Helicopters put out a forest fire during a joint fire fighting drill on Oct. 14 in Pyeongchang.
A joint wildfire extinguishment drill took place on Oct. 14 as part of the sixth International Wildland Fire Conference, currently underway in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province.
Assuming a worst-case scenario with a disastrous large-scale wildfire, the drill mobilized a total of 15 aircrafts, including 13...
No, it is not a paper crane -- it is a battery. A research team led jointly by Lee Sun-young at the Korea Forest Research Institute and Lee Sang-young of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has developed a foldable, windable and bendable battery.
Fold a square diagonally in half. Hold the two ends of the square and...
Participants in the sixth International Wildland Fire Conference admire a replica of a fire fighting helicopter, or 'aircrane,' on display at an exhibition in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, on Oct. 12.
More than 3,000 forest fire experts from 80 nations gathered in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, on Oct. 12 to attend the sixth International Wildland Fire Conference (IWFC).
Throughout the conference,...
German President Joachim Gauck delivers his greetings during the Science and Innovation conference.
German President Joachim Gauck attended the seventh Joint Korean-German Conference on Science and Innovation on Oct. 13 in Seoul, part of the official itinerary for his state visit to Korea. At the conference, he said that, "Creating an innovative society is challenging. Citizens are often afraid of...
President Park Geun-hye (top, right) talks with her German counterpart Jaochim Gauck on Oct. 12 at Cheong Wa Dae.
President Park Geun-hye held talks with her German counterpart President Jaochim Gauck on Oct. 12 at Cheong Wa Dae. During the talks, the two leaders agreed to enhance cooperation in order to achieve a peaceful unification of the Korean Peninsula.
“We both...
UNESCO has honored two documentary heritage items from Korea's past. The broadcast archives of war-dispersed family members in 1983 (top) and Confucian printing woodblocks (bottom) are both now on UNESCO's Memory of the World list.
The archival broadcasts of the 1983 family reunions and a collection of Confucian printing woodblocks have both now been included on UNESCO's Memory of the...
German President Jaochim Gauck (second from right) visits Changdeokgung Palace on Oct. 11, the first day of his state visit to Seoul. He poses for a picture in front of the Injeongjeon Hall at the royal residence.
German President Joachim Gauck started his state visit to Korea on Oct. 11.
His first destination was Changdeokgung Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site...
Director General of the National Hangeul Museum Moon Young-ho emphasizes the importance of widening the understanding of Hangeul among people through the systemic preservation of Hangeul data and through exhibits.
Marking the 569th anniversary this year of the proclamation of the Korean alphabet Hangeul, the National Hangeul Museum is in the media spotlight these days as it enters its second...
President Park Geun-hye poses for a photo with professional golfers at Songdo Convensia convention center in Incheon on Oct. 7. She is the Honorary Chairman of the Presidents Cup golf competition this year.
The opening ceremony for the Presidents Cup 2015 was held on Oct. 7 at Songdo Convensia convention center in Incheon, the first time for the international golfing...
The 13th Daegu International Opera Festival kicks off on Oct. 8. Pictured is a scene from the festival opener, Verdi’s ‘Aida.’
A special festival will fill the city of Daegu with the sounds of opera, bringing a deeper autumn vibe to opera lovers across Korea's fourth-largest city.
The 13th Daegu International Opera Festival will start on Oct. 8 and run until...
On the morning of Oct. 4, a reenactment of the Sajikdaeje rites takes place at the Sajik Altar. The rites are performed in the hopes of peace and a good harvest, and they have been held every autumn since 1988.
The term Jongmyo-Sajik (종묘-사직, 宗廟-社稷) refers to the concept of the entire nation, encompassing the king at the top, the...
French President François Hollande will make a state visit to Korea next month to attend a summit with President Park Geun–hye. The above photo shows the two leaders ahead of the Korea-France summit that took place in Paris in 2013 du ring President Park’s official visit there.
French President François Hollande will pay a state visit to Korea next month.
Cheong...
A stenographer types on a computer screen in Korean. Visitors to the National Hangeul Museum learn about the 'informatization' of Hangeul in a new special exhibit there, ‘A New Name in a Digital World, Code-Named_Hangeul: D55CD AE00.’
Korean words appear on a computer screen as fingers run across the stenotype.
An explanation from the curator fills the screen through the stenographer's...
The Arirang Festival is held at the Heungryemun Gate at Gyeongbokgung Palace on Oct. 5.
“Arirang, Arirang, Arariyo.”
The lyrics of the song "Arirang" spread across the walls of the Heungryemun Gate at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul on Oct. 5 during the Arirang Festival, held to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Korean independence. The festival was centered on the song "Arirang"...
President Park Geun-hye gives the congratulatory speech during a ceremony to mark the ninth anniversary of Overseas Koreans Day, in Seoul on Oct. 5.
“Koreans who have made successful lives overseas are valuable assets of the nation,” said President Park Geun-hye in her congratulatory speech during a ceremony to mark the ninth anniversary of Overseas Koreans Day on Oct. 5.
President...
Tourism ministers from the G20 nations pose for a photo during the sixth T20 Tourism Ministers Meeting on Sept. 30 in Antalya, Turkey. Second Vice Minister Kim Chong of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism stands in the front row on the far right.
Tourism ministers from the G20 nations have gathered in Antalya, Turkey, to discuss ways to...
The International Wildland Fire Conference is made up of both official events focusing on extinguishing wild fires and various sideline events. The photo above shows a firefighting demonstration at the previous conference in 2011 in Sun City, South Africa.
Firefighters and forest fire experts from around the world will gather in Korea to discuss effective measures to respond to wildfires and...
'Korean food is good for your health, and knowledge of this is spreading around the globe," says Director Yoon Sook-ja of the Institute of Traditional Korean Food.
Director Yoon Sook-ja of the Institute of Traditional Korean Food explains that there is a good reason that Korean food is receiving recognition around the world.
"In the past, Chinese and Japanese food was...
On the morning of Oct. 2, the Hangang River flows toward the sea underneath a clear, blue sky.
After a day of rain, the coldest morning of the season so far was on Oct. 2. Indeed, this year the word ‘cold’ is not inappropriate for early October. People have begun to don thick jackets that have been sitting in closets...
President Park Geun-hye and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at Cheong Wa Dae in 2013. President Park and President Putin exchanged congratulatory letters on Sept. 30 celebrating the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Seoul and Moscow.
President Park Geun-hye and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged congratulatory letters on Sept. 30 celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Korea-Russia diplomatic...