Shoppers browse at a venue of last year's Korea Sale Festa. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
Korea Sale Festa to open next week with 30% off premium beef
By Israa Mohamed
Video = Official YouTube account of Korea Sale Festa
Korea Sale Festa, a major discount shopping extravaganza similar to Black Friday in the U.S., will run from Nov. 1-15.
About 2,300 businesses, the highest number since the festival's launch...
President Yoon Suk Yeol (right) and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Oct. 26 pose for photos ahead of their bilateral summit at the Office of the President in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District. (Office of the President)
President Yoon hosts summit talks with Nigerian leader
By Lee Kyoung Mi
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Oct. 26 at his office in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District hosted summit talks with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari...
By Hong Kilju and Aisylu Akhmetzianova
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Lee Jun Young
The silky and milky makgeolli (rice wine), dark yellow yakju (clear liquor) and crystal clear soju (liquor). All of these traditional alcoholic drinks of Korea are poured into glasses with a ringing sound.
Seven Honorary Reporters held a glass with one hand under their sleeves around the wrist according to Korean drinking etiquette. Every time they took a sip,...
This is the interior of the second floor of Yeongbingwan, which was the official event venue at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae. (Cultural Heritage Administration)
By Kim Hyelin
The melodies of classical music this fall will fill Yeongbingwan, the official reception venue at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae that used to host dinners for foreign leaders and distinguished guests.
The Ministry of Culture,...
Launched in 2002, the Buddhist templestay project attracted more than six million people over the last two decades, with 11% of those attending coming from overseas. Shown are participants practicing meditation with a monk. (Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism)
By Yoon Sojung
Over six million people including 11% from abroad have participated in the templestay program of Korean Buddhism since 2002, when the program was launched to mark the Korea's...
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Oct. 25 released its list of the city's 96 best autumn trails, including this colorful leaf-covered path along Anyangcheon Stream.
By Park Hye Ri
Photos = Seoul Metropolitan Government
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Oct. 25 released its list of the city's 96 best autumn trails to allow people to get immersed in the fall atmosphere.
The trails selected this year exclude two that...
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Oct. 20 holds a phone conversation with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the presidential office in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District. (Office of the President)
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong
President Yoon Suk Yeol has asked his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to "take interest in and support Korean companies" in the North African country.
The presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 20...
Short track speedskater Hwang Dae-heon (center) on Oct. 19 poses for photos after winning the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) award for Best Male Performance of the Games at the Seoul COEX in the city's Gangnam-gu District.
Short track star Hwang earns ANOC honor for best male performance
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Korean Sports & Olympic Committee
Short track speedskater Hwang Dae-heon, who...
Yoon Sook-ja, director of the Institute of Traditional Korean Food, recommends pairing dwaeji bulgogi (marinated grilled pork) with soju (clear liquor).
By Yoon Sojung with contribution from Kim Yeonsue
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Collaborator: Institute of Traditional Korean Food
Soju, the clear traditional liquor that comes in the iconic green bottle, is widely known to soothe the sorrows of Koreans as shown in many films and TV dramas. The drink has recently...
The Korean Cultural Center in New York from Oct. 31 to Dec. 16 will jointly host with the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency the exhibition "Bang! K-Webtoon," which showcases Korea's leading webtoons. From the left are the webtoons "Navillera," "True Beauty" and "The Red Sleeve."
By Xu Aiying
Photos = Korean Cultural Center in New York
Korean webtoons will be showcased in New York.
The Korean Cultural Center...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin (left) and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on Oct. 18 shake hands at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ties with Vietnam upgraded to 'comprehensive strategic partnership
By Kim Seon Ah
Photos = Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Korea and Vietnam will upgrade bilateral relations to a "comprehensive strategic partnership" to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
The...
President Yoon Suk Yeol (second from right) on Oct. 17 hosts a dinner for International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (second from left) and other leading global sports figures at the presidential office in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District.
By Kang Gahui
Photos = Office of the 20th President
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Oct. 17 hosted a dinner for International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Bo Gyoon (right) on Oct. 16 and Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung take a commemorative photo after holding talks at the 2022 Culture Bridge Festa held at Yeouido Hangang Park in Seoul's Yeongdeungpo-gu District.
By Park Hye Ri
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Bo Gyoon on Oct. 12 gives a congratulatory speech as a representative of guest country Korea at the Festival Internacional Cervantino (International Cervantino Festival) in Guanajuato, Mexico.
By Kim Eun-young
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Bo Gyoon on Oct. 12 attended the opening ceremony of the Festival...
Yoon Sook-ja, director of the Institute of Traditional Korean Food, recommends pairing nokdujeon (pancakes made with mung bean, pork and kimchi) with makgeolli (milky rice wine). She said the savory taste of nokdu (mung bean) and the combination of kimchi, pork, bean sprouts and fern bracken go well with the wine, adding that the pancakes are full of essential amino and unsaturated fatty acids that help digestion and detoxification of waste.
By...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Oct. 15 will launch "2022 K-Expo Vietnam" in Hanoi, Vietnam, to promote Hallyu. Shown is a scene from last year's event promoting Korean cosmetics at the Seoul COEX in the city's Gangnam-gu District.
By Park Hye Ri
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
"2022 K-Expo Vietnam" in Hanoi, Vietnam, will allow visitors to experience a diversity...
K-pop artist Omega X on Oct. 9, 2021, performs BTS' "Permission to Dance" along with artists from six Asian countries at the 2021 Asia Song Festival held in the village of Hwarang in Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province.
By Kim Hayeon
Photos= Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE)
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Oct. 12 said it will jointly host from Oct. 14-16...
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong on Oct. 4 speaks at the 41st assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, Canada. (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
Korea wins 8th term on int'l civil aviation body's council
By Lee Kyoung Mi
Korea has earned its eighth straight term on the governing council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
At the 41st ICAO Assembly...
The event "2022 Traditional Korea" was opened from Oct. 1-2 at the 15th arrondissement of Paris. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Lee Jihae
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Oct. 5 said it will jointly host with the Korea Craft and Design Foundation the monthlong event "2022 Traditional Korea" in France and Mexico to promote traditional Korean culture.
The event is designed to expand...
A rehearsal for a performance combining b-boying and traditional Korean music is held on Sept. 28 to mark the adoption of breakdancing as an official event at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics at Spigen Hall in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Kim Hayeon
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) under the Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism from next month will host...