Government officials from eight different countries, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Nigeria and Rwanda, take a look at some solar panels installed on the rooftop of a the Green Building in Seoul on Oct. 11. They are in Korea as part of a training program run by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Korea's expertise in designing and building smart city...
Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera (left) and President Park Geun-hye hold summit talks on Oct. 12 at Cheong Wa Dae.
President Park Geun-hye and Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera held summit talks in Seoul on Oct. 12.
The two leaders agreed to bolster cooperation in order to make swift progress on negotiations for a free trade agreement...
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (pictured) is part of the Korea-U.S. joint naval drill ‘Invincible Spirit 2016,' currently underway in both the East and Yellow seas from Oct. 10 to 15.
Korea and the U.S. kicked off their joint naval drill “Invincible Spirit 2016” on Oct. 10 in both the East and Yellow seas, and the drills will...
The Korean government announced its plans to invest KRW 405 billion into the virtual reality (VR) sector over the next five years, helping it to grow into a new engine for economic growth.
On Oct. 7, President Park Geun-hye visited the Korea VR Festival at the Nuri Dream Square in Sangam-dong, a tech cluster in western Seoul, and promised her...
A ceremony at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul marks the 570th anniversary of the promulgation and dissemination of the Korean alphabet on Oct. 9.
As this year marks the 570th anniversary of the promulgation and dissemination of the Hangeul (한글) alphabet, a variety of events were held on Oct. 9, designated as Hangeul Day, across Seoul,...
The 2016 Arirang Festival opens on Oct. 8 at the National Museum of Korea with an outdoor concert featuring many variations of the song 'Arirang' and accompanied by the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Korean folk song "Arirang," in genres both old and new, echoed across Seoul's crisp autumn skies this past weekend.
The 2016 Arirang Festival opened at the National Museum...
A group of seamstresses takes sewing lessons at the Vocation Training Center for Women in Vientiane.
Laotian women are increasing their employability in the job market by receiving technical training that uses a Korean curriculum.
The Vocational Training Center for Women in Laos opened in Vientiane this past May, and has been offering training courses in beauty care, sewing, cooking and...
An exhibition introduces the original plates from a matrix engraving machine, a typeface matrix and a type cater machine, all of which were used to print the Batang font in the 1950s.
When creating a Hangeul document, one can easily find Batang or Dodum fonts as default, especially in the software program “Hangeul.” These fonts are neat and easy to...
Farmer Yim Dae-gyu looks at his collection of records and old calendars. Yim has been keeping detailed records of his daily routine and a farming journal in notebooks and calendars for 59 years.
Old, faded notebooks are filled with handwritten records and drawings.
Looking at the old notebooks, calendars, clipped news articles about the 1988 Summer Olympics, and records and drawings...
Department stores and street stalls in Sogong-dong in central Seoul are crowded with shoppers, while placards and banners announce the launch of the Korea Sale Festa, on Oct. 1 in Seoul.
A country-wide series of shopping sales, tourism discounts and pop concerts, collectively known as the Korea Sale Festa, has finally begun.
Performances and street art will be held at five...
“You are always welcome in this land of freedom, the Republic of Korea (Daehanminguk, 대한민국).”
So said President Park Geun-hye during a ceremony to mark the nation’s 68th Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1 at the Gyeryongdae military headquarters in Chungcheongnam-do Province. The president said, “Our nation will do all it can to eradicate all provocations and crimes against humanity...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Cho Yoonsun (second from right) greets popular Chinese online personalities who are visiting Korea at the Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul on Oct. 3.
A total of 13 well-known Chinese bloggers and online personalities, dubbed 網紅 in simplified Chinese, have been sharing their trip to Korea with all their social media fans.
All members of...
Five of Korea's UNESCO-registered intangible cultural heritages will be brought to life on stage as part of a series of performances every Saturday throughout October.
The National Intangible Heritage Center, part of the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), will put on shows that cover, in order, the practice of making and sharing kimchi, known as kimjang (김장), the traditional folk performance...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) coming into Korea has been on the rise, despite economic uncertainties such as a global economic slowdown and issues surrounding North Korea's nuclear weapons.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Oct. 4 that newly registered FDI was worth USD 15.5 billion between January and September, 2016, showing a 13.4 percent rise over the...
2PM performs during the opening ceremony for the Korea Sale Festa along Yeongdong-daero Boulevard in Gangnam-gu District, Seoul, on Sept. 30.
K-pop bands, singers and dancers all came together to help launch this year's Korea Sale Festa.
On Sept. 30, the nation's largest-ever shopping and tourism festival opened with fantastic performances by K-pop stars and with true passion from their fans.
The...
President Park Geun-hye delivers her congratulatory address during a ceremony to mark the establishment of the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory X-ray Free Electron Laser, at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory on Sept. 29. She said that she hopes that the newly built facility could serve as the heart of Korean science and technology, to lead the world into the future.
Korea established...
'Midnight Dining Table' is a new program offered at Gyeongbokgung Palace that gives visitors a chance to experience the late-night snacks enjoyed by the Joseon royal family. The spread consists of porridge with an assortment of side dishes, complemented by tea and dessert.
Starting next month, you will be able to sample an assortment of midnight snacks and desserts once...
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn (center) poses for a picture with Paralympics athletes, holding up a gift given to him by the Rio 2016 Paralympics national team, at a congratulatory luncheon on Sept. 29.
"Regardless of the color of your medal, or how you performed in your sport, all of you are already winners for having competed in the Paralympics as...
A new Korean cultural center has opened its doors in Ottawa, the Canadian capital, becoming the 30th Korean cultural center in the world and the fifth in North America.
On Sept. 28, the Korean Cultural Center in Canada went into action with an opening ceremony. More than 100 representatives from the governments of Korea and Canada, and also from artistic...
Korea has been sharing its knowledge about and experiences of environmental health with its neighbors from around the globe.
Public officers in the environmental and health sectors from 15 countries across Asia, Africa, Central and South America are gathering in Seoul to participate in a three week-long program, dubbed the 2016 KOICA Capacity Building for Vulnerable Population and Environmental Health,...