President Moon Jae-in nominates ambassadors to the U.S., China and Japan, Cheong Wa Dae announced on Aug. 30. In the photo, Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Soo-hyun gives a press briefing at the Chunchugwan Press Center at Cheong Wa Dae. (Jeon Han)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in nominated ambassadors to the U.S., China and Japan, Cheong Wa Dae announced on Aug....
Cha Bum-Kun, football legend and former coach of the Korean national football team, stresses the importance of fair play, both on the field and in the real world.
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Photos = Kim Soon-ju
Seoul | Aug. 25, 2017
"The Bundesliga's Top Asian Goalscorer" (Der erfolgreichste Profi aus Asien in der Bundesliga-Geschichte)
This was the title given to Cha Bum-Kun by the German Football...
Park Cheol Kyun, the defense ministry's deputy director general for international policy, briefs the press on the upcoming 2017 Seoul Defense Dialogue, at Seoul's Foreign Press Center on Aug. 30.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Kim Soon-ju
Seoul | Aug. 30, 2017
Korea will host the annual Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD) from Sept. 6 to 8 at the Westin Chosun Seoul this year, under the...
President Moon Jae-in speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Aug. 30 to discuss North Korea’s latest missile launch that passed over Japan a day earlier (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in held a telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Aug. 30 to come up with measures to jointly respond to North Korea’s continuous provocations...
President Moon Jae-in (right) meets with Representative Ed Royce, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 28.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in met with U.S. Representative Ed Royce, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 28. They discussed measures to bolster the Korea-U.S....
Presidential Senior Secretary for Public Relations Yoon Young-chan briefs the press about the outcome of a National Security Council emergency meeting convened following North Korea’s missile launch on Aug. 29. Pictured is the senior secretary in a briefing at Cheong Wa Dae on June 5. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in has urged the South Korean military to display...
Minister of the Environment Kim Eunkyung (center) poses for a photo after signing a joint statement at the 19th Tripartite Environment Ministers’ Meeting among Korea, China and Japan in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do Province, on Aug. 25. Standing with her are her Chinese counterpart, Li Ganjie (right), and her Japanese counterpart, Masaharu Nakagawa. (Ministry of Environment)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
Korea, China and...
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov (fourth from left) holds a meeting with his Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha (third from right) at the foreign ministry in Moscow on Aug. 25. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Lee Hana
Foreign Affairs Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Aug. 25 to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation on North Korean issues.
The...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong-hwan (right) poses for a commemorative photo with his Japanese and Chinese counterparts, Yoshimasa Hayashi (center) and Luo Shugang, after signing the Kyoto Declaration to revitalize trilateral cultural exchanges, during the 9th Korea-Japan-China Cultural Ministers’ Meeting in Kyoto on Aug. 26.
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Heo Man-jin, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Culture...
President Dimitar Glavchev (left) of the Bulgarian parliament and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon shake hands at the Seoul Government Office on Aug. 23. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Kim Young Shin
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon held a meeting with Bulgarian National Assembly President Dimitar Glavchev to talk about ways to bolster cooperation between Korea and Bulgaria, in Seoul on Aug. 23. President Glavchev...
The Korea Tourism Organization’s mobile-only guidebook ‘Explore Korea by Subway’ provides a list of tourist sites in the vicinity of subway stations across Korea.
By Kim Tae Won and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Korea Tourism Organization
The subway is one of the best means of transportation in Korea, which allows commuters both here at home and tourists from abroad to travel across the nation quickly...
The Trilateral Arts Festival 2016 is held in Jeju on Aug. 27, 2016. The photo shows artists from Korea, Japan and China playing traditional musical instruments together. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
Kyoto is hosting the Trilateral Arts Festival 2017 on Aug. 25.
The festival has been held since 2014 and boosts friendly relations among Korea, Japan and China and helps...
President Moon Jae-in speaks in a briefing with officials from the ministries of foreign affairs and of unification, at the Government Complex Seoul on Aug. 23. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in has urged officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Unification to play active roles in resolving North Korean issues and in promoting diplomatic...
President Moon Jae-in and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping exchange congratulatory messages on Aug. 24 to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties between Seoul and Beijing. The two heads of state (pictured) last met in Berlin on July 6. (Korea.net DB)
By Lee Hana
The leaders of Korea and China exchanged congratulatory messages on Aug. 24 to mark 25 years of diplomatic...
President Moon Jae-in holds talks with a delegation from the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 21.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in greeted a delegation from the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 21. They discussed ways to address...
President Moon Jae-in (fourth from left) meets with Korean and Japanese members of the Japan–Korea Parliamentarians' Union, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 21.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in urged Korean and Japanese lawmakers to play a more active role in promoting the Seoul-Tokyo relationship.
President Moon met with members of the Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union, many of whom...
An exhibit to commemorate Jürgen Hinzpeter (1937-2016), the late German reporter who told the world about the May 18 Democratic Uprising in Gwangju in 1980, opens at the Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall on Aug. 21. One of Hinzpeter's old passports and some I.D. photos are on display.
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Photos = Gwangju Metropolitan City
"A Taxi Driver" (택시운전사), a film based...
President Moon Jae-in speaks to the nation about his government’s new policies, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 20. He is speaking alongside ministers, top presidential aides and more than 280 members of the Citizens Advisory Committee for Presidential Transition.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
The most worrying concerns among the 154,000 policy recommendations and opinions that the Citizens Advisory...
President Moon Jae-in holds a press conference in the Yeongbingwan Guest House at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 17, 100 days after taking office.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in held a press conference to mark 100 days since his inauguration.
The press conference was managed in a free, informal mood, without any pre-arrangements regarding questioners or subjects. Speaking...
Cheong Wa Dae released an interview of President Moon Jae-in to mark the first 100 days since his inauguration, on Aug. 18. The photo shows President Moon during a press conference at the Yeongbingwan Guest House on Aug. 17. Cheong Wa Dae
By Yoon Sojung
Cheong Wa Dae released a video of an interview of President Moon Jae-in to celebrate his first...