Restaurateur’s ‘benevolent influence’ movement helping needy children
The pasta restaurant Zinjja Pasta, whose name means "real pasta" in Korean and is located in the Sangsu-dong neighborhood of Seoul's Mapo-gu District, has...
Indie bookstores cater to special interests to attract customers
(From left clockwise) Schrödinger exclusively stocks books on cats. Seoul Time Sketch is housed in a building sporting Hanok (traditional Korean architecture). Your Taste...
President Moon honors fallen soldiers at Memorial Day ceremony
President Moon Jae-in on June 6 consoles Kim Cha-hee, 93, at Memorial Tablet Enshrinement Hall inside Hyeonchungtap Memorial Tower of Seoul National Cemetery. Her...
Gwangju marks 39th anniversary of pro-democracy movement
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook on May 18 lay flowers at the May 18 National Cemetery in Gwangju. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim...
22nd annual Korean speech contest attracts wider variety of foreign competitors
By Oh Hyun Woo and Kim Hwaya
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | May 14, 2019
A middle school student from Japan, a worker from Nepal, a production assistant...
[Sharing a Prosperous Global Village] Ambassadors’ Voices in Korea 7: Hungary
To gauge the direction of cooperation between Korea and the world, Korea.net is running a series of interviews with ambassadors to Korea. This episode...
Event to mark centennial anniversary of Korean Provisional Gov’t
This huge Taegeukgi (Korean national flag) hangs on a building at Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the March First Independence...
Subway station turned into independence movement memorial
100 Tower at Anguk Station in Seoul shows the faces of about 800 Korean independence fighters in 100 seconds to commemorate the centennial anniversary...
Graffiti artworks honor Korean independence activists
To mark the centennial anniversary of the Korean Provisional Government, graffiti artworks featuring independence activists will be displayed from April 6-20 on building facades...
Interpretation service for foreign victims of crime expanded
An operator at the Immigration Contact Center (1345) in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province, provides interpretation service for a caller. The center from this month began...
Mexican city designates Korea Day to honor Korean immigrants
The Merida City Council of Mexico's Yucatan state on March 30 designates May 4 as Korea Day to honor the arrival of 1,033 Korean...
Global events to mark centennial anniversary of March First Independence Movement
Numerous events in 179 countries are scheduled to mark the centennial anniversary of both the March First Independence Movement of 1919 and the establishment...
Ceremony marks centennial anniversary of Korean Declaration of Independence
A ceremony and seminar to mark the centennial anniversary of the Korean Declaration of Independence was held on Feb. 1 at Seoul City Hall....
No. of foreign tourists in Korea rose 15 pct. last year
The heightened mood of peace on the Korean Peninsula attracted more foreign tourists to Korea last year. This photo shows Japanese shoppers lined up...
65 foreign residents gain Korean nationality in ceremony
Newly naturalized Koreans citizens on Jan. 21 salute the national flag with Justice Minister Park Sang-ki (front row, fourth from the right) in a...
Survey shows 80 percent of world has ‘positive’ image of Korea
According to an annual national image survey conducted by the Korean Culture and Information Service, 2018's top keywords about Korea were "Korean food," "K-pop"...
Foreign workers in Korea must file income taxes by Feb. 28
An English-language guide to filing year-end tax returns for foreign workers is available on the National Tax Service’s homepage.
By Oh Hyun-woo and Lee Hana
Foreigners who earned income...
Koreans react to plastic bag ban at large supermarkets
Korea from 2019 has banned the use of single-use plastic bags at major supermarkets, with paper bags being offered as alternatives.
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Photos =...
British Korean War hero to be buried at UN cemetery in Busan
The late British war hero William Speakman-Pitt, a Korean War veteran also known as Bill Speakman, in April 2015 talks about his wartime memories...
Bill in NY State proposes day to honor Korean patriot
This photo shows Korean freedom fighter and martyr Yu Gwan-sun as an inmate at Seodaemun Prison in Seoul. Politicians in the U.S. state of...
