President Moon Jae-in talks about North Korea with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 7. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the phone on Aug. 7 to discuss ways to cooperatively respond to North Korean issues.
The leaders agreed that the regime’s capability to develop nuclear weapons...
Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) release a joint statement calling for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, at the ASEAN 2017 meeting in the Philippines on Aug. 5. Pictured are Secretary-General of ASEAN Le Luong Minh (right) and then the foreign ministers from ASEAN's 10 member states. (ASEAN 2017 official website)
By Hur SomEe and Lee Hana
Foreign ministers...
President Moon Jae-in holds a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on the morning of Aug. 7. The two leaders discussed cooperation and joint response measures between Seoul and Washington regarding North Korea. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in held a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 7. The two leaders discussed ways to cooperate...
Members of the United Nations Security Council vote with a show of hands on Resolution No. 2371 that will sanction North Korea for its launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles, at U.N. headquarters in New York on Aug. 5. (U.N.)
By Sohn JiAe
The 15-member United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted the new Resolution No. 2371 to sanction North Korea for its launches...
Mineo croaker fish (민어) are just one of the many types of healthy seafood that are in-season during the summer. The photo above shows a delicious pot of mineo gamjeong croaker fish hotpot (민어감정).
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Institute of Traditional Korean Food
The most well-known Korean dish to help beat the summer heat is samgyetang ginseng chicken soup (삼계탕). Beyond this one famous dish, however,...
President Moon Jae-in holds a meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu (second from left) at the Jinhae Naval Base in Gyeongsangnam-do Province on Aug. 2.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in, currently on summer vacation, met with Indonesia's Minister of Defense Ryamizard Ryacudu at the Jinhae Naval Base in Gyeongsangnam-do Province on Aug. 2.
President Moon told the...
Jiri meadowsweet flowers, or Jiriteoripul (지리터리풀), are native to Jirisan Mountain and reach full bloom between July and August.
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Photos = Korea National Park Service
Summer wildflowers have bloomed across Jirisan Mountain and atop the 1,507-meter Nogodan Peak.
Wildflowers that can be found along the Nogodan hiking trails include the Jiri meadowsweets (지리터리풀), a flower native to Jirisan, as well as the...
Director General Xavier Ouin of the French National Railway Company (SNCF) speaks with Korea Railroad Corporation representatives during a visit to an express train maintenance facility in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do Province, on July 25.
By Cho A-la and Lee Hana
Photos = Korail
Last week, the French National Railway Company (SNCF) paid a visit to Korea to exchange technological expertise with the Korean Railroad Corporation (Korail).
In...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs launches a task force on July 31 to review the agreement made between Seoul and Tokyo in 2015 to settle the feud concerning Japan's forced enslavement of women as sex workers during World War II. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Hur SomEe and Lee Hana
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially launched a task force on July 31 to...
President Moon Jae-in (center) holds a meeting with business leaders in the main building of Cheong Wa Dae on July 28.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in held meetings with business leaders and CEOs from across the country at Cheong Wa Dae on July 27 and 28.
In the meetings, President Moon shared the new administration's people-centered economic philosophy...
Portable 'handy fans' have become must-have items in Korea's sweltering summer heat this year. (Jeon Han)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Folding fans have been replaced by electric "handy fans," while long aerated bamboo pillows -- known as "bamboo wives" or jukbuin (죽부인) -- have given way to cooling mats in the summer heat. Korea's must-have items for beating the hottest months of the year...
President Moon Jae-in presides over a National Security Council meeting at Cheong Wa Dae at 1 a.m. on July 29 following North Korea’s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile earlier that evening at 11:41 p.m.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in called for a "stern response to North Korea’s ceaseless provocations with nuclear missile test launches" to...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (fifth from left) attends a ceremony to mark the Korean War armistice agreement and U.N. Forces Participation Day, alongside Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Pi Woo-jin (third from left), U.K. Ambassador to Korea Charles Hay (fourth from left) and a group veterans, at Seoul's Olympic Handball Gymnasium on July 27.
By Cho A-la and Lee Hana
Photos = Ministry of...
Lamb shish kebab (top) and Adana kebab are both signature menu items at Kervan, a halal Turkish restaurant certified by the Korea Muslim Federation.
By Kim Young Deok, Xu Aiying and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Xu Aiying
July 27, 2017 | Seoul
The word halal simply means "allowed" in Arabic. For Muslims, this term applies to their overall lifestyle, one of the most important standards by which to live.
The word...
President Moon Jae-in (left) smiles as he’s given a T-shirt printed with a picture of his newly adopted dog, Tory, by Park So-youn and A.J. Garcia from the animal rights group Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth, at Cheong Wa Dae on July 26.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
An abandoned dog named Tory has become Korea's newest first dog.
President...
Korean Ambassador to Kazakhstan Kim Dae-sik (left) poses for a photo with visitors to Expo 2017 Astana in the Kazakhstani capital on June 10 to promote next year's PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Korean Cultural Center in Kazakhstan
Expo 2017 Astana has been underway in the Kazakhstani capital since June 10, bringing together energy-related businesses...
Social science and history teachers from the U.S. take a look at ancient Korean artifacts at the National Museum of History on July 24. They are in Korea on a week-long workshop for U.S. educators organized by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.
By Cho A-la and Lee Hana
Photos = Jeon Han
July 24, 2017 | Seoul
Starting next year, Korea's modern history will...
U.S. graphic novelist Craig Thompson talks about his 20s, at the Korea Manhwa Museum in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do Province, on July 24. (Kim Young Shin)
By Kim Young Shin
July 23, 2017 | Bucheon
At the 20th Bucheon International Comics Festival, under the theme of “youth” this year, U.S. graphic novelist Craig Thompson was one of the most popular guests. He was invited to...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-hwa (right) poses for a picture with Kim Jae Min, the winner of the '2017 Korea-Japan-China cooperation user-created video contest,' at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 26.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Jeon Han
July 26, 2017 | Seoul
The award ceremony for a recent user-generated video contest that explored the cooperative relationship among three Northeast Asian countries...
First lady Kim Jung-sook (center) helps to cut the ribbon during a ceremony to mark the establishment of a 'traditional culture experience hall' at Bongeunsa Temple in Gangnam-gu district, Seoul, on July 25.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
First lady Kim Jung-sook visited Bongeunsa Temple near COEX to mark the opening of a "traditional culture experience hall" on July 25.
First...