At the Wine Cave, a wine bar inside the Gwangmyeong Cave in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do Province, visitors can purchase some 170 different wines from 50 wineries across Korea.
Not a drop of wine is produced in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do Province, just southwest of Seoul, but it's certainly a place to visit to get a nice bottle of Korean wine. Inside the Gwangmyeong...
A group of Afghan government officials has visited Korea to learn about how online government services work in the country.
The 13-member delegation talked with representatives from the Ministry of the Interior on Feb. 28 to seek ways to put in place an e-government system in Afghanistan that is similar to the existing one in Korea.
At the talks, the Afghan...
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn addresses to mark the 98th March 1st Independence Movement Day in a ceremony held at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul on March 1. (Photo: Jeon Han Korea.net Photographer)
Fellow Koreans and overseas compatriots, decorated patriots who served the cause of Korean independence and bereaved families, distinguished guests,
This significant day commemorates...
Have you ever heard about the 18-year-old young woman named Yu Gwan-sun (유관순, 柳寬順) (1902-1920)?
Yu Gwan-sun was an organiser of the March 1 Movement in 1919. The anniversary of this movement is still celebrated in Korea annually on March 1. It's called in Korean the Samiljeol (삼일절) and it's a public holiday. The March 1 Movement was a peaceful...
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...
In 2010, only about 3,000 tourists visited Gwangmyeong in Gyeonggi-do Province. However, by 2015, that number had jumped 514 times, hitting 1.54 million.
The secret behind the surprising boost is the Gwangmyeong Cave, a forsaken gold mine that used to be full of waste and which has been transformed into a frequently-visited tourist attraction.
Until 1972, the Gwangmyeong Cave was a...
Agricultural experts from Korea and six African countries pose for a commemorative photo during talks in Korea from Feb. 21 to 24. The talks were hosted by the Rural Development Administration and aim to expand the sharing of agricultural technology between Korea and its African counterparts.
Korea and six African countries have agreed to further expand joint efforts in the...
At the beginning of this February, the Korea Tourism Organization in Thailand held a Korea tourism fair for people who love to travel to Korea as free independent travelers (FIT) called the “Love Korea, K-style Day,” at a shopping center in Bangkok, Siam Square One. This area is quite popular among teenagers and tourists. It's like Myeongdang or Hongdae...
Korea has now come in first place for the third year in a row in a specific category of the U.S. Chamber International IP Index rankings.
Korea topped 45 other countries in the category of "Trademarks, Related Rights and Limitations," part of the International IP Index announced on Feb. 13 by the Global Intellectual Property Center, part of the U.S....
The fourth Korea-Poland Joint Economic Committee meets in Warsaw on Feb. 16, with Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Lee Tae-ho and Polish Undersecretary of State Tadeusz Koscinski of the Ministry of Development in attendance.
Korea and Poland have agreed to expand economic cooperation on sectors such as infrastructure, energy and online government services.
The fourth Korea-Poland Joint Economic Committee met in...
What's the most vivid and enthralling sight? The Olympic Games, of course! We're waiting for the Olympics as a celebration. It’s time to prepare for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Thirty years have passed since the last Olympic Games were held in Korea, in 1988. The number eight seems to be good luck in Korea, as...
U.K. Secretary of State Boris Johnson (left) and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se hold bilateral talks in London on Feb. 22 where they discussed measures to strengthen sanctions on North Korea.
Korea and the U.K. have agreed to further strengthen cooperation to counter threats from North Korea.
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and U.K. Secretary of State Boris Johnson held bilateral talks in...
Tomb No. 518, one of the ancient tombs unearthed in Jisan-dong, Goryeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, consists of a main chamber and five additional chambers, presumably for people buried with the owner of the tomb.
Relics that give clues about ancient funeral rites have been unearthed in tomb No. 518 found among the ancient tombs in Jisan-dong, Goryeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. The complex...
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (left) shakes hands with his Romanian counterpart, Teodor Melescanu, at a bilateral meeting in Bucharest on Feb. 20.
Korea and Romania have agreed to join hands on the North Korean nuclear and missile weapons problem, with the understanding that such provocations are a grave threat to peace and security across the international community.
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se...
U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Karen Bradley (left) and Acting Minister and the 1st Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Song Soo-keun pose for a photo after signing the ROK-U.K. joint statement in Seoul on cooperation on the content industry.
Korea and the U.K. have agreed to bolster cooperation on the content industry and to...
Team Germany, the winners of the Viessmann Luge Team Relay World Cup, jumps for joy on the podium at the Alpensia Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 19.
The crowd lifted its hands into the air at the Alpensia Sliding Center in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, for the last race of the Viessmann Luge World Cup, a test event...
Students from the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) harvest potatoes grown at a farm in Sen Monorom, in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, on Feb. 3. Some 5,400 kilograms of potatoes were produced from this batch, a product of seed potatoes engineered by a team of researchers from the Korea Program on International Agriculture (KOPIA) and the RUA.
Seed potatoes engineered using...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (second from left) and his Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se (right), hold bilateral talks in Munich on Feb. 18 on the margins of the Munich Security Conference.
Korea, China, Russia and the European Union (EU) have agreed to continue to strengthen their strategic cooperation on North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile threats.
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se held...
Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin from the pop sensation EXO perform in the 'K-drama Festa in Pyeongchang' event in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 18. The combined pop concert and fashion show was held to mark the one-year point until the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games that will be held across Gangwon-do Province next year.
"Come to Pyeongchang!”
The Yongpyong...
I had a chance to live in a traditional Hanok home.
Last year when I was living for a month in the capital of Korea, Seoul, I had a great opportunity to live for 15 days in a Hanok home. The house where I was living was located in the more traditional neighborhood of Bukchon. My first impression arriving at...