President Park Geun-hye on Sept. 13 urges her administration to review its quake-related emergency response countermeasures in regard to an earthquake that took place in Gyeongju on Sept. 12.
“This incident is a signal in the face of the existing belief that Korea is a relatively safe place from earthquakes,” said President Park Geun-hye at a cabinet meeting on Sept....
Ahead of the Chuseok holidays, people head to the National Folk Museum of Korea to enjoy a nongak performance of traditional farmers’ music. National museums across Korea, including the National Folk Museum, will host a variety of events to mark the upcoming Chuseok holidays.
The Chuseok mid-autumn harvest festival is one of the two most important holidays in Korea, along...
The Korean government's fifth batch of Global Monitoring Staff, tasked with taking on correctional activities both online and in print all around the world, is launched with an official starting ceremony at the Foreign Press Center in Seoul on Sept. 9.
An earnest group of international volunteers has launched into action to help correct and identify inaccurate information about Korea...
Students at an elementary school in southern Thailand take bilingual literacy classes. The program is for the minority Patani-Malay people, whose indigenous language is different from the government's official Thai language. The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia at Mahidol University in Thailand, developer of the program, has been awarded the 2016 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize.
Some...
In a letter to her son-in-law Yun Eui-seon and which uses the Hangeul alphabet, Queen Sunwon asks about health of her daughter, Princess Deogon. She sent the letter packaged with some Oriental medicine. The queen exchanged letters with her daughter through her son-in-law, as married princesses were not allowed to enter the palace at that times. This letter is...
President Park Geun-hye (center) listens to speeches from participating leaders at the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Vientiane, Laos, on Sept. 8. President Park emphasized the unity of the international community in the face of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
President Park Geun-hye, currently on a state visit to Laos, spoke at the East Asia Summit (EAS) on Sept....
President Park Geun-hye (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose for a photo ahead of their bilateral summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Sept. 7. The two leaders discussed cooperation measures in the face of North Korean nuclear weapons and boosted bilateral relations between Seoul and Tokyo.
President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held summit talks in...
'Imparting Harmony and Friendship,' an exhibit currently underway at the Presidential Archives in Sejong City, features a collection of gifts that former Korean presidents received from their foreign counterparts over the years. An ornate jewelry box (pictured) was given to former President Chun Doo Hwan by former Japanese Emperor Hirohito and is one of the exhibition's highlights.
A petal-shaped ornament...
With Chuseok (추석, 秋夕), the Korean mid-autumn harvest festival, just around the corner, a series of discounts at tourist sites and accommodations will add more entertainment and fun to one of the nation’s biggest holidays of the year.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has designated the period spanning Sept. 10 to 18, including the Chuseok holiday that falls...
The K-Style Hub offers a variety of cultural activities, like trying on Hanbok (pictured), in celebration of the upcoming Chuseok mid-autumn harvest festival.
The K-Style Hub, located in Jung-gu along the Cheonggyecheon Stream and run by the Korea Tourism Organization, is offering visitors a variety cultural activities in celebration of the upcoming Chuseok mi-autumn harvest festival.
These include trying on Hanbok,...
U.S. President Barack Obama (left) and President Park Geun-hye shake hands prior to a Korea-U.S. summit in Vientiane on Sept. 6. Both leaders vowed to bolster the bilateral alliance.
President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama have once again declared their will to bolster the alliance between South Korea and the U.S. The two leaders met on Sept. 6...
Korean musician Don Spike (center) and band mates perform on Aug. 29 at a shopping mall in Nairobi. The Africa Sings Korean Soul concerts were held from Aug. 29 to Sept. 5 in four cities across Kenya and Uganda.
Musicians from Korea, Kenya and Uganda have enjoyed a series of collaborative performances on the streets and stages of East Africa....
On Sept. 1, the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, launched the Facts:Korea website, a new website designed to help correct inaccurate information that is out there about Korea.
The site receives and deals with reports about inaccurate statements or errors made online about Korea, as well as incorrect statements or...
On Sept. 5, cyclists of various nationalities pedal uphill in the Tour de DMZ 2016, an international youth road cycling race organized by the Ministry of the Interior.
Young cyclists from around the world pedaled their way along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), from east to west, across the Korean Peninsula from Sept. 3 to 6.
The cyclists were competing in the...
A group of Bangladeshi public officials, including the head of the country's Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA), look around medical devices at the Medical Device Development Center at the Osong Medical Innovation Foundation on Aug. 31. These officials are participants in a biopharmaceutical cooperative program organized by Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
Korea and Bangladesh continue to...
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (left) and President Park Geun-hye hold summit talks in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province, China, on Sept. 5.
President Park Geun-hye and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi held a summit on Sept. 5 in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province, China. The two leaders exchanged views on how to substantially boost bilateral ties and how to cooperate on...
President Park Geun-hye speaks during the G20 summit in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province, China. She urged the G20 to play a more active role in expanding free trade and in responding to climate change.
President Park Geun-hye called for G20 governments on Sept. 5 to take proactive steps in order to expand free trade and to respond to global climate...
Archive specialists from Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Mongolia are greeted by a Korean official at the International Council on Archives Congress 2016, held at the COEX convention center on Sept. 5.
Korea is sharing its archiving expertise with its Asian neighbors.
Thirty-four archive specialists from Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Mongolia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia and Laos arrived in Korea on Sept. 4...
The day of Baengno (백로, 白露), literally "White Dew," falls on Wednesday, Sept. 7, this year. It is the 15th of 24 solar terms of the year. It always falls between Cheoseo (처서, 處暑), the End of the Heat, which was on Aug. 23, and Chubun (추분, 秋分), the autumn equinox, which will be on Sept. 22.
In the Gregorian...
President Park Geun-hye (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photo ahead of a Korea-China summit on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province, China. In the meeting, the two leaders reaffirmed their will to further develop Seoul-Beijing ties.
President Park Geun-hye has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that her administration considers the Korea-China...