Korea Sale Festa to open next week with 30% off premium beef
Shoppers browse at a venue of last year's Korea Sale Festa. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
Korea Sale Festa to open next week with 30%...
Last captive dolphin Bibongi to be released to the wild
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Aug. 4 announced that Bibongi (pictured), the nation's last Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin in captivity, will be released to the...
Immigration and integration program for expats to start on Aug. 29
The Korea Immigration Service Foundation from Aug. 29 will begin the third semester of its online classes for expats under the Korea Immigration and Integration Program...
Air Force’s aerobatic flight team wins top awards at British event
The Black Eagles, the Republic of Korea Air Force's aerobatic flight team, performs in the airshow Royal International Air Tattoo in the town of Fairford...
Korea takes 2nd at int’l physics contest with 4 golds, 1 silver
The national team, all students at Seoul Science High School, on July 17 celebrate their second-place finish at the International Physics Olympiad held in Switzerland with four gold and...
No. of foreign patients in Korea rose 24.6% to 146K last year
The Ministry of Health and Welfare on June 27 said 146,000 people from overseas visited Korea last year to seek medical treatment. The photo...
6 outdoor swimming pools in Seoul to be reopened on June 24
The Hangang Project Headquarters of the Seoul Metropolitan Government on June 15 said outdoor swimming pools at parks around the Hangang River will be reopened for...
First lady attends 1st nat’l ceremonial day event with President Yoon
First lady Kim Keon Hee on the morning of June 6 wipes rain off President Yoon Suk Yeol's clothes at a ceremony to mark the 67th Memorial...
President Yoon attends concert at Cheong Wa Dae marking opening
President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee on May 22 greet the audience on the outside stage of the main garden at Cheong Wa...
Together Day events to honor foreign population in Seoul
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will hold events to mark the 15th annual Together Day on May 20. Shown are Korea.net Honorary Reporters taking a commemorative photo at...
Memorial to provisional gov’t opened at former presidential villa
The National Memorial of the Korean Provisional Government on April 11 was opened at the former presidential villa of Cheongnamdae, in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do Province.
By Lee...
60% of 20-30-something foreign nat’ls want to visit Korea in 3 years
A survey jointly conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Tourism Organization has found that 60% of foreign nationals in...
Classrooms utilizing cutting-edge Korean tech opened in Paraguay
Paraguay has set up classrooms featuring Korea's cutting-edge technology and education experience. Shown is an information and communications technology classroom in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion. (Korean Ministry...
Korea to turn multicultural by 2040 given rise in foreign population
Statistics Korea on April 14 said the migration background population will account for 6.4% of the overall population in 2040, up from 4.2% in...
Revamped KOCIS Center marks first 100 days
By Joung Haseung and Anais Faure
Video = Kim Sunjoo and Lee Jun Young
KOCIS Center, a hub for foreign correspondents in Seoul, on March 25 marked its 100-day anniversary.
The Korean Culture...
President-elect Yoon congratulated by world leaders on election win
President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol on the morning of March 10 greets the people at the main auditorium of the National Assembly Library in the Yeouido ...
WHO to open Global Biomanufacturing Workforce Training Hub in Korea
Minister of Health and Welfare Kwon Deok-cheol on Feb. 23 talks to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at an online event for WHO's Global Biomanufacturing Workforce Training...
China says ‘Hanbok is traditional Korean culture’: diplomatic sources
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Craft & Design Foundation on Feb. 9 opened "Hanbok Uniform Exhibition" at Culture Station Seoul...
Gwanghwamun Square to reopen in July with doubled area
This artist's rendition offers a bird's eye view of the revamped Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul's Jongno-gu District set to open in July. (Seoul Metropolitan...
80.5% of non-Koreans have positive view of Korea: survey
The Korean Culture and Information Service on Jan. 24 said a recent survey found that 80.5% of non-Koreans in Korea and abroad have positive...
