Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong-hwan (second from right) visits the Gangneung Oval to check on progress before next year's PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, in Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province, on June 20.
By Xu Aiying and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Heo Manjin, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jong-hwan...
President Moon Jae-in (right) walks through Cheong Wa Dae's Nokjiwon gardens with 'CBS This Morning' co-host Norah O'Donnell on June 20.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in spoke to "CBS This Morning" co-host Norah O'Donnell in his first one-on-one interview since being elected on June 20. He stressed that he and President Trump "share the common goals...
President Moon Jae-in speaks during a ceremony to mark the permanent shutdown of Korea’s first-ever nuclear reactor, the Kori-1, at the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power company's Kori Nuclear Power Site in Busan on June 19.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in called the permanent shutdown of the nation’s first-ever nuclear reactor, Kori-1, the "start of...
President Moon Jae-in delivers his address at the second Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) annual meeting of the board of governors, at the Jeju International Convention Center on Jeju Island on June 16.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in spoke at the second Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) annual meeting held at the Jeju International Convention Center...
The winner of the Tour de Korea 2017, Min Kyeongho (center), poses for a photo during the awards ceremony at the Peace Plaza, at the Olympic Park in Seoul on June 18. (Korea Sports Promotion Foundation)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
Min Kyeongho became the first Korean champion of the Tour de Korea on June 18, becoming the first...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (center) visits the construction site of the PyeongChang Olympic Stadium, where the opening and closing ceremonies for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will take place, in Gangwon-do on June 15.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Prime Minister’s Office
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon visited Pyeongchang and Gangneung in Gangwon-do Province on June 15 to...
Kim Yu-na, a former Olympian and an honorary ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, sits in her own wheelchair and tries her hand at Paralympic curling, at the Curling Center in Gangnueng, Gangwon-do Province, in March. (POCOG)
By Min Yea-Ji and Yoon Sojung
Ticket sales for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will begin on Aug. 21.
The...
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Alexandra Koltsara
Photos = Korea.net Flickr
Usually, K-pop groups choose very uncommon names. Have you ever wondered where the inspiration comes from? Sometimes it’s from very ancient sources, like the Greek language or Greek mythology. Unfortunately, most of the times the groups don’t even know it. Let’s start with some examples.
Exo: a trending force
The pop group Exo...
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (left) is greeted by President Moon Jae-in at Cheong Wa Dae on June 15. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in and Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley discussed cooperation measures between Korea and India, in Seoul on June 15.
President Moon said, “The telephone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered a precious opportunity...
President Moon Jae-in speaks during a ceremony to mark the 17th anniversary of the inter-Korean summit of June 15, 2000, in Yeouido, Seoul, on June 15.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in attended a ceremony to mark the 17th anniversary of the inter-Korean summit that took place on June 15, 2000.
At the ceremony, on June 15 in...
Magician Yu Ho-Jin soars into the air as he leaps from a special ski jump set up in Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square on June 14.
By Lee Hana
A surprise magic show inspired by the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has been unfolding before the eyes of unsuspecting pedestrians in Seoul and Incheon this past week.
On June 14, a ski...
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Aigerim Sadykova
The most delicious way to be acquainted with another country is to taste its national cuisine. However, the best way to understand it is to learn how to cook it.
Months ago, I had the chance to participate in free Korean cooking classes. Every Saturday for the whole month at 11 a.m., I and another...
President Moon Jae-in will visit Washington from June 28 to July 1 to hold his first Korea-U.S. summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Soo-hyun speaks during a briefing on June 12. (Jeon Han)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in will visit Washington from June 28 and hold the first Korea-U.S. summit with U.S. President Donald Trump...
President Moon Jae-in smiles as he holds talks with Princess Astrid of Belgium, at Cheong Wa Dae on June 13.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in greeted Princess Astrid of Belgium along with a delegation of 250 or so economic experts who accompanied her to Cheong Wa Dae on June 13.
Mentioning the Korea-Belgium relationship that has lasted...
President Moon Jae-in speaks during his visit to the Republic of Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command on June 13.
By Sohn JiAe and Kim Young Shin
Photos= Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in visited the Republic of Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC) in Seoul on June 13 to reconfirm the importance of the alliance.
“Korea and the U.S. have bled together in the...
President Moon Jae-in (right) talks with Nikai Toshihiro, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party who was dispatched as a special envoy to Korea by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at Cheong Wa Dae on June 12.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in welcomed a delegation of special envoys dispatched by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to...
President Moon Jae-in delivers his first address to the National Assembly on June 12, asking the assembly to pass his supplementary budget bill on job creation. This is the earliest in a presidential term that a Korean president has ever spoken to the National Assembly. It's also the first presidential speech to the National Assembly to ever use a...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (left) is greeted by President Moon Jae-in at Cheong Wa Dae on June 12.
By Sohn JiAe and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in invited FIFA head Gianni Infantino, who was in Korea for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup Final, to Cheong Wa Dae for a talk on June 12.
“Football is the...
President Moon Jae-in speaks during a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the June Democracy Movement of 1987, at Seoul Plaza on June 10.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in attended a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the June Democracy Movement of 1987, at Seoul Plaza on June 10.
Delivering his speech, President Moon...
Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Soo-hyun announces the nomination of five ministers and the official appointment of four vice ministers, at the Chunchugwan press center at Cheong Wa Dae on June 11. Pictured is spokesperson Park at a briefing on June 5. (Jeon Han)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in named five candidates to head the Education, Justice, National Defense, Environment,...