea launches provocations across DMZ
The Ministry of National Defense announced on Aug. 20 that North Korea provocatively shot two artillery projectiles south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL)...
Korea, Russia celebrate 25 years of diplomacy
President Park Geun-hye and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at Cheong Wa Dae in 2013. President Park and President Putin exchanged congratulatory letters...
Korea, Central Asia discuss cultural exchanges, cooperation
Ministers of culture raise their joint agreement during the second Korea-Central Asia Culture Ministers’ Meeting, at the Asia Culture Center in...
Park administration promotes cultural industries, welfare
Three years into her presidency, President Park Geun-hye has solidified the foundation for a new economic take-off, and to accomplish all this the Park...