Heads of the cultural sectors from Asian and European countries will gather in Korea to discuss cooperation.
Government representatives from a total of 51 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) countries will participate in the seventh Asia-Europe Culture Ministers' Meeting from June 22 to 24 at the Asia Culture Center (ACC) in Gwangju, Korea. The meeting will also be attended by representatives from...
President Park Geun-hye delivers her congratulatory speech during the opening of the Government 3.0 Expo on June 20.
President Park Geun-hye vowed that, “My government will do all we can to open up data assets that the public really needs, to create more new jobs and to encourage more startups. We will do our best so that our creative industries...
Uganda's chief of military intelligence, Charles Bakahumura (left), and the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Kim Hwang-rok, hold the first Korea-Uganda Intelligence Exchange Conference at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul on June 16.
The Ugandan government has once again shown its strong will to halt all forms of military partnership with North Korea.
The Ugandan government reassured the...
Korea and five Asian countries have shared their knowhow and expertise in sericulture technology and have discussed measures to boost cooperation. Sericulture is the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk.
The Rural Development Administration (RDA) provided a training workshop on sericulture at the Department of Agricultural Biology at the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences for researchers...
On June 14, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense signed an agreement to work together to clear unexploded bombs and mines from major battlefields from the Vietnam War (1954-1975).
The agreement was signed between Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense Nguyen Chi Vinh and Director Chang Jae-yun of the KOICA Vietnam Office.
With this...
The Cultural Heritage Administration re-opens Jangneung, the tomb of Joseon's 16th ruler King Injo and his queen, on June 17 for the first time in 46 years.
The Cultural Heritage Administration re-opened Jangneung (장릉, 長陵), the tomb of King Injo (1595-1649, r. 1623-1649) and his queen, on June 17 for the first time in 46 years. The day coincided with...
President Park Geun-hye speaks during a conference about how to strengthen national competitiveness in both the cultural and tourism industries, at Cheong Wa Dae on June 17.
On June 17, President Park Geun-hye denounced those who complain about how few tourists come to Korea, those who are unfriendly to tourists, and those who try to rip them off when there...
Italian Ambassador Marco Della Seta (center) and other visitors browse the books on display at the Italy Booth at the Seoul International Book Fair on June 15.
The 22nd Seoul International Book Fair (SIBF) opened on June 15 at the COEX exhibition center in southern Seoul, alongside the Digital Book Fair Korea 2016 exhibition.
This year, the fair opened under the...
Korea and Mauritius have agreed to work on road decongestion and development in Mauritius. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on June 13 that the two governments have signed a memorandum of agreement concerning their bilateral partnership on road decongestion in Mauritius.
The road decongestion project includes the development of new beltway roads, a main road connection and...
The Rural Development Administration holds a workshop from June 14 to 23 for members of the Korea-Africa Food & Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (KAFACI). Its goal is to write a customized manual that outlines technical specifications for poultry husbandry.
Poultry husbandry experts from 14 African nations have gathered in Korea to write a manual that outlines technical specifications for poultry husbandry...
Students take Korean language classes at the Korean Cultural Center in Jakarta.
The King Sejong Institute will soon open new branches in nine more locations in eight countries around the world.
The newly designated Korean language centers will be up and running at the Whitireia New Zealand college in Auckland, New Zealand; at the Riga Technical University in Riga, Latvia; at...
Their passion for K-pop spans equally across Africa and Europe. Fans on both continents reveal their love and passion for their favorite K-pop stars, holding up their own handmade messages and placards. The top photo shows fans attending the K-culture in Kenya concert, and the bottom photo shows K-pop fans from across Europe who descended on Paris for the...
Zika IgG/IgM is a diagnosis tool that will help to quickly and easily test for Zika virus infections.
A new diagnosis tool for the Zika virus has been developed that can diagnose and analyze a virus infection just as quickly and conveniently as using a pregnancy test.
The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced on June 2 that a...
Soohorang (left) and Bandabi have been unveiled as the mascots for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics and Paralympics.
The official mascots for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have been unveiled.
Soohorang is a white tiger and Bandabi is an Asian black bear, or moon bear. It was announced on June 2 that the two animals were chosen as mascots...
French Minister of the Urbanity, Youth Affairs and Sports Patrick Kanner (left) and Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Chong shake hands following the signing of an agreement to strengthen bilateral Korea-France cooperation on sports, in Paris on June 3.
Korea and France have vowed to further boost bilateral cooperation on sports and tourism, especially because this...
The holiday of Dano (단오, 端午) falls on Thursday, June 9, this year, and corresponds to the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Dano is the smallest of modern South Korea's three most-celebrated traditional holidays, the other two being the Chuseok Mid-Autumn Festival (추석, 秋夕) in September/ October and Seollal Lunar New Year's (설날) in January/ February.
Dano is...
President Park Geun-hye came back to Korea on June 5 after completing her 12-day state visit to Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and France.
The latest presidential trip has brought many fruitful outcomes across a wide range of sectors, ranging from security, business and developmental cooperation, through to the arts, sports and personnel exchanges, too.
The most noticeable outcomes were cooperation on North...
Traffic management experts from Korea and Colombia attend a meeting in Seoul on May 31 to discuss current capabilities of the Korean Intelligent Transport System (ITS), as well as strategies implemented for optimum traffic control.
Korea is sharing its traffic management skills and expertise with Colombia, a country currently dealing with serious traffic congestion due to urbanization and rapid economic...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se (left) and his Cuban counterpart Minister Bruno Rodriguez hold talks on June 5 at the Palacio de Convenciones in Havana.
The foreign ministers of Korea and Cuba met for the first time on June 5 in Havana.
The talks came as Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se paid a two-day visit to Havana on June...
President Park Geun-hye and French President Francois Hollande pose for a photo at the Elysee Palace in Paris prior to their summit on June 3. President Park is paying a state visit to France to mark the 130th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties at the invitation of President Hollande.
President Park Geun-hye and French President Francois Hollande...