The Eiffel Tower turns red and blue as a light show projects the national Taegeukgi flag onto the structure on Sept. 18.
The sky over Paris was tinged red, white and blue on Sept. 18.
Korea and France hosted a light show that projected the national Taegeukgi flag onto the Eiffel Tower to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the establishment of...
A special exhibition at Cheong Wa Dae Sarangchae in Jongno-gu District, Seoul, chronicles the past 70 years of trends in traditional Hanbok attire.
A special exhibition currently underway at Cheong Wa Dae Sarangchae in Jongno-gu District, Seoul, sheds new light on the history of traditional Hanbok attire and its recent transitions.
Running until Nov. 1, the exhibition is being held in...
Le Clezio, a French writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2008, gives a lecture during the International Congress of Writers Writing in Korean, held in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province (North Gyeongsang Province), on Sept. 15.
Writers and linguists from 15 countries got together in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province (North Gyeongsang Province), the historic capital of Silla Kingdom (57 B.C....
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President Park Geun-hye will make donations to a fund meant to help young people find jobs. She will donate KRW 20 million and also 20 percent of her monthly salary. Pictured is President Park (bottom, second from right) with young people at the Ulsan Center for a Creative Economy and Innovation in July, 2015.
President Park Geun-hye has decided to...
President Park Geun-hye will visit New York for four days, from Sept. 25 to 29, for the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 and the 70th Session of the U.N. General Assembly.
President Park will deliver a keynote speech on Sept. 26 at the plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015. She will then attend a high-level...
President Park Geun-hye (right) and President of the European Council Donald Tusk hold a joint press conference after having the Korea-EU summit meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 15.
President Park Geun-hye and President of the European Council Donald Tusk agreed to make sure the Korea-EU FTA takes effect this year. The agreement came at the Korea-EU summit meeting...
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The Gubongdo Sunset Observatory is the highlight of Daebudo Haesolgil trail No. 1. This spot is best known for its sunsets, where one can feel the true beauty of the Yellow Sea.
People walk along the beach and mudflats that appear at low tide.
As they walk, they are absorbed by the beautiful scenery of the sky and the sea.
They can...
The percussion group Drum Cat wows the crowd during the opening ceremony of the 2013 Korea in Motion festival, held along the Cheonggyecheon Stream in central Seoul. The festival this year is being held in Seoul and Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province.
A wide range of discounts on performances and stage shows will soon be available to people in both the...
President Park Geun-hye (right) receives credentials from new EU Ambassador to Korea Gerhard Sabathil, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 14.
President Park Geun-hye received credentials from six new ambassadors, including that from the European Union, on Sept. 14.
The presentation of letters of credence to the head of state marks the official start of their duty as ambassador to the...
President Park Geun-hye and King Abdullah II of Jordan hold a summit meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 11.
Korea and Jordan will expand cooperation on energy, people-to-people exchanges and cultural interactions.
President Park Geun-hye hosted summit talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan during his official visit to Korea on Sept. 11. In the meeting, she said, “The volume...
President Park Geun-hye (right) and King Abdullah II of Jordan pose for a photo prior to the Korea-Jordan summit at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 11.
President Park Geun-hye held summit talks with the King of Jordan, Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, on Sept. 11 in Seoul to discuss cooperation between the two nations.
The two leaders discussed measures to boost...
The OECD Ministerial Meeting Daejeon 2015: World Science & Technology Forum is slated for Oct. 19 to 23 at venues across Daejeon. It will bring together ministers and vice ministers from OECD and ASEAN member nations, and entrepreneurs and scientists from all around the world. They will have in-depth discussions on science and technology policies. Pictured is a scene...
President Park Geun-hye speaks during the ASEM Symposium Seoul 2015 on Sept. 10 in Seoul.
President Park Geun-hye emphasized the importance of the potential for all of Eurasia on Sept. 10, saying, “In order to realize the infinite potential of Eurasia, it is important to properly connect transport and logistics networks across Eurasia.”
Speaking at the ASEM Symposium Seoul 2015, President...
Weather professionals from 19 nations have gathered in Seoul to discuss future directions for the development of meteorological training.
The 11th Computer Aided Learning and Distance Learning (CALMet) workshop is underway at the Korea Meteorological Administration's (KMA) headquarters in Seoul. The workshop is scheduled from Sept. 7 to 11.
Some 40 professionals from meteorological training institutions in 19 nations, including the...
President Park Geun-hye met with Jin Liqun, first president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Sept. 9.
President Park Geun-hye shakes hands with Jin Liqun, first president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 9.
President Park expressed her gratitude toward Jin for choosing Korea as the first...
Korea will play a leading role in the international cooperation on nuclear security at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"I wish to inform the board that the Republic of Korea has offered to chair, at the ministerial level, the next IAEA Nuclear Security Conference, which will take place in December 2016," the IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano announced.
Minister of...
President Park Geun-hye gives the keynote speech at the Seoul Defense Dialogue on Sept. 9 in Seoul.
President Park Geun-hye said on Sept. 9 that, “Unification of the Korean Peninsula will be the fundamental solution to North Korean nuclear issues and humanitarian issues. It will also finally put a world-wide end to the 20th century's history of the Cold War.”
“North...
Walking down an alleyway next to the former provincial government offices of Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province) along Geumnam-ro Street in Gwangju leads visitors to an underground city. A broad plaza is surrounded by a glass and steel building. The historic venue of the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising in 1980 has now been reborn as the Asia Culture Center.
The...