Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (right) on July 2 hosts a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh at Government Complex-Seoul in the capital's Jongno-gu District. (Office for Government Policy Coordination under Prime Minister's Secretariat)
By Xu AiyingThe government and Vietnam have agreed to expand bilateral trade to USD 150 billion by...
Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Xavier Bettel on July 2 explains the significance of the exhibition "Luxembourg's Volunteers in the Korean War" in remembering his compatriots who took part in the conflict at the event's opening ceremony held at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on July 2 said it held a groundbreaking ceremony for the forthcoming K-pop concert facility Seoul Arena in the Chang-dong neighborhood of Seoul's Dobong-gu District. This is an artist's rendition of a bird-eye view of Seoul Arena. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Charles AudouinConstruction of Seoul Arena, a complex cultural facility...
Busan Metropolitan Government will provide support for medical expenses for medically underprivileged groups like foreign workers and marriage migrants. Shown is a class on labor law for Cambodian expats in April at Busan Foreign Residents Center in the city's Sasang-gu District. (Busan Foreign Residents Center)
By Park Hye RiForeign workers and marriage...
Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, will host next year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit. Shown are attendees at the provincial government's office on June 27 taking a group photo after the announcement of the city's designation. (Gyeongju City Hall)
By Hong AngieGyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, has been selected to host next year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit.Launched in 1993, this annual...
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on June 26 chairs a meeting of the Committee for International Development Cooperation at Government Complex-Seoul in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Office for Government Policy Coordination under Prime Minister's Secretariat)
By Xu AiyingThe country's official development assistance (ODA) next year could reach a record-high KRW 6.8 trillion.
The inaugural trilateral summit of industry ministers of Korea, the U.S. and Japan is held on June 26 at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
By Margareth Theresia
Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy Ahn Dukgeun and his U.S. and...
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on June 25 said it will incorporate next month the Seoul Autonomous Bus into the capital's mass transit system. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Charles AudouinThe Seoul Metropolitan Government on June 25 said it will incorporate two self-driving buses covering a 2.6-km route of Gyeongbokgung Palace, the...
A policy coordination meeting chaired by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on June 20 at Government Complex-Sejong announced measures to improve the management of foreign workers. Shown are tourists on June 17 posing for photos at Gamcheon Culture Village in Busan's Saha-gu District. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Xu AiyingTo more effectively manage...
Domestic publishers on June 24 hold an investor relations session for foreign buyers at this year's K-Book Copyright Market at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul's Songpa-gu District. (Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea)
By Yoo Yeon GyeongThe opening of the nation's largest copyright market is paving the way to secure overseas sales channels for domestic...
Rwandan Minister of State for Education Claudette Irere (second from left), Ambassador to Rwanda Jeong Woo Jin (third from left) and Kim Jin-Hwa, country director of the KOICA Rwanda Office (second from right), on June 19 take a photo at the closing ceremony for a project to raise the ICT education capacity of...
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on June 11 held a ceremony for the completion of the closed-circuit integrated TV surveillance control center at the National Civil Police of El Salvador's 911 Center in the country's capital of San Salvador. Shown are the participants cutting the tape at the event. (KOICA)
By Kim HyelinThe...
President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on June 14 sign a joint statement on deepening and comprehensively expanding the special strategic partnership between the two nations at the presidential palace in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. (Jeon Han)
By Xu AiyingOn the occasion of President Yoon...
The Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies on June 12 released the report "Bending the Architecture: Reimagining the G7 (Group of Seven economies)" that recommended adding Korea and Australia to the group. Pictured are the leaders of G7 member nations and their invitees in May last year at the G7 Summit in...
The Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies on June 12 released the report "Bending the Architecture: Reimagining the G7 (Group of Seven economies)" that recommended adding Korea and Australia to the group. Pictured are the leaders of G7 member nations and their invitees in May last year at the G7 Summit in...
Panoramic view of Seoul Bio Hub, a support hub for biomedical startups, in Seoul's Dongdaemun-gu District (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Koh Hyunjeong
Seoul is the world's ninth-best city to launch a startup, with the value of the capital's startup ecosystem worth KRW 308 trillion (USD 237 billion).
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) President Chang Won Sam (left) and Kyrgyz Minister of Economy and Commerce Daniyar Amangeldiyev on June 7 take a photo after signing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, a record of discussions on a project for electric vehicle conversion by public organizations to achieve green mobility. (KOICA)
By Park HyeriA public agency will support Kyrgyzstan's...
President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) and first lady Kim Keon Hee on Dec. 11, 2023, bid farewell at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province, ahead of his state visit to the Netherlands. (Korea.net)
By Park HyeriPresident Yoon Suk Yeol on June 10 left for a weeklong trip to three...
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety on June 5 held an inception ceremony for the development of the Korean address system and plans for the project with an Ethiopian government branch at the Korean Association of Property Appraisers in Seoul's Seocho-gu District. (Ministry of the Interior and Safety)
By Xu AiyingCivil servants,...
Korea has been reelected to the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board a year after its previous term ended. Shown are participants at this year's World Health Assembly on May 27 in Geneva, Switzerland. (WHO)
By Park HyeriThe nation has earned reelection to the Executive Board of the World Health...