Public officers studying environmental policy in Korea pose for a photo. Some 50 officials from across the world are studying for their master's as part of a scholarship program from the Ministry of Environment. They discussed global environmental issues and Korea's environmental policies during a two-day workshop on Aug. 22 and 23.
Public officers from around the world studying for...
Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (left) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se (second from right) meet in Valletta during Minister Yun's official visit to the country on July 29.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se visited the nation of Malta on July 29, the first time for a Korean foreign minister to do so since the two countries established...
Farmers inject young chickens with vaccines at a poultry farm in Cambodia. This farming community has been truly inspired by South Korea's set of agricultural development policies from the 1970s and 1980s, the Saemaul Undong, or New Community Movement.
In the early 1970s, rural South Korea was impoverished until the government-led New Community Movement, orSaemaul Undong, a set of agricultural...
Winners of a Korean-language writing competition for students from the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, China, learn about the history of Hangeul at the National Hangeul Museum in Seoul on July 20.
"As soon as I saw the Haerye edition of the 'Hunminjeongeum,' I immediately fell for it. When I get back home to China, I'll ask my...
Korean and European delegates hold the 13th Korea-EU Joint Committee Meeting on June 23 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul.
The 13th Joint Committee Meeting between Korea and the European Union was held on June 23 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul.
During the meeting, the two parties reviewed the status of and measures for the matters...
The 2016 Gwangju World Web Content Festival kicked off on June 23. Under the slogan “Web people, roar into the world,” the festival lifted its curtain in and around the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju. The festival consists of three main parts: the Imagination Web Dream Site; the Creative Play Zone; and an Exhibition & International Conference.
Ddotty (left), the...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jongdeok (center) announces the Declaration of Chairs' Statement from the seventh Asia-Europe Culture Ministers' Meeting, in Gwangju on June 24.
The 44 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) countries spoke with one united voice when they emphasized cooperation on culture and on their creative economy vision. Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jongdeok announced the...
Deputy Director General Chea Sam Ang (left) of the Cambodian Forestry Administration and Director-General Kim Yong-kwan of the International Affairs Bureau at the National Institute of Forest Science sign a memorandum of understanding concerning the Korea-Mekong River Forest Cooperation Center on June 21.
The National Institute of Forest Science and the Cambodian Forestry Administration discussed the establishment and operation of...
Representatives from the Korean and Serbian governments discuss ways to further enhance bilateral cooperation during the sixth Korea-Serbia Policy Council in Seoul on June 22.
Korea and Serbia have reaffirmed their friendly and cooperative ties.
On June 22, the two governments held the sixth Korea-Serbia Policy Council at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul. They discussed a wide range of...
Representatives from the 44 ASEM member countries participate in the plenary session at the seventh Asia-Europe Culture Ministers’ Meeting at the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju on June 23.
Representatives from the 44 ASEM member countries held in-depth discussions about ways to enhance cooperation on culture and the creative industries at the seventh Asia-Europe Culture Ministers' Meeting on June 23...
A facial skin test can prescribe a customized cosmetics routine. A visitor tries out the machine at the Ministry of Drug and Food Safety's booth at the Government 3.0 Expo on June 22 at COEX.
On June 22, the last day of the Government 3.0 Expo, the most crowded booths were mainly those that presented government policies and services concerning...
Forty-four ASEM governments and representatives from international organizations listen to the opening remarks of Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jongdeok. The seventh Asia-Europe Culture Ministers' Meeting commenced on June 23 at the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju.
The seventh Asia-Europe Culture Ministers' Meeting officially kicked off on June 23 at the Asia Culture Center (ACC) in Gwangju. The...
Seoul played host to the third Korea-Portugal Culture Commission on June 20. The president of the Lisbon-based Camoes Institute, Ana Paula Laborinho (left), and Director Choi Young-sam of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shake hands following the signing of an agreement to expand bilateral cultural exchanges between 2016 and 2019.
The governments in Seoul...
Ministers and vice ministers from Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) countries listen to an explanation about the Asia Culture Center (ACC) from ACC President Bang Sun-gyu (center) on June 22 in Gwangju, one day ahead of the opening of the seventh Asia-Europe Culture Ministers' Meeting.
Ministers and vice ministers from 44 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) countries have gathered in Gwangju, with representatives from...
At the Incheon City booth in the Government 3.0 Expo, a woman pedals a bike through a virtual street.
The Government 3.0 Expo, held at the COEX convention center in southern Seoul, bustled with visitors on day three, June 21.
The expo showcased the many ways in which the Korean government has been utilizing big data to transform administration in recent...
MBC and the U.K.'s Zigzag Productions have agreed to the joint production of a three-part documentary about artificial intelligence, and signed an agreement to that effect on June 13 in London.
Korean and U.K. TV producers will now be working on the joint production of documentaries.
The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced that two Korean TV broadcasters signed...
A young Seymour Bernstein (center) performs for his fellow soldiers during the Korean War. The Ministry of Patriots' and Veterans' Affairs invites Korean War veterans and their families to South Korea every year.
“Performances on the front lines took place by placing an upright piano at the foot of the hill. The soldiers sat on the slope and the piano...
This set of movable metal type was used to print the Neungeomgyeongeonhae(楞嚴經諺解) Buddhist scriptures in 1461.
The ancient Korean kingdom of Joseon (1392-1910) is known as “a kingdom of type printing.”
The countless number of records printed with movable type backs up this claim, from the “Annals of the Joseon Dynasty,” or “Joseon Wangjosillok” (조선왕조실록, 朝鮮王朝實錄), which recorded the times and...
The Government 3.0 Expo kicked off on June 20 at the COEX convention center in Seoul, giving a glimpse into the present and future of the Korean government's online services.
The continuing progress being made by Government 3.0, a Korean government initiative aimed at bringing innovation to the administration and provision of government services, was recently highlighted at an exposition...
The once arid Lun District in Mongolia's Tov Province is now being covered with lush trees thanks to the Korea-Mongolia greenbelt forestation project.
Arid desert regions of Mongolia, prone to drought and desertification, are now being changed into lush woodlands.
In 2008, the Korea-Mongolia greenbelt forestation project began by planting trees in the Lun District of Tov Province, around two hours...