Cruise lines at Incheon Port halted due to COVID-19 will be resumed for the first time in three years and five months. Shown is the Hanseatic Inspiration, a vessel of the German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd AG that the Incheon Port Authority attracted in 2021.
By Kim Hayeon
Cruise lines halted because of COVID-19 will...
The government will promote exports of the domestic content industry with record-high funding of KRW 790 billion. Shown here on Dec. 3 last year are participants doing a K-pop cover dance at the 2022 K-pop Gala hosted by the Korean Cultural Center in Ottawa, Canada. (KCC in Ottawa)https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1417812574&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true
550 Korean companies take part in this year's CES...
To mark the Year of the Rabbit in 2023, a big rabbit-shaped light installation stands at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Lee Jihae
2023 is the Year of the Rabbit under the East Asian zodiac, more specifically Gyemyonyeon (Year of the Black Rabbit) since gye means...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Jan. 4 from 7 p.m. will hold the "2023 New Year's Concert" at the Concert Hall of Seoul Arts Center in the city's Seocho-gu District. Shown here on Dec. 17 last year is "Saturday Concert" at the same venue. (Seoul Arts Center)
By Min Yea-Ji
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Creative Content Agency on Jan. 2 said in a white paper that the domestic game industry in 2021 broke KRW 20 trillion in value for the first time. Shown is a scene from last year's trade event "Game Show and Trade, All Round 2022," or G-Star, that...
Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi, who in 2003 became the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, on the afternoon of Dec. 12 speaks with Korea.net in an interview at Alpensia Convention Center in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province. (Yun Dahee)
By Kim Hayeon and Yun Dahee
Lawyer Shirin Ebadi,...
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec. 27 takes a commemorative photo after the awards ceremony for the Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit for "Squid Game" actor Lee Jung-jae and director Hwang Dong-hyuk at the Office of the President in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District. From left are Hwang Seong-un, presidential secretary for culture and sports; Kim Eun-hye,...
German-language specialist Min Yea-Ji is Korea.net's staff writer of the year. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Lee Kyoung Mi
Korea.net on Dec. 23 named German-language specialist Min Yea-Ji as staff writer of the year.
The honor goes to the candidate earning the most votes from coworkers, with Min earning...
Visitors on May 26 wait in a long line to tour the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Seon Ah
An estimated 4.8 million visitors by year's end are expected to tour Cheong Wa Dae, the former presidential compound that was opened to the public on May 10.
The Cultural Heritage Administration's (CHA) committee for opening Cheong Wa Dae to the...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Nov. 23 cohosted a concert with the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange to mark the 2021-22 Year of Cultural Exchange between Korea and China and the 30th anniversary of bilateral ties at Seoul Art Center in the city's Seocho-gu District. Shown are Korean pianist Sunwoo Yekwon (left) and Chinese pianist Lang Lang...
Fans on June 18, 2018, cheer for the national soccer team at Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square during Korea's game versus Sweden in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. (Jeon Han)
'Red Devils' supporters to cheer for soccer team in downtown Seoul
By Israa Mohamed
Loud cheers on the evening of Nov. 24 will fill Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul for the first time in four years for Korea's...
President Yoon Suk Yeol (fifth from left) and Kenyan President William Ruto (fifth from right) on Nov. 23 hold a bilateral summit at the Office of the President in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District.
By Xu Aiying
Photos = Office of the President
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Nov. 23 held a bilateral summit at his office in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District with visiting Kenyan President William Ruto, with both...
The government will build the world's sixth inland base in the South Pole by 2030. Shown is the area for ocean research near the King Sejong Station. (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries)
By Kim Seon Ah
The government will build the world's sixth inland base in the South Pole by 2030.
Visitors in Doha, Qatar, crowd around the booth for promoting tourism in Korea.
By Jung Joo-ri
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
An official booth for promoting tourism in Korea is running in Doha, Qatar, where this year's World Cup soccer finals were opened.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Nov. 23 said it will jointly run with the Korea Tourism Organization a campaign to...
"The King's Affection" on Nov. 21 made history as the first Korean drama to win an International Emmy Award at the ceremony for the 50th edition of the honors in New York. (KBS official website)
By Lee Jihae
The King's Affection" is the first Korean drama to win an International Emmy Award.
At the ceremony for the 50th edition of the honors in New York on Monday,...
The government will build the world's sixth inland base in the South Pole by 2030. Shown is the area for ocean research near the King Sejong Station. (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries)
By Kim Seon Ah
The government will build the world's sixth inland base in the South Pole by 2030.
Another plan is to construct by 2026 a next-generation 15,000 ton-class icebreaking research vessel so that Korea can...
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyungho on Nov. 21 gives an introductory speech at a conference marking the 60th anniversary of the government's five-year economic development plan at the Global Knowledge Exchange and Development Center in Seoul's Dongdaemun-gu District. (Ministry of Economy and Finance)
By Jung Joo-ri
Since 1962, the government's five-year development plan has led six decades of dramatic economic...
Korean companies from Oct. 17-20 in Cannes, France, take part in this year's MIPCOM (International Co-Production and Entertainment Content Market), the world's largest event for broadcast media content. They signed export deals there worth a combined USD 16.64 million (KRW 22.05 billion).
By Aisylu Akhmetzianova
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Korean companies have doubled their exports at the world's largest trade event for broadcast...
Daejeon from Nov. 25 will host the 2022 International Sepaktakraw Federation World Cup. Shown is a men's game between Korea and Malaysia at the 35th King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship in July at the shopping mall Fashion Island in Bangkok, Thailand. (Korea Sepaktakraw Association)
By Yoon Sojung
Daejeon from Nov. 25 will host the 2022 International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) World Cup.
Approximately 300 people comprising athletes and staff from 13 countries...
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Saudi Ministry of Investment on Nov. 17 held the Korea-Saudi Investment Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul's Jung-gu District. Shown are Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-Yang (second from left) and Saudi Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih (far left), who are among some 300 government and business...