Gov’t to issue braille passports
The Korean government will issue special passports for the visually impaired starting April 20. The person's given name, surname, passport number, date of issue...
Korea’s 5G tech spotlighted at G20 meeting
The G20 Digital Ministers Meeting brought together ministers and vice ministers from the G20 countries in Dusseldorf, Germany, on April 6. The theme this...
Korea, US leaders agree to bolster alliance
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump on April 8. The two leaders discussed the latest U.S.-China summit...
Korea, Saudi Arabia to bolster cooperation on 7 new industries
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Joo Hyung-hwan (left) holds a meeting with Saudi Arabian Minister of Energy, Industry Khalid Al-Falih in Riyadh on...
Korea, Sudan to boost cooperation
Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Lee Tae-ho (left) and Undersecretary Abdel-ghani Elnaim of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs pose for a photo in...
Korea to send USD 14 mil. to Syria, Middle East
Korea has announced its plans to provide humanitarian aid worth some USD 14 million to Syria and neighboring countries. (Korea.net DB)
By Jin Li and...
Acting president calls for stronger NK responses
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn presides over a Cabinet meeting at the Government Complex Seoul on April 4. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Sohn...
Korea, Kenya tighten economic ties
Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Lee Tae-ho (left) and Kenyan Political and Diplomatic Secretary Tom Amolo sign a set of agreed minutes during the...
Korea cooperates with Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan on healthcare
Bang Moonkyu (left), vice minister for health and welfare, and Talantbek Batyraliev, the Kyrgyzstani minister of health, shake hands after signing an MOU on...
Korea, Qatar strengthen economic partnership
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Joo Hyunghwan (left) and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani discuss furthering the Korea-Qatar economic partnership, in Doha...
Korea, Southeast Asia expand agricultural trade
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Kim Jae-soo (left) holds talks with nine ambassadors from Southeast Asia to discuss ways to expand trade...
Korea cooperates on science, technology with UK, Ukraine
The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the U.K.'s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy discuss ways to further enhance mutual...
Korea strengthens partnership with Egypt, India
Korea has solidified its economic and diplomatic ties with Egypt and India.
On March 25, First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Lim Sung-nam discussed ways...
Korea shares health care policies with Central, South America
Government officials from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Brazil and Mexico pose for a photo during the fifth K-Pharma Academy, held at the Ministry...
Korea-Turkey friendship: ‘next 60 years will be even better’
Turkish Ambassador to Korea Arslan Hakan Okcal talks about the close bonds between Turkey and Korea, in light of 60 years of diplomatic ties...
Korea joins forces to defeat ISIS, NK nuclear ambition
Korea and the international community have reconfirmed their common will to eradicate the extremist group known as ISIS.
On March 22, Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Foreign minister discusses London terrorist attack with his UK counterpart over phone
During his visit to the U.S. for a meeting of the Ministers of the Global Coalition to defeat ISIS, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se held...
Seoul pledges support for 2018 Winter Games
IOC President Thomas Bach (left) and Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn discuss measures to support the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter...
Korea, Ethiopia expand cooperation on customs clearance
Korea's electronic customs clearance system, known as Uni-Pass, has recently been exported to Ethiopia.
On March 10, the Korea Customs Service (KCS) and the Ethiopian...
Seoul focuses on e-gov’t exports, creating ‘smart’ administration
The government has opened an online portal that shows all the information about its online government services, or e-government, and related bidding information.
The Ministry...
