President Moon named person of the year: domestic poll
President Moon Jae-in (right) on March 15 takes part in a briefing session on measures for youth employment at the Yeongbingwan Guest House of...
4 naturalized Koreans receive gov’t honor as ‘exemplary citizens’
Justice Minister Park Sang-ki (center) and four naturalized Koreans honored as “exemplary citizens” on Dec. 19 pose for photos at Government Complex-Gwacheon in Gwacheon,...
Tower commemorating 100th year of March 1 Independence Movement unveiled
Chairman Han Wan-sang, Minister Kim Boo-kyum, descendants of people of merit are unveiling the tower of 100th anniversary of March First Independence Movement and...
Marriage immigrants in Korea now eligible for victim’s compensation
Marriage immigrants will no longer be denied victim's compensation. (Ministry of Justice)
By Park Gil-ja and Kim Minji
Marriage immigrants in Korea are now eligible to receive victim’s compensation...
Consumer safety training targets non-Korean residents
Vice Justice Minister Kim O-su (third from right) on Dec. 10 signs a memorandum of understanding with the Korea Consumer Agency at a regional...
More than 60 pct. of S. Koreans welcome NK leader’s visit to Seoul: poll
President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sept. 19 shake hands after signing the Pyeongyang Declaration at the government guesthouse...
Number of tourists rise with the winds of peace in Korea
The number of foreign tourists in Korea is rising again. The photo shows Japanese tourists waiting in a line to enter the Line Friends...
All eyes set on the college entrance exam day
High school students gather at Choong Ang High School, Jongno-gu District, Seoul, to cheer their seniors who take the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT)...
World coffee leaders gather in Seoul
Asia’s largest coffee exhibition, the 17th Seoul International Café Show, was held at the COEX Convention Center in Seoul from Nov. 8 to 11....
Seoul sends tangerines to Pyeongyang in return for mushrooms
Soldiers load boxes packed with tangerines to be sent to the North on a South Korean cargo plane at Jeju Airport on Nov. 11....
UNHCR special envoy Jolie thanks the Korean gov’t for supporting Yemeni refugees
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Special Envoy Angelina Jolie (left) and Minister of Justice Park Sang-ki hold a meeting at the ministry’s office in...
Global activists gather for peace on the Korean Peninsula
The 2018 World Peace Convention, held in Incheon, Seoul and Cheorwon, Gangwon-do province, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, invited international peace activists to...
Four Korean sites accredited as international wetland cities
Ramsar Deputy Secretary General Jonathan Barzdo announces the Ramsar Wetland Cities at the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the...
Korea celebrates Dokdo Day with various events
The landscape of Dokdo Island. (Korea.net DB)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Hahm Hee-eun
The Korean government held a ceremony to commemorate Dokdo Day on Oct. 25. Through the...
Korean speech contestants talk about peace on Korean Peninsula
Winners of King Sejong Institute (KSI)’s “Korean Speech Contest” pose for a group photograph after the Award Ceremony at the COEX Convention Center, in...
Korea celebrates National Foundation Day on Oct. 2
The participants in the National Foundation Day parade pose for a group photo after the ceremony on Oct. 3, 2017.
By Oh Hyun Woo and Kim Young Shin
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Correspondents center on Seoul as interest grows in denuclearization, peace
Foreign correspondents attend a press briefing at the main press center for the 2018 inter-Korean Summit, at the KINTEX convention center in Goyang-si, Gyoenggi-do...
O2O apps become part of daily life
There are numerous mobile applications that offer 'online-to-offline' (O2O) services related to transportation, food delivery, accommodations and real estate. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Hyun-Bin
Lee Jeong-ah,...
Nation to commemorate first ever ‘Comfort Women’s Day’
Busts of women who were incarcerated by the colonial government and the Imperial Japanese military into sexual slavery as ‘comfort women’ are set up...
Hot nights follow hot days: Korea tops 111-year record
As the national weather administration issues excessive heat warnings for most regions across the country, families visit the Banpo Hangang River Park in the...
