Hadong traditional tea recognized at global forum
The mayor of Hadong-gun County, Youn Sang-ki (right), receives a certificate that designates the Traditional Hadong Tea Agrosystem as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage...
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...
Banquet menu unveiled for Inter-Korean Summit
A mango mousse, which will be served as dessert at the welcome banquet for the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit, will be decorated with the unification...
First King Sejong Institute Center in Mideast to open in UAE
The first King Sejong Institute Center in the Middle East will open in the United Arab Emirates city...
Experience Korea with all five senses
Winners of the Talk Talk Korea 2016 contest enjoy a virtual reality (VR) experience at the K-Style Hub in Seoul on Oct. 19.
Winners of...
Witness world hair trends in Seoul
Traci Sakosits, regional creative director at the Sassoon Academy in North America, demonstrates the newest hair styles at the Sassoon Hair Show, organized by...
Repaying a 60-year-old gift
A U.S. veteran from the 40th Infantry Division embraces a student during a graduation ceremony at the Gwanin Middle and High Schools on Feb....
Indoor mask-wearing rule to be eased from Jan. 30
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Jan. 20 chairs a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at...
Gwangmyeong Cave serves as hub for Korean wine
At the Wine Cave, a wine bar inside the Gwangmyeong Cave in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do Province, visitors can purchase some 170 different wines from 50...
First lady visits Buddhist temple in Seoul
First lady Kim Jung-sook (center) helps to cut the ribbon during a ceremony to mark the establishment of a 'traditional culture experience hall' at...
Restaurateur in Laos runs lone crusade to protect sovereignty over Dokdo
Youn Jae Wouk owns four Korean restaurants in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. He is pictured here standing in front of one his restaurants...
Non-Korean media allowed North for coverage
Non-Korean journalists and broadcasters will be allowed to directly cover the upcoming 2018 Inter-Korean Summit, a first in history. Pictured are both Korean and...
Korea’s global innovation rank jumps from 10th to 5th
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Moon SungWook on Sept. 20 speaks at the launching event for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s Global...
UN delegations visit Korea to mark 70th anniversary of armistice
Marking the 70th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement, and International Memorial Day for U.N. Korean War Veterans, delegations...
Spring steps closer to Seoul
Apricot flowers begin to bud at the Boshingak Bell at the National Museum of Korea on March 15, showing us that spring has sprung.
Seoul's...
Weekly protest in Seoul for ‘comfort women’ victims marks 28th anniversary
The Wednesday protest for the Resolution of the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery Issue in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul's Jongno-gu District on...
UN Special Rapporteur on NK human rights supports dialogue with Pyongyang
Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on North Korean human rights, gives a press statement following his official five-day mission to South Korea,...
Korean studies expert refutes Harvard professor’s claim on comfort women
Mark Peterson, professor emeritus of Brigham Young University in the U.S., in a column posted on Feb. 17 on Korea.net refuted a paper by...
New BTS stamps to mark 10th anniversary of group’s debut
Korea Post under the Ministry of Science and ICT on May 7 said it will issue on June...
Teen tourist returns pearl pebbles to Geoje beach
Two pebbles and a hand-written letter arrive at the Hallyeohaesang Marine National Park Eastern Office on July 10.
By Kim Hyelin and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Hallyeohaesang Marine National...
