The Ministry of Unification on the morning of Sept. 8 officially proposed to North Korea bilateral talks on the issue of separated families. Shown is Minister of Unification Kwon Youngse. (Ministry's official Facebook account)
Unification Ministry proposes talks with NK on separated families
By Park Hye Ri
Ahead of the Chuseok holiday, the government has officially proposed to North Korea bilateral talks on the issue...
This is an artist's rendition of Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri approaching the moon. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
By Jung Joo-ri
Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri has succeeded in performing its main maneuver of turning direction.
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) on Sept. 4 said Danuri on Sept. 2 at 5 p.m. Korean Standard Time completed its second trajectory correction maneuver (TCM)...
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 1 poses for photos with Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority of Abu Dhabi and a special envoy of United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the presidential office in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District. (Office of the 20th President)
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 1 hosted talks with...
Exports to China have skyrocketed 162-fold since Korea and China formed bilateral ties 30 years ago. Shown are Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin (left) and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) on Aug. 9 holding talks in Qingdao of China's Shandong province. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Xu Aiying
Exports to China have skyrocketed 162 times since Korea and China formed bilateral ties...
The final of the ninth World Women's Youth Handball Championship on Aug. 10 is played between Korea (in white uniforms) and Denmark in Skopje, North Macedonia.
By Israa Mohamed
Photos = International Handball Federation's official Facebook page
Korea is the first non-European country to win the Women's Youth Handball World Championship of the International Handball Federation (IHF), a competition for players under age 18.
The national team on Aug. 10 defeated Denmark, 31-28,...
The Korean Sport and Olympic Committee on Aug. 14 will host a race for the event "Drawing Taegeukgi (the national flag) Together" with about 1,000 participants, starting from the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul's Jongno-gu District and ending at the National Museum of Korea in the city's Yongsan-gu District. The photo was taken on National Liberation Day on Aug. 15, 2012. (Korea.net DB)
Non-competitive...
Gamhongno, which means "bright dew with a sweet taste," was called one of the top three alcoholic beverages of the Joseon Dynasty in the book "Joseon Sangsik Mundap" (Questions and Answers on Joseon Common Knowledge) by scholar Choi Nam-seon.
By Min Yea-Ji
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Lee Jun Young
Paju, Gyeonggi-do Province
An alcoholic drink's ceramic container resembles a Hanbok dress and contains liquor that is like a sweet dew...
The opening ceremony for the King Sejong Institute branch at the Technological University of Queretaro on Aug. 9 is held at the university in Queretaro.
By Kim Hyelin
Photos = Technological University of Queretaro's official Facebook page
Mexico, a Latin American country with a huge Hallyu following, has opened its second branch of King Sejong Institute.
The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Mexico City on Aug. 9 opened the...
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Aug. 12 will host a luncheon with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who will visit Seoul for two days, to discuss key issues such as North Korea's nuclear program. Shown is the president on July 19 chairing the 32nd meeting of the Cabinet. (Office of the 20th President)
President Yoon on Aug. 12 to host luncheon talks with UN chief
By Park...
The national youth taekwondo team on Aug. 7 poses for a commemorative photo at the awards ceremony of this year's World Taekwondo Junior Championships at Arena Armeets in Sofia, Bulgaria. (World Taekwondo)
Boys, girls sweep team titles at world junior taekwondo tourney
By Lee Jihae
The national youth taekwondo team has won both the boys' and girls' divisions at the world championships for the first time in eight years.
On the final day...
Performances from Aug. 12-13 will be held at the grass yard on Nodeulseom Island of Ichon Hangang River Park in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District to celebrate the resumption of the Seoul Festa.
By Min Yea-Ji
Photos = Seoul Metropolitan Government
The Seoul Festa, a large-scale tourism festival held throughout Seoul, will be resumed on Aug. 10 for the first time in three years.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Aug. 9 said...
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the nation's first lunar orbiter Danuri on Aug. 5 at 8:08 a.m. is launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
By Min Yea-Ji
The nation's first lunar orbiter Danuri on Aug. 5 was carried by a rocket into space.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the craft was launched at 8:08 a.m. Korean Standard Time...
Chae Su-hyun (second from right), a singer of the National Intangible Cultural Property Gyeonggi minyo (folk songs), and Hina (far left) and Yujeong (second from left), two of the eight members of the K-pop girl group Lightsum, appear in a lecture video on the musical genre in the K-Community Challenge, a competition on traditional Korean culture for foreign contestants.
KOCIS hosts online global contest on traditional culture
By Lee Kyoung Mi
Photos...
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Aug. 4 visits the Joint Security Area in the United Nations peace village of Panmunjeom. (Speaker Pelosi's Twitter account)
By Kang Gahui
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Aug. 4 visited the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjeom, a symbol of the division on the Korean Peninsula, and encouraged military personnel there.
This...
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Aug. 4 announced that Bibongi (pictured), the nation's last Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin in captivity, will be released to the wild.
Last captive dolphin Bibongi to be released to the wild
By Park Hye Ri
Photos = Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
Bibongi, the last Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin in captivity at a domestic aquarium, will be returned to the wild after 17 years.
The...
The 31st General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union is opened on Aug. 2 at Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, or BEXCO, in Busan's Haeundae-gu District.
By Israa Mohamed
Photos = Ministry of Science and ICT
The General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union was opened on Aug. 2 in Busan, attracting astronomists from around the world.
Under the theme "Astronomy for All," the event through Aug. 11 will...
The Korea Immigration Service Foundation from Aug. 29 will begin the third semester of its online classes for expats under the Korea Immigration and Integration Program (KIIP). Shown are a KIIP lecturer and her students during an online class. (Korea Immigration Service Foundation)
By Lee Jihae
The Korea Immigration Service Foundation on Aug. 3 said its online courses under the Korea Immigration and Integration Program...
The nation's first lunar orbiter Danuri undergoes final checks at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute's Satellite Integration Test Center before its transfer to the launch pad. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
By Kang Gahui
The nation's first lunar orbiter Danuri is set for liftoff on Aug. 5.
If successful, the launch will make Korea the seventh country to send such a craft into space after Russia, the...
Drones in the sky on July 22 form the expression "Begin Again" at the opening ceremony of the 32nd Geochang International Festival of Theatre at Suseungdae in Wicheon-myeon Township of Geochang-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province.
By Kim Hyelin
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Geochang-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province
Despite a rain forecast for July 22, the afternoon that day at Suseungdae in Wicheon-myeon Township of Geochang-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Bo Gyoon (right), actor O Yeong-su (left), who was appointed promotional ambassador for Korean performance tourism, and dancer Monika, who was appointed promotional ambassador for the festival 2022 Welcome Daehangno, on July 25 take a commemorative photo at the ministry's Seoul office.
By Lee Kyoung Mi
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Actor O...