Inter-Korean Summit to improve Tokyo-Pyeongyang ties: Korean, Japanese leaders
President Moon Jae-in holds a 40-minute phone call starting at 4 p.m. on April 24 with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss issues...
Seoul pushes post-Summit arts, sports exchanges
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on April 23 that it has been operating a task force that is focusing on inter-Korean...
South Korean journalists allowed to cover Summit from North’s side
South and North Korea hold their third working-level meeting on April 23 and finalized the main schedule for the upcoming 2018 Inter-Korean Summit. The...
Seoul welcomes North’s decision to close nuke facilities
Presidential Senior Secretary for Public Relations Yoon Young-chan issues a statement on April 21 saying that Cheong Wa Dae welcomes North Korea’s decision to...
Seoul, Pyeongyang set up direct phone line
A direct phone line between Cheong Wa Dae and Pyeongyang has been opened on April 20. The test phone call was made between senior...
Gov’t to bring in more workers for chosen industries
The ministry also said that the addition of new occupations to the E-7 visa category is expected to help Korea develop new emerging industries...
‘April 19 Revolution, great milestone to Korean democracy’
President Moon Jae-in (center) and other dignitaries walk toward the memorial monument at the April 19 National Cemetery to pay their respects to some...
Seoul prepped for record number of press at Inter-Korean Summit
A Panmunjeom press tour is held for more than 300 journalists in Paju, Gyeonggi-do Province, on April 18, the venue for the scheduled April...
Photos, videos depict history of inter-Korean relationship
Korean citizens celebrate with former President Kim Dae-jung as he leaves for North Korea for the first Inter-Korean Summit on June 13, 2000.
By Lee Kyoung...
President Moon asks Buddhists to join peacemaking on peninsula
President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech during a Buddhist ceremony to pray for peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, at COEX in Seoul...
Inter-Korean Summit website goes live
The online platform for the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit, to be held on April 27, opens on April 17 (www.koreasummit.kr). (Inter-Korean Summit Preparation Committee)
By Kim Young...
Only US-NK ties can ease inter-Korean tensions: president
President Moon Jae-in talks with a group of advisors about the upcoming Inter-Korean Summit, at Cheong Wa Dae on April 12. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn...
Korean Provisional Government marks 99th anniversary
A ceremony to mark the 99th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean Provisional Government is held outside the Kim Koo Museum & Library...
President Moon meets with Japanese foreign minister
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (left) and President Moon Jae-in shake hands before their official meeting in Seoul on April 11. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim...
President Moon meets World Economic Forum leader
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with the executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, at Cheong Wa Dae on April 11....
Korea to host climate change expo
Chang Hoon (second from right), head of the Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change at the Korea Environment Institute (KEI), and Patricia Espinosa (center),...
Korea, Slovakia to enhance economic cooperation
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with his Slovak counterpart, President Andrej Kiska, prior to a summit at Cheong Wa Dae on April 10....
President Moon replies to letter from Korean War veteran
Director General of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Kim Kwang-woo (left) gives the Ambassador of Peace Medal, a medal awarded to Korean...
Constitutional revision guarantees stronger basic rights
President Moon Jae-in speaks during a luncheon with members of a special advisory committee on constitutional reform, at Cheong Wa Dae on March 13....
‘Jeju Uprising’s desire for peace, human rights burns bright’: president
President Moon Jae-in and the first lady assist a surviving victim of the Jeju Uprising down the stairs during the 70th commemoration for the...
