Overseas Koreans Agency Commissioner Lee Key Cheol on Oct. 14 speaks at the closing ceremony of the World Korean Business Convention at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. (Overseas Koreans Agency)
By Lee Dasom
This year's World Korean Business Convention, which was held outside of Korea for the...
Turkish children on Oct. 7 hold drawings and letters thanking the Korean people and a large poster drawn by students at Kyonggi Elementary School in Seoul while posing for a group photo at the move-in ceremony for Korea-Turkiye Friendship Village in the town of Pazarcik in Kahramanmaras province in Turkiye (Turkey).
By Lee JihaePhotos = Korean Red CrossThe...
The Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) will be offered more times from next year. Shown are people on April 9 last year taking the 81st TOPIK at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. (Chicago Korean Education Center)
By Hong Angie
The number of times the Test of Proficiency in Korean...
Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon on Oct. 9 sits inside an urban air mobility vehicle and experiences virtual reality at "Fly to Busan," a promotional event for the port city's bid for the 2030 World Expo, at Cafe Gustave on the Seine River in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
By Lee JihaePhotos =...
Park Deok-yeol, director general for cross-border investment policy of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, on Oct. 4 says the cumulative value of foreign direct investment from January to September jumped 11.3% from the same period last year to post a record-high figure USD 23.95 billion. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)By...
Participants on Sept. 13, 2022, play the traditional game jegichagi (kicking a shuttlecock) at a Chuseok (Thanksgiving) event held at the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Abuja, Nigeria. (KCC in Nigeria)
By Aisylu Akhmetzianova
Korean Cultural Centers (KCC) around the world are hosting cultural interactive programs to mark the...
Participants in a makgeolli event on Sept. 25 try their hand at making the milky rice wine at the Korean Cultural Center in Brussels, Belgium.
By Lee DasomPhotos = Korean Cultural Center in BelgiumAn event in Brussels has had locals make and taste Korea's milky rice wine makgeolli.The Korean Cultural Center in the Belgian capital on Sept. 25...
The Chodujeomjeungbyeong set of medicinal tea and rice cake made with fried red beans, jujube and pine nuts is one of two that participants can sample on Oct. 16 at the inaugural event "Saenggwabang at Gyeongbokgung Palace" in Seoul.
By Koh HyunjeongPhotos = Korea Cultural Heritage FoundationThis year's first international event for Saenggwabang, a venue where snacks...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on Sept. 14 announced the launch of the campaign "Safe Travel, Safe Korea." Shown are promotional materials for the program on the same day displayed on the screen of a global roaming booth of mobile operator SK Telecom at Incheon International Airport.
By Kim Seon AhPhotos = Ministry...
Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Park Minshik (second from left) on Sept. 11 at the Germany Red Cross in Berlin talks to the latter's Secretary General Christian Reuter on the establishment of a monument to Germany's participation in the Korean War. (Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs)
By Lee DasomThe Ministry...
An all-inclusive transit pass good for unlimited rides on the Seoul subway and city and shuttle buses as well as rental of public bicycles will be launched next year priced at KRW 65,000 per month. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Hong Angie
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Sept. 11 announced its...
The Korea International Cooperation Agency on Aug. 21 gives a presentation on its project to raise youth participation in Ugandan agriculture at the Korea Agri-Business Innovation Center in the African country's capital of Kampala.
By Charles Audouin
Photos = Korea International Cooperation Agency
The Korea International Cooperation Agency...
Belgian scouts attending the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum this year make tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) on July 27 at Sunchang-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province, ahead of the jamboree. (Jeollabuk-do Provincial Office)
By Jeon Misun
Scouts from around the world are traveling around Jeollabuk-do Province ahead of the 25th World...
Marking the 70th anniversary of the Armistice Agreement, and International Memorial Day for U.N. Korean War Veterans, delegations from 22 United Nations member countries that participated in the Korean War are to visit Korea. Shown is a photo spot to commemorate the armistice's 70th anniversary at the arrival section of Incheon International Airport....
British scouts in Korea for the 25th World Scout Jamboree on Aug. 8 watch a cultural performance by the National Jeongdong Theater of Korea's Jeongdong Theater Arts Group at the garden of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul.
By Charles AudouinPhotos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and TourismThe Ministry...
Participants in a history tour for descendants of Korean independence activists on Aug. 11 take a group photo at the park of the Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do Province. The park exhibits the remains of the Japanese Government-General Building that was torn down from central Seoul from 1995. (Korean Council for...
The American delegation to the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Korea on Aug. 10 looks at photos with audio descriptions at an exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of Korea's alliance with the U.S. at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Seoul's Jongno-gu District.
By Yoon SeungjinPhotos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and TourismThe American...
The Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles on Aug. 11 said this year's K-pop Dance & Vocal Academy will be held from Aug. 14 to Sept. 1. Shown is a photo of academy participants in December 2022 at the University of Washington in Seattle.
By Cao Thi HaPhotos = Korean Cultural Center...
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By Koh HyunjeongVideo = Seoul Fashion Week's official YouTube channel
K-pop girl group NewJeans, the global promotional ambassador of Seoul Fashion Week (SFW), has sent a video invitation to the event for global fans of Korean fashion, appearing in the clip wearing clothes made by domestic designers.The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Aug. 9 released the...
Members of the K-pop girl group LIMELIGHT and gugak (traditional music) band AUX appear in an instructional video for Joseon pop, one of the three categories of the online contest K-Community Challenge. From left are Lee Woo-seong and Seo Jin-sil of AUX, MiU, Gaeun and Suhye of LIMELIGHT, and Lee Kyung-soo of AUX.
By Kim Seon AhPhotos = Korean...