This year's Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival from Aug. 2-4 will be held at Songdo Moonlight Festival Park in Incheon's Yeonsu-gu District. Shown is a scene from last year's event.
By Kim Seon AhPhotos = Incheon Metropolitan Government
This year's Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival opening on Aug. 2 will delight rock...
Miryang Baekjung (100 Seeds) Nori is a festival held in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. (Korea Heritage Service)
By Koh HyunjeongThe month of August will see a feast of events nationwide highlighting intangible cultural heritage.The Korea Heritage Service (KHS) on July 31 said that jointly with the Korea Heritage Agency (KHA), it will host events for...
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will launch the K-drone delivery service next month using devices like the one shown delivering food. (Gangwon State's official Facebook page)
By Israa MohamedResidents of islands from next month can get daily necessities, food and first aid supplies delivered by drones.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport...
Foreign tourists on Jeju Island from next month can conveniently pay bus fare with a QR code. Shown is a passenger scanning a QR code with a smartphone to pay bus fare. (Jeju Special Self-Governing Province)
By Kim Seon Ah
All buses on Jeju Island from next month will allow fare payment...
Minister of National Defense Shin Wonsik (left), Japanese Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara (center) and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on July 28 pose for photos at the Japanese Ministry of Defense in Tokyo after signing the memorandum of cooperation on the Trilateral Security Cooperation Framework. (Official Facebook page of Ministry of National Defense in Seoul)
The 2024 Hangang River Festival-Summer runs from July 26 through Aug. 11 along the Hangang River and its nine parks. Shown is a scene from the Hangang Summer Music Festival at Yeouido Hangang River Park in Seoul's Yeongdeungpo-gu District.
By Aisylu AkhmetzianovaPhotos = Seoul Metropolitan GovernmentA festival to enjoy summer around the Hangang River of Seoul has...
The KSTAR is a magnetic fusion device for superconducting nuclear fusion at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) in Daejeon's Yuseong-gu District. (KFE)
By Park Hye Ri
A new government project worth KRW 1.2 trillion seeks to develop energy from nuclear fusion, dubbed the "artificial sun," and related infrastructure.The Ministry of...
Visitors to the forest DMZ Punch Bowl Dulle Trail in Yanggu-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, cross a valley stream.
By Yoo Yeon GyeongPhotos = Korea Forest ServiceA forest is teeming with life, always embracing organisms to rest body and mind exhausted from the daily grind. As the climate crisis worsens, the importance of forests is amplified as habitats...
Bae Hyung Won (center), deputy director of the National Court Administration under the Supreme Court of Korea on July 17 speaks at the opening ceremony for a court interpretation center at the Seoul Eastern District Court in the city's Songpa-gu District. (Supreme Court of Korea)
By Israa MohamedThe National Court Administration (NCA) of...
This is the garden in front of Korea House for the Paris Summer Olympics in the French capital. (Korea Sport & Olympic Committee)
By Lee Kyoung Mi
The largest Korea House in history will be open from July 25 to Aug. 11 for the Paris Summer Olympics.
Jointly...
Visitors to regions with declining populations from next month can get up to half off train fares. Shown is the high-speed electric-powered train KTX-Eum traveling on the coastal railroad of the East Sea. (Korail's official Facebook page)
By Charles Audouin
Visitors to regions with declining populations like Jeongseon-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, and Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do Province can receive discounts of...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In Chon (left) on July 11 at the Grand Hyatt Seoul poses for photos with the K-pop girl group NewJeans -- (from second from left) Haerin, Hanni, Danielle and Minji -- and acting Korea Tourism Organization President Seo Young-choong (far right) at the ceremony for the group's appointment as honorary tourism ambassador.
The country's product market regulation indicator has reached the average of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development at 20th. (Korea.net DB)
By Aisylu AkhmetzianovaThe country's product market regulation (PMR) indicator has reached the average of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).The Ministry of Economy and Finance on July 10 said this in...
Production of the KF-21, the country's first supersonic fighter developed with domestic technology, has started with its assembly. Shown is the maiden flight of the sixth and final KF-21 prototype on June 28, 2023, at the Republic of Korea Air Force's 3rd Flight Training Wing in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. (Korea Aerospace Industries)
By Margareth TheresiaProduction...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) have jointly developed the domestic food tourism brand Taste Your Korea featuring 33 pieces of content for gastronomic travel. Shown are international tourists at the annual Daegu Chimac (Chicken and Beer) Festival that ran from July 3-7 in the country's No. 4 city of Daegu. (KTO)
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Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy for FTA (Free Trade Agreement) Negotiations Roh Keon-ki (left) in March announces the official launch of negotiations on a bilateral economic partnership agreement with Thailand with Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Commerce Phumtham Wechayachai (center) at the Thai Ministry of Commerce in Bangkok. (Ministry of Trade, Industry an Energy)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 8 left for Washington to attend this year's North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit. He is shown in July last year shaking hands with leading figures attending the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Kim Yong Wii from Office of the President)By Xu Aiying
President Yoon Suk Yeol on July...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul (right) on July 3 shakes hands with Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Xavier Bettel at the Korean ministry's compound in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Yoon Sojung
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul on...
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on July 3 said exports of K-Food Plus items in the first half of the year reached USD 6.21 billion, up 5.2% from the same period last year. Shown are foreign tourists selecting ramyeon (instant noodles) at Ramyun Library, a store at the Hongdae Sangsang branch of the convenience store...
Author Eun Hee-kyung (left) and Omani writer Jokha Al Harthi (middle) on June 29 discuss the theme of liberation at a sideline event of this year's Seoul International Book Fair at COEX Mall in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District.
By Israa MohamedPhotos = Israa Mohamed"We'll set up staff chairs to accommodate at least one more visitor.""We'll raise the...