President Yoon Suk Yeol (second from right) on Nov. 18 speaks at the first session of the Group of 20 (G20) Summit at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Office of the President)
By Lee DasomPresident Yoon Suk Yeol on Nov. 18 in Brazil pledged humanitarian aid worth...
The Ministry of Environment on Nov. 19 will propose the Korea Climate Transparency Alliance at the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan to be held from Nov. 11-22. (COP29's official Facebook page)
By Aisylu AkhmetzianovaThe Ministry of Environment will propose at...
President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) and his Peruvian counterpart Dina Boluarte on Nov. 16 pose for a photo at their news conference held at the Presidential Palace in Lima to announce a joint declaration on higher bilateral cooperation. (Office of the President)
By Lee Kyoung Mi
President Yoon...
Brazilian Ambassador to Korea Marcia Donner Abreu on Nov 7 talks about the upcoming Group of 20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro and Korea's cooperation with the G20 in an interview with Korea.net at her embassy in Seoul’s Jongno-gu District.
By Yoon SojungPhotos = Lee Jun Young
Video = Lee...
The White House on Nov. 14 said the launch of a trilateral cooperation office will be announced in Lima, Peru, at the Nov. 15 three-way summit of Korea, the U.S. and Japan. Shown are the leaders of the three allies on Aug. 18 last year in their meeting at Camp David, the U.S....
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul (right) on Sept. 23 poses for photos with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) and Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoko Kamikawa at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York.
By Park Hye Ri
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul on...
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 20 gives a congratulatory speech at a signing ceremony for an agreement on cooperation with the Czech Republic in the lifecycle of nuclear power plants at Doosan Skoda Power of the Czech Plzen Industrial Complex. (Office of the President)
By Lee Kyoung MiPresident Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 22 returned...
President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) on Sept. 19 holds a joint news conference with Czech President Petr Pavel at Prague Castle in the Czech capital. (Office of the President's Facebook account)
By Kim Hyelin
President Yoon Suk Yeol, on an official visit to the Czech Republic (Czechia), on...
Mangrove forest in Guyana (Korea Forest Service)
By Koh HyunjeongThe Korea Forest Service (KFS) will restore mangrove forests in Guyana.Such forests play a crucial role in boosting biodiversity by reducing the size of tsunamis.
Along with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), the KFS on Sept. 19 said a launching ceremony...
People read books at Seoul Outdoor Library along Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul. (Seoul Outdoor Library)
By Gil KyuyoungThe Seoul Outdoor Library offers translations of domestic literature famous abroad.The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Sept. 19 said 693 translated books donated by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea will be displayed at branches of the library...
Ambassador to Austria Ham Sang Wook (center), who is also permanent representative to the international organizations in Vienna, and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi (left) on Sept. 16 greet each other at the IAEA General Assembly in the Austrian capital. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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Visitors to the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Ankara, Turkiye (Turkey), on Sept. 30, 2023, play beonadolligi, a traditional game using wooden sticks to spin bowls, treadwheels or basins. (KCC in Turkiye)
By Kim HyelinTwenty-six Korean Cultural Centers (KCCs) in 25 countries will hold cultural and interactive events to promote the meaning...
Cho Yoon-ju (right), chief of Korean Food Grand Master Center, on Sept. 22 last year introduces with models the traditional charye (ancestral rite) table and etiquette in a Chuseok demonstration hosted by the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp. (aT) in Hanok Village of Seoul's Eunpyeong-gu District. (aT)
By Charles Audouin
Aug. 15 (Sept....
Billboard on Sept. 10 ranked K-pop sensation BTS 19th on the American music magazine's list of the greatest pop stars of the 21st century.
By Xu Aiying
Photos = Billboard's official website
BTS has made the list of Billboard's greatest pop stars of the 21st...
Korea, China and Japan on Sept. 11 adopted a joint statement at their trilateral summit of tourism ministers in Kobe, Japan, with (from left) Chinese Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Zhang Zheng, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In Chon and Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Tetsuo Saito. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and...
Hydrogen-powered buses will account for 25% of the nation's intercity buses by 2030 to expand their use nationwide. (Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Government)
By Yoon Sojung
One in four intercity buses nationwide by 2030 is forecast to run on hydrogen.
The Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport...
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province on Sept. 8 announced its hosting of the 17th Jeju Haenyeo (Female Diver) Festival from Sept. 20-22 at Haenyeo Museum in the town of Gujwa-eup in Jeju City, Jeju Island, and the nearby beach. Shown is last year's event in September 2023 at the museum complex.
By Charles AudouinPhotos =...
Minister of National Defense Kim Yong Hyun on the morning of Sept. 9 gives a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of the 2024 REAIM (Responsible AI in the Military Domain) Summit at Lotte Hotel in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Ministry of National Defense)
By Park Hye Ri
The...
The leading researchers of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) who created a green technology to extract high purity uranium of up to 95% from a solution containing several metals are (from left) Oh Maengkyo, Eun Heechul and Jung Junyoung. (KAERI)By Koh Hyunjeong
A domestic think tank has developed an eco-friendly...
President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) on Sept. 6 poses for photos with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of their expanded bilateral summit at the Office of the President in Seoul. (Office of the President)
By Park Hye Ri
A bilateral agreement with Japan will bolster cooperation in...