President pledges to improve ocean safety, security
President Moon Jae-in (right) looks around the Saemangeum, an area of reclaimed land in Jeollabuk-do Province, along with Lee Byoung-gook, administrator of the Saemangeum...
President holds phone call with Dutch PM
President Moon Jae-in holds a phone call with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on May 30 to discuss cooperation measures between the two countries....
President Moon meets with former Indonesian president
Former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (left) is greeted by President Moon Jae-in at Cheong Wa Dae on May 29. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President...
Cheong Wa Dae names nominees to head 4 ministries
Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Su-hyun announces the president's nominees for minister of the interior, minister of culture, sports and tourism, minister of land,...
Russia, EU, ASEAN envoys increase scope of diplomacy: president
President Moon Jae-in meets with envoys to Russia, the European Union, Germany and to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as they report on...
President has lunch with outgoing Cabinet
President Moon Jae-in speaks during a lunch with Korea's outgoing presidential Cabinet, at Cheong Wa Dae on May 26. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
Encouragement...
President vows to use personal money for private activities
President Moon Jae-in presides over his first meeting with senior secretaries on May 25. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Jeon Han and Sohn JiAe
May 25,...
President orders upgrade to human rights commission
Senior presidential secretary for civil affairs Cho Kuk announces President Moon Jae-in’s order to raise the importance of the National Human Rights Commission of...
‘Let’s embrace like friends’ says Korea, Mexico
President Moon Jae-in talks with his Mexican counterpart President Enrique Pena Nieto on May 17 to discuss ways to develop bilateral ties and to...
President appoints fair trade commissioner, head of patriots and veterans affairs
Senior presidential secretary for personnel affairs Cho Hyun-ock nominates Kim Sang-jo (second from right) as the chairman of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), and...
Korea shares administrative strategies with African governments
President Bae Jin-hwan (center, front row) of the Local Government Officials Development Institute and 19 public servants from six African governments pose for a...
Korea, US discuss bilateral summit
Newly-elected President Moon Jae-in receives a phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump on May 10, congratulating him on his win. That same day...
President Moon Jae-in vows to create a ‘new Korea’
President Moon Jae-in takes the oath of office at the National Assembly in Seoul, becoming the next leader of the Republic of Korea, on...
Korea, Belarus expand cooperation on e-gov’t
Vice Minister Kim Seong-lyul of the Ministry of the Interior (left) and Belarusian Minister Sergei Popkov from the Ministry of Communications and Informatization sign...
‘Goal is to bring N. Korea back to the negotiating table’
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se attends the Security Council Thematic Meeting on the Denuclearization of North Korea, at United Nations headquarters in New...
May presents golden opportunity for getaway
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn delivers a speech during a cabinet meeting at Seoul's government complex on April 25. (Prime Minister's Office)
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Korea to create database of African geography, resources
Director General Choe Byong-Nam of the National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) (left) and President Synn Joong Ho of the Korea Institute of Geoscience and...
Sharing with the world: Smart transportation systems
A news crew from SBT, a Brazilian broadcaster, reports on the Seoul government's Traffic Operation Information Service (TOPIS), in the Korean capital on April...
Korea, Tanzania discuss expanded cooperation
Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Augustine Mahiga (left) shakes hands with his Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se following a meeting in Seoul on April 24....
Gov’t to help companies build overseas
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn presides over a meeting for businesses and experts involved in infrastructure projects abroad, in Seoul on April...
