Third-year Korea University student Nalu is the creator and star of 'Latina Saram,' a YouTube channel that introduces Korean pop culture and Korean university life to Spanish speakers all over the world. With over 300,000 subscribers, Nalu was recently tapped by Korea University to be an official student ambassador for the Latin American region.
Nalu is a Latina YouTube star...
A gugak concert takes place next to the Sojubang, the royal palace's kitchen. A palace night tour, the Starlight Tour at Gyeongbokgung Palace, will run from Sept. 1 to 17. Visitors on the tour can enjoy court cuisine, gugak traditional music and walking under the moonlight across the palace grounds.
Night tours of Gyeongbokgung Palace began on Sept. 1. The...
Korea and five African countries have shared their knowledge and experiences of vocational education and related policies.
The Ministry of Education extended its invitation to ten experts in vocational education from Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Namibia and Zambia. The invitational training program is designed to share vocational education policies between Korea and African nations, and to...
Colombian central and local government officials pose for a picture last June at the Busan Metropolitan City Transport Service Center.
For many years now, Medellin has been rising from the scourge of drug wars past and has been growing beyond the scars left by Pablo Escobar himself. Colombia's second city is now being transformed into a modern metropolis with a...
A playful performance on an outdoor stage captures the attention of passersby near the beautifully remade Cheonggyecheon Stream in central Seoul on Aug. 31, the last Wednesday of the month and the government's official "Cultural Wednesday."
The performance was the opening act of "Myeonginjeon," an outdoor performance that was taking place in front of the CEL Venture Complex, right next...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and President Park Geun-hye shake hands at Cheong Wa Dae in 2013. President Park and President Putin will hold a summit on Sept. 3 in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.
President Park Geun-hye will meet her Russian, Chinese and U.S. counterparts during her trips to Russia, China and Laos...
A young Tanzanian student reads the traditional Korean folktale 'Heungbu and Nolbu' in Swahili.
"A long, long time ago, there were two brothers named Heungbu and Nolbu. The greedy older brother, Nolbu, took all the money their father had left for them, and poor Heungbu had to live all by himself. One day, Heungbu saw a swallow with a broken...
Song Ji-young, won the first prize at the second Korea-Japan-China Trilateral Cooperation Idea Contest, speaks during the awards ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Aug. 30.
Foster Korea-Japan-China experts by being able to major in "trilateral studies." Travel across Korea, Japan and China more conveniently using a single mobile application. Secure business competitiveness across Northeast Asia with roaming...
A photo of Unjoru House wins the top prize in this year’s Korea Tourism Photo Contest. The photo has been recognized for showing the traditional beauty of Korea in a simple, tranquil manner.
Magnolias show off their graceful colors. They seems to be fully enjoying the spring air as they stand next to a collection of jangdok, ceramic jars that...
Travel to Hallasan Mountain and to the Seongsan Ilchulbung of Jeju Island and learn more about its volcanic geographic features.
Visit the Hwasun Dolmen in Jeollanam-do Province and explore the megalithic culture of prehistoric times. Follow the traces of the Baekje Kingdom (18 B.C.-A.D. 660) at the Baekje Historic areas in Ilksan, Jeollabuk-do Province. Walk through the Suwon Hwaseong Fortress...
Chinese Vice Minister of Culture Ding Wei (left), Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jongdeok (center) and Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Matsuno Hirokazu present the '2016 Jeju Declaration' at the eighth Korea-China-Japan Culture Ministers' Meeting on Aug. 28 on Jeju Island.
Korea, China and Japan joined hands to expand their collaboration in the arts,...
Minister of Health and Welfare Chung Chinyoub delivers a briefing about the government’s new measures to tackle the issue of low birthrates.
Starting next month, the government will expand infertility treatment support to couples at all income levels.
It will also raise the monthly allowance for male workers who choose paternity leave after having a second child, up to KRW 2...
In this picture from 1970, officials from the IBRD visit a factory where train engines are being built. On Aug. 23, the National Archives of Korea releases a collection of videos, photos and official documents that trace the 'Miracle on the Han,' Korea's rapid pace of economic development after the Korean War (1950-1953).
At the end of the Korean War...
A researcher tests out a spectral induced polarization (SIP) machine near a gold deposit in Moisan in Haenam, Jeollanam-do Province. Developed by the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, the SIP analyzer can identify specific types of ore deposits up to depths of 300 meters.
Gold deposits estimated to be worth around KRW 30 billion were recently discovered on...
Korea.net recently sat down with a German college student who came to know Korea while reading comic books in high school. Lisa Scheidig from Ewha Womans University, who is from Thüringen in Germany, goes back home next month after studying for a year in Korea. She has actively participated in cultural experiences and events provided by Korea.net as an...
President Park Geun-hye listens to an explanation about how unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles operate during a visit to a central battalion of frontline troops as part of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian military exercises on Aug. 24.
"Probable threats."
North Korea's nuclear threats are no longer "potential" but are "probable" threats, said President Park Geun-hye.
On Aug. 24, under the severe security threats...
Leaders from Korea, China and Japan will convene on Jeju Island this weekend to enhance trilateral exchanges in the arts, sports and other cultural activities.
The eighth Korea-China-Japan Culture Ministers' Meeting on Aug. 27 and 28 will be attended by Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jongdeok, Chinese Vice Minister of Culture Ding Wei (丁伟), and Japanese Minister of...
Sixty-six students from Bashu Elementary School in Chongqing send a gift to President Park Geun-hye. The gifts include photos of students who formed a giant heart, and handwritten messages of support for President Park.
”Please take care of your health. I hope you can eat well because you seem to be too skinny. I pray for you, Madame President. We...
Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov stated that, "Korean experts played a key role in giving Uzbekistan a 20-step boost on the United Nation's E-Government Development Index," during a meeting on Aug. 17 in Tashkent with the Korean Minister of the Interior Hong Yun-sik. The president asked that Korea continue to walk alongside Uzbekistan as it develops its range of e-government...
A special guest has paid a visit to our heavens for the first time in a long, long while. The Perseids are a meteor shower that unfolded across the summer night skies on Aug. 12. About 150 meteors per hour streaked across the sky from about 10 p.m. until about 12:30 a.m. on Aug 13.
The Perseids meteor shower is...