By Lee Kyoung Mi
Video = Official YouTube channel of World Expo 2030 Busan, Korea
The Busan municipal government is promoting through the metaverse the city's bid to host the 2030 World Expo.
The city on Sept. 30 opened the virtual space "2030 World Expo X4 Entertainment World" on the metaverse platform Zepeto.
The metaverse's theme is "an unprecedented virtual space similar to the maritime city of Busan," the...
In an exclusive interview with Korea.net on Sept. 8 at the Qatari Embassy in Seoul, Qatari Ambassador to Korea Khalid E. Al-Hamar said, "We are searching for new opportunities for cooperation in sectors like smart farm, networks, technological development, communications, cybersecurity, defense and public safety."
By Israa Mohamed and Yoo Yeon Gyeong
Photo = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Lee Jun Young
Qatari Ambassador to Korea...
The distillery Soolawon is based in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do Province.
By Min Yea-Ji
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Lee Jun Young
Yeoju | Gyeonggi-do Province
"I want to not only maintain and inherit tradition but also make new attempts and develop liquor that could become a tradition a century or two from now."
Kang Jin Hee, head of the distillery Soolawon, was speaking about gwahaju, a clear liquor mixed with a bit of soju that...
The domestically developed fighter jet KF-21 Boramae on Sept. 28 takes off from the runway of the 3rd Flying Training Wing at Sacheon Air Base in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province on Sept. 28.
1st public test flight of homegrown KF-21 fighter jet sees success
By Min Yea-Ji
Photos & video = Defense Acquisition Program Administration
The domestically developed fighter jet KF-21 Boramae on Sept. 28 completed its first public test flight, demonstrating...
Korea this year is ranked eighth in the world in digital technology competitiveness among 63 countries surveyed. Shown is a man last year trying wearable robotics at "2021 Robotworld," the country's largest robotics event. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Lee Kyoung Mi
Korea's global ranking in digital technology competitiveness this year has jumped four spots to No. 8.
The Ministry of...
President Yoon Suk Yeol from Sept. 18-24 visited the U.K., U.S. and Canada for five nights and seven days. In London from Sept. 18-19, he attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Afterwards, he flew to New York to participate in the 77th United Nations General Assembly from Sept. 20-21. In Canada, the final leg of his trip,...
The Korean Cultural Centre in London on Sept. 27 will open the event "Hanbok Fashion Show, Hanbok Wave." Shown is figure skating icon Kim Yuna wearing a Hanbok outfit that she helped design that will appear at the event. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Yoon Sojung
The traditional clothing Hanbok is being featured in a fashion show in the U.K. featuring designs that figure skating...
President Yoon Suk Yeol (second from left) on Sept. 21 talks with U.S. President Joe Biden (left) after attending the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference in New York.
President showed sales diplomacy, boosted supply network during trip
By Park Hye Ri
Photos = Office of the 20th President
The results of President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent visits to the U.K., the U.S. and Canada from Sept....
The New York Times on Sept. 25 ran a column on rural areas in Korea written by travel writer Adam Graham with the headline "Exploring 'The Land of the Calm.'" Shown is Mureung Valley in Donghae, Gangwon-do Province, one of the places he visited. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Lee Jihae
The New York Times has highlighted accommodation at a Buddhist temple in...
BLACKPINK has topped the Official U.K. Albums Chart Top 100 and Billboard 200 albums chart in the same week. From center clockwise are members Lisa, Jennie, Jisoo and Rose. (Group's official Facebook page)
By Aisylu Akhmetzianova
BLACKPINK is the first K-pop girl group to top both the Official U.K. Albums Chart Top 100 and Billboard 200 albums chart.
The group is also the first and...
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 22 speaks at the North America Investors Roundtable held at the hotel JW Marriott Essex House in New York. (Office of the 20th President)
By Kim Hayeon
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Sept. 23 said global companies have made investment pledges worth a combined USD 1.15 billion (KRW 1.61 trillion) on the occasion of President...
This is a scene from the Humanities Topic Presentation Contest in 2021. (KOCIS)
By Min Yea-Ji
The final round of the Humanities Topic Presentation Contest, also known as Cheongchuninmun Nonjangpan, is set for Sept. 25 at Nurikum Square in Seoul's Mapo-gu District, where domestic and international university students will gather to explore Korean humanities.
Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS)...
A performance of the hit show "Nanta" in 2020 is held at the opening ceremony of the festival "Welcome Daehakro."
ByYoo Yeon Gyeong
Photos = Korea Tourism Organization
A festival opens this weekend to promote Korean cultural content and foster Daehangno (also spelled as Daehakro), the nation's traditional performing arts mecca in Seoul's Jongno-gu District, as the national hub of performance tourism.
"2022 Welcome Daehakro" slated to open...
President Yoon Suk Yeol (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sept. 21 pose for photos before holding a bilateral summit at a conference building near United Nations headquarters in New York. (Office of the 20th President)
By Park Hye Ri
President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sept. 21 in New York held their first summit talks, discussing issues of common...
The Korea-Japan Festival will be held in Tokyo on Sept. 24 and Seoul the next day. Shown is a scene from last year's edition in Seoul.
By Lee Kyoung Mi
Photos = Festival's organizing committee
The Korea-Japan Festival will be held in Tokyo on Sept. 24 and Seoul on Sept. 25 to share friendship and civic exchange between both nations.
In 2005, which marked the 40th anniversary of bilateral ties...
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 20 delivers a keynote speech at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Office of the 20th President)
By Lee Kyoung Mi
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 20 emphasized the international community's solidarity in defending freedom in his keynote speech to the 77th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York.
In...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has raised its economic growth forecast for Korea this year to 2.8% in its report "2022 OECD Economic Survey of Korea" released on Sept. 19. (Korea.net database)
By Xu Aiying
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) expects the Korean economy this year to grow 2.8% thanks to recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and rebound in consumption.
The Ministry...
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 19 gives the Civil Merit Medal to Victor Swift, head of the British Korean War Veterans Association in London.
President Yoon gives medal to British Korean War veteran
By Kim Eun-young
Photos = Office of the 20th President
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 19 gave the Civil Merit Medal to Victor Swift, head of the British...
Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min on Sept. 17 puts up three fingers to celebrate his hat-trick in the eighth week of the English Premier League season at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. (Team's official website)
By Park Hye Ri
Star Son Heung-min of the English Premier League (EPL)'s Tottenham Hotspur has scored a hat-trick within 13 minutes after coming off the bench.
The striker on Sept. 17...
President Yoon Suk Yeol from Sept. 20-21 in New York will hold summit talks with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida while attending the 77th United Nations General Assembly. The photo shows President Yoon (far left), President Biden (center of the table) and Prime Minister Kishida (far right) in June at IFEMA Convention Center in Madrid, Spain, on the...