Videos promoting next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are released on Korea.net’s official YouTube and Facebook channels on July 24, exactly 200 days before the Winter Olympics begin next year. They've already garnered more than 2.5 million views in just two days. (Korean Culture and Information Service)
By Sohn JiAe
Four video clips produced by the Korean Culture and...
Akseli Salazar of Honduras wins the mobile phone artwork category in the Talk! Talk! Korea 2017 contest.
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Korean Culture and Information Service
The six winners of Talk! Talk! Korea 2017, a global contest that invited non-Korean contestants to explore Korea through different forms of media, were announced on July 24, exactly 200 days before the Opening Ceremony...
Daepo (대포), one of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins that used to live at the Seoul Grand Park, was released back into the sea on July 18 after an adjustment period at a pool built near Hamdeok Port on Jeju. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Young Shin
Two of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins at an aquarium in Seoul returned home to the...
A set of artworks by Jaejudojoa, a group of artists from Jeju Island, are all made of recycled trash dredged up from the island's surrounding waters. The works are currently on display at the special Junk X User’s Guide exhibition at the National Folk Museum of Korea. (National Folk Museum of Korea)
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
July 25, 2017 l Seoul
A special...
In a special event to mark 200 days until the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, President Moon Jae-in (center) receives an over-sized business card with his name on it, appointing him as a new honorary ambassador for the Winter Games. Kim Yuna (right) and Jung Chan-woo, both of whom are already honorary ambassadors for the Winter Games,...
On July 22, a great fireworks show lights up the skies above Chuncheon in Gangwon-do Province to mark 200 days until next February’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
By Kim Ji Hoe and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
The words “PyeongChang 2018 G-200” appeared in the middle of a great fireworks display, shinning across the night skies on...
Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on North Korean human rights, gives a press statement following his official five-day mission to South Korea, at the Seoul Global Center on July 21. (Jeon Han)
By Lee Hana
July 21, 2017 | Seoul
Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on North Korean human rights, supported the South Korean government’s efforts to engage with...
Magician Yu Ho-Jin flies through the air as he leaps from a special ski jump set up in Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square on June 14.
By Sohn JiAe
A roundup of four video clips was unveiled on July 24 to mark exactly 200 days until next February’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Released on Korea.net’s official YouTube and Facebook channels, the videos...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon delivers his congratulatory remarks at a ceremony marking the third anniversary of the 'Day of Medium-sized Business Leaders' (중견기업인의 날), at Lotte Hotel in downtown Seoul on July 21.
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
Photos: Jeon Han
July 21, 2017 | Seoul
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon celebrated the third anniversary of the "Day of Medium-sized Business Leaders" (중견기업인의 날) and stressed...
Organizers of the Cultural Olympiad for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games pose for a commemorative photo, holding up cubes that spell out the official slogan for the event, 'Culture is added in PyeongChang!' during an unveiling ceremony in Seoul on July 20.
By Sohn JiAe
“Culture is added in PyeongChang!" (평창 문화를 더하다!)
This is the official slogan for the...
Twelve taekwondo practitioners from 12 countries, among them Nepal, Laos, Nicaragua, Mexico, Myanmar and Kenya, are taking part in the 2017 Cultural Partnership Initiative. Here they pose for a commemorative photo at Korea House in Seoul on July 14.
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
This year’s Cultural Partnership Initiative (CPI), a cross-cultural project carried out by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism...
President Moon Jae-in announces the five-year policy agenda for his new administration, at Cheong Wa Dae on July 19.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
July 19, 2017 l Cheong Wa Dae
“The five-year policy for the Moon Jae-in administration of state affairs” has been unveiled.
President Moon Jae-in announced to the nation from Cheong Wa Dae on July 19 that, “The five-year...
Jeju’s Hyeobjae, Hamdeok, Iho Tewoo and Samyang beaches now allow swimmers to stay two more hours after dark, until 9 p.m., for a limited time until Aug. 15. In the photo above, visitors enjoy Iho Tewoo Beach late at night. (Jeju Tourism Organization)
By Kim Young Shin
Jeju Island fascinates visitors with its different charms in different seasons. Especially in the summer,...
Incheon International Airport is one of the best airports in the world.
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Salwa Elzeny
Photos = Salwa Elzeny
As someone unknown once said, “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.”
Airports are the first gateway to your adventures. Airports are a place of both happiness and sadness. We feel happiness when our family and friends arrive and...
Mexico's new ambassador to Korea, Bruno Figueroa Fischer (left), President Moon Jae-in (center) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha pose for a picture at a ceremony to welcome five new ambassadors to Korea, at Cheong Wa Dae on July 18.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in welcomed five new foreign envoys to Seoul at a ceremony held...
Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Soo-hyun announces President Moon Jae-in’s choice of new vice-minister level officials, at the Chungchugwan press center at Cheong Wa Dae on July 17. Pictured is the spokesperson at a briefing on July 12. (Jeon Han)
By Jeon Han and Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in named eight new administration officials on July 17. They are: the administrator of the...
President Moon Jae-in (third from left) briefs five key figures in his government on the outcome of his recent visits to the U.S. and Germany, at Cheong Wa Dae on July 12. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in invited five top aides to Cheong Wa Dae on July 12 to share with them what he’d achieved diplomatically on his...
President Moon Jae-in enters Berlin's Old City Hall to speak at the Körber Foundation on July 6. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in's decision to announce his New Berlin Declaration in Germany last week has spurred a renewed interest in the link between the European state and the call for Korean reunification.
In his speech at Berlin's Old City...
President Moon Jae-in presides over a cabinet meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on July 11. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in gave a positive assessment on the outcome of the G20 Summit, in Seoul on July 11.
While presiding over a cabinet meeting at Cheong Wa Dae, President Moon said that, “Despite many difficult circumstances, we fortunately gained not-so-few outcomes...
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook pose for a photo with hotel staff in Berlin on July 6, as they hold up plush toys of Soohorang the white tiger and Bandabi the Asiatic black bear, mascots for next year's PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
"See you again in Pyeongchang," said President...