Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jongwhan (second from right) speaks to a group of foreign correspondents about the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, during a luncheon at Seoul's Foreign Press Center on Sept. 27.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul | Sept. 27, 2017
"The Korean government, along with the international community, is working hard to make the...
Visitors to the themed zone '88 Olympic Bridge' at the Yeouido Hangang Park in Seoul pose for a picture with the Olympic torch and the two mascots of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Soohorang and Bandabi, on Sept. 23.
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Seoul Metropolitan Government
Seoul l Sept. 23, 2017
The “88 Olympic Bridge” promotional booth, where...
President Moon Jae-in (left) receives a map of the Korean Peninsula painted by children from a Korean language school in Germany from Choi Young-keun, president of the Korean Community of Wiesbaden, during the opening ceremony for The 11th Korean Day and the 2017 World Korean Community Leaders' Convention , at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu District, Seoul, on Sept....
The calligraphy club from Tottori Higashi High School in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, presents a work of art wishing for the success of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, as well as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, at the Korea-Japan Festival in Seoul, held at the COEX convention center in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, on Sept. 24.
By Lee...
President Moon Jae-in calls upon North Korea to return to the spirit of the Oct. 4, 2007, South-North summit declaration, at a celebration to mark the declaration’s 10th anniversary at the 63 Building in Seoul on Sept. 26.
By Yoon Sojung and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
On Sept. 26, President Moon Jae-in urged North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons...
The 2017 King Jeongjo Tomb Parade begins after a formal ceremony to officially depart the palace, at the Donhwamun Gate of Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul on Sept. 23.
By Jeon Han and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul l Sept. 23, 2017
In front of Changdeokgung Palace, the jwatongrye royal official in charge of ceremonies (좌통례, 左通禮) announced the king’s departure by hitting a drum three times....
President Moon Jae-in sends a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sept. 25 to congratulate her on her recent election victory. Pictured, the two heads of state hold a press conference prior to their summit, at the chancellor's offices in Berlin on July 5. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in sent a congratulatory message to German Chancellor Angela...
President Moon Jae-in presides over the first Anti-Corruption Policy Consultation Council at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 26.
By Jeon Han and Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in presided over the nation's first Anti-Corruption Policy Consultation Council at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 26.
The council was convened in line with the new administration's initiative to "make Korea a nation of integrity...
President Moon Jae-in stresses the meaning of Korea's Candlelight Revolution, as well as the policy priorities and diplomatic direction of his new government, in his keynote speech to the 72nd U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 21. He also introduces the peace-oriented inter-Korean policy goals of the Korean government.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President...
President Moon Jae-in holds a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in New York on Sept. 21. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in held a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in New York on Sept. 21. During the meeting, the...
President Moon Jae-in (left) holds a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York on Sept. 21. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in held a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York on Sept. 21. The two leaders reaffirmed their goal to achieve denuclearization of North Korea in a peaceful manner.
Condemning Pyongyang's sixth nuclear...
Promising Winter Olympic athletes show off the gold, silver and bronze medals during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Medal Unveiling Ceremony, at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul on Sept. 21. From left are ski jumper Yang Seung-wook, short-track speed skater Nam Hyeon-yul and curler Lee Hee-seong. (Jeon Han)
By Sohn JiAe
Seoul l Sept. 21, 2017
The medals to be awarded at next...
First lady Kim Jung-sook greets kitchen staff at the Korean American Senior Center of Flushing in Queens on Sept. 20. The first lady paid a visit to the center at lunchtime, with homemade kimchi, cubed kkakdugi radish kimchi and soy sauce marinated crab that she brought from Seoul.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
First lady Kim Jung-sook paid a visit to...
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (left) receives plush toys of Soohorang the white tiger and Bandabi the Asiatic bear, the two mascots for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, from President Moon Jae-in after their summit at the InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel on Sept. 20. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe and Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in held a summit...
President Moon Jae-in talks about the Korean economy with U.S. financial experts and economists at the Intercontinental New York Barclay Hotel on Sept. 20. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in met with U.S. financial experts and economists at a special talk held in New York on Sept. 20 to discuss the Korean economy and his administration's fiscal policies.
"At its...
The U.K.'s Prime Minister Theresa May (left) receives a PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games uniform from President Moon Jae-in after their meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 19. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung and Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa may held their first bilateral talks in New York on Sept. 19 where...
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) poses for a photo with the heads of U.S. research institutes in New York on Sept. 20. From left are Korea Society President Thomas Byrne, Council on Foreign Affairs President Richard Haass, President Moon and Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society Policy Institute.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in met with...
President Moon Jae-in delivers his acceptance speech after receiving the Atlantic Council’s 2017 Global Citizen Award on Sept. 19 in New York.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in received the Atlantic Council’s 2017 Global Citizen Award on Sept. 19. The ceremony took place at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York.
The Global Citizen Award has...
President Moon Jae-in (second from left) presents Senegalese President Macky Sall (left) with plush toys of Soohorang and Bandabi, the official mascots of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, after a bilateral meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 19. (Cheong Wa Dae Facebook)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in held a bilateral meeting with Senegalese President Macky...
President Moon Jae-in (right) presents Czech President Miloš Zeman with plush toys of Soohorang and Bandabi, the official mascots for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, following a summit at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 19. (Cheong Wa Dae Facebook)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in held a summit with his Czech counterpart, President Miloš Zeman, in...