The Wondong Maehwa Festival, held in Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, will welcome guests with maehwa apricot flowers on March 18 and 19 this year.
In Seoul, people are still wearing thick coats and scarves to block out the cold wind, but in the southern parts of the Korean Peninsula, spring flowers have started to bloom. Yangsan-si in Gyeongsangnam-do Province will host...
Saudi Economy and Planning Minister Adel Fakeih (left) and Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn shake hands at the Government Complex Seoul on March 7.
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn held a meeting with Adel Fakeih, Saudi Arabia’s minister of economy and planning, at the Government Complex Seoul on March 7 to talk about economic cooperation between...
Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump on March 7. The leaders denounced North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch and stressed that both nations will work closely together to strongly respond to the Pyongyang regime’s provocations.
“North Korea’s launch of ballistic missiles is a clear violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions.”
Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn spoke by...
Korea’s Health Insurance Review & Assessment system (HIRA) will soon be rolled out in Bahrain.
This is the first time for the HIRA system to be exported in its four-decade history.
Chairman of the Bahraini Supreme Council for Health Sheikh Mohammaed Bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa (left), Minister of Health and Welfare Chung Chin-youb (center) and President of the Health Insurance Review &...
Jaerg Himmler (second from left) poses for a photo with two friends at the Alpensia Biathlon Center, during the 2018 IBU Biathlon World Cup on March 5.
“We’ve bought tickets,” said Jaerg Himmler from Heidelberg, Germany, with a bright smile.
He said that he and his friends have already purchased tickets for the biathlon in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic...
Kim Young-ryeol prepares for the spring crop, using his cow to plough the field, in the high altitude, cool region of Dangheung Village in Macheon-myeon Village, Hamyang-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, on March 6.
By Son Gina
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: Kim Yong-man, Hamyang-gun County
ginason@korea.kr
Ancient tombs in Yeonsan-dong, Busan, consist of a line of 18 graves located along the top ridge of Baesan Mountain. There are some 1,000 burial sites in total spread across the adjoining hills.
The ancient burial sites in Yeonsan-dong, Busan, built between the late 400s and 500s on and around Baesan Mountain, are set to become an official historic site,...
Korea.net has launched a new collaborative project with its honorary reporters around the world. Each honorary reporter will write a story on the same topic, but from each of their own home cities. The stories will then be shared with our community of Korea.net readers.
For the first subject in the series, Korea.net asked our honorary reporters to send in...
The German team smiles with joy after winning the women’s relay in the BMW IBU Biathlon World Cup, at the Alpensia Biathlon Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on March 5.
Some hugged each other with joy, while others lay exhausted on the ground.
This was the scene of the finish line at the women’s relay event in the BMW IBU Biathlon...
Simon Desthieux (right), France’s third skier, taps his team’s anchor, Martin Fourcade, during the IBU Biathlon World Cup men’s 7.5 km relay competition, at the Alpensia Biathlon Center in Pyeongchang, on March 5.
“We wanted to set a good record on these tracks, and tried to do our best for next year’s Olympics,” said Simon Fourcade from France, winner of...
French biathlete Martin Fourcade shoots in the standing position during a men’s 12.5 km pursuit event in the IBU Biathlon World Cup at the Alpensia Biathlon Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on March 4.
Athletes ski powerfully, while taking V-shaped steps across the snowfield. At the shooting range, however, they try to calm their breath and pull the trigger to...
As the crowds cheer at the finish line for German biathlon skier Laura Dahlmeier, she skis to victory for the gold in the women’s 10 km pursuit event at the IBU Biathlon World Cup, at the Alpensia Biathlon Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on March 4.
A series of races combining the intensity of cross-country skiing and the action of...
Hongdae, famous for its youthful ambience, unique cafes, dance clubs, fashion outlets and busking, attracts people in their 20s and 30s. As the sun goes down it comes alive.
Exit No. 9 of Hongik University Station, on line No. 2, leads one directly to paradise. Sounds funny? I'm serious. For all the music lovers and shopaholics and those who're looking...
Program participants listen to an explanation about meteorological theories. The Meteorological Administration hosted a training course for meteorologists from 21 countries from Feb. 6 to 24.
Korea has shared its weather forecast technology with a range of countries from around the world.
The Meteorological Administration hosted an international training course on weather forecasting for operational meteorologists from Feb. 6 to 24.
The...
Korea.net has launched a new collaborative project with its honorary reporters around the world. Each honorary reporter will write a story on the same topic, but from each of their own home cities. The stories will then be shared with our community of Korea.net readers.
For the first subject in the series, Korea.net asked our honorary reporters to send in...
Defense ministers from Korea and Finland have discussed ways to strengthen mutual ties across the defense environments of both countries.
Minister of National Defense Han Minkoo and Finnish Minister of Defense Jussi Niinisto held talks in Seoul on March 2, where the two sides agreed to join forces in the defense sector by further increasing human-to-human interactions and educational programs...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se (left) and Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Alfonso Dastis hold talks in Madrid on March 1 to discuss ways to further enhance bilateral cooperation.
Korea and Spain have vowed to solidify bilateral cooperation across a range of areas, such as North Korea’s nuclear weapons, information technology (IT), science, and joint projects aimed at boosting...
The Ministry of National Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense held talks over the phone on Mar. 1 and agreed to further strengthen their military alliance in response to North Korean nuclear and missile weapons threats.
During the talks, which lasted some 30 minutes, Minister of National Defense Han Minkoo and U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis agreed to...
On the evening of March 1, a regular otter, Lutra lutra, Korea's Natural Monument No. 330 and a level-one endangered species on the peninsula, poses for the camera with a fish in its mouth in the Eomcheongang River, near Jirisan Mountain in Hyucheon-myeon Village, Hamyang-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province.
Otters inhabit areas with plenty of undergrowth, water and food.
By Son Gina
Korea.net...
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se delivers a speech at the 34th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Feb. 27, on the topic of human rights violations in North Korea.
"There can be no peace without human rights, and no human rights without peace."
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se delivered an address at the 34th session of the United Nations...