The Seoul Metropolitan Government will hold events to mark the 15th annual Together Day on May 20. Shown are Korea.net Honorary Reporters taking a commemorative photo at Seoul's Cheonggyecheon Stream. (Korea.net DB)
Together Day events to honor foreign population in Seoul
By Xu Aiying and Lee Jihae
Events for foreign nationals will be held on May 20 in Seoul to mark the 15th annual Together Day.
Itaewon Global Village Center (May...
A record-high 4,834 people from 122 countries have joined this year's class of Honorary Reporters to promote Korean culture worldwide. Shown here are the class of 2019 in May that year posing for a commemorative photo after their induction ceremony at Cheong Wa Dae. (Korea.net DB)
By Park Hye Ri and Yoon Hee Young
A record-high number of people worldwide have joined this year's class of Honorary Reporters, a program...
Six Korean items including Hanbok will be added to the official trademark list of the World Intellectual Property Organization. (Korea.net DB)
Korea.net · 6 Korean items added to global trademark list
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong and Yoon Sojung
Six Korean items will be added to a global list of official trademarks. They are Hanbok (traditional clothing), soju (distilled alcoholic beverage), gochujang (red pepper paste) doenjang (soybean paste), makgeolli (rice wine) and gimbap (seaweed rice roll).
The Korean Intellectual...
The National Memorial of the Korean Provisional Government on April 11 was opened at the former presidential villa of Cheongnamdae, in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do Province.
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Chungcheongbuk-do Province
The National Memorial of the Korean Provisional Government on April 11 was opened at the former presidential villa of Cheongnamdae in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do Province. The date marks the establishment of...
President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol's incoming administration has released its vision for national governance. He is shown here on March 10 holding a news conference at the National Assembly in the Yeouido area of Seoul's Yeongdeungpo-gu District. (Official website of 20th presidential transition committee)
Incoming administration releases vision for national governance
By Kim Eun-young and Lee Jihae
The incoming administration of President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol, whose term begins on May 10,...
The National Museum of Korea in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District on April 27 held a news conference for its exhibition "A Collector's Invitation" at the museum's Special Exhibition Gallery to mark the first anniversary of the donation of artworks from the collection of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Lee Jihae
An exhibition commemorating the first...
Cheong Wa Dae will be fully opened to the public from May 10 at noon. The photo shows the main office building of the presidential compound. (Jeon Han)
By Jung Joo-ri and Yoon Sojung
Cheong Wa Dae from May 10 will be fully opened to the public.
Rep. Yoon Han-hong, a member of the People Power Party and the head of a task force on...
A survey jointly conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Tourism Organization has found that 60% of foreign nationals in their 20s and 30s from 21 countries that send the most visitors to Korea will visit the country within three years. Shown are foreign tourists wearing Hanbok in the southern coastal city of Tongyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. (Korea.net...
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hae on April 20 holds a briefing at Government Complex-Seoul to announce the nation's full return to regular school life in the post-omicron era. (Ministry of Education)
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong and Lee Jihae
All kindergartens and elementary, middle and high schools nationwide from next month will resume full in-person classes.
Students can go on field trips, engage in interactive learning and move...
The Bogota International Book Fair began on April 19 at the Corferias International Business and Exhibition Center in the Colombian capital. Korea is participating as guest country of honor to mark 60 years of bilateral relations with Colombia. Shown are Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee (second from right), Korean Publishers Association President Yoon Chul-ho (far left) and Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez (middle) with fair participants. (Ministry...
Paraguay has set up classrooms featuring Korea's cutting-edge technology and education experience. Shown is an information and communications technology classroom in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion. (Korean Ministry of Education)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Hayeon
Classrooms incorporating Korea's cutting-edge technology and education experience have been established in Paraguay The Korean Ministry of Education on April 20 said an online demonstration class on using information and communications technology (ICT) will be held...
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on April 13 said Namsangol Hanok Village in the city's Jung-gu District will be fully reopened from April 16.
By Yoon Hee Young
Photos = Seoul Metropolitan Government
Namsangol Hanok Village, a traditional landmark in the middle of Seoul famous for its moonlight, will resume this weekend its night hours for the first time in two years.
The Seoul Metropolitan...
Statistics Korea on April 14 said the migration background population will account for 6.4% of the overall population in 2040, up from 4.2% in 2020. The photo shows foreign wives of Korean men last year receiving education in interpretation through a course offered by the city of Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. (Changwon City Hall)
By Park Hye Ri and Yoon Sojung
Korea by 2040 is...
The "Moonlight Tour" of Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul will run from April 21 to June 12.
By Anais Faure
Photos = Cultural Heritage Administration's Facebook page
This year's "Moonlight Tour" at Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul will open on April 21, with the historical landmark to be illuminated after dusk.
The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) on April 13 announced that this year's tour is...
Park Joo-sun, chief of the preparatory committee for the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol, on April 11 holds a news conference at the headquarters of the presidential transition committee in the Tongui-dong neighborhood of Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Presidential transition committee)
Slogan for presidential inauguration urges 'new Korea of the people'
By Kang Gahui and Lee Jihae
The slogan for the inauguration of the nation's 20th...
President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol on April 7 holds a meeting with the US Forces Korea (USFK) at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do Province, with Gen. Paul LaCamera, commander of both the USFK and ROK (Republic of Korea)-U.S.Combined Forces Command and CFC Deputy Commander Kim Seung-kyum.
By Kang Gahui and Lee Jihae
Photos = United States Forces Korea
President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol on April 7 visited...
Three Korean historical records including "Samguk Yusa" (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) will be submitted for inclusion in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. The photo shows "Samguk Yusa," a collection of folktales and historical accounts written in 1281 by the Buddhist monk Il Yeon (1206-89) during the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392).
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cultural Heritage Administration
The Cultural Heritage Administration...
By Joung Haseung and Anais Faure
Video = Kim Sunjoo and Lee Jun Young
KOCIS Center, a hub for foreign correspondents in Seoul, on March 25 marked its 100-day anniversary.
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Dec. 15 last year inaugurated the center, which was an expanded and renovated version of the former Foreign Press Center Korea. The new facility is on the 10th...
The International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities has named Homigot Lighthouse in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, the 2022 Heritage Lighthouse of the Year.
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong and Kim Hayeon
Photos = Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on March 22 said Homigot Lighthouse in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, has been named the 2022 Heritage Lighthouse of the Year by the International...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee (left) and trot singer Song Ga-in on March 21 take a commemorative photo at the ceremony for her appointment as promotional ambassador for Hanbok (traditional clothing) this year in Seoul's Yongsan-gu Dsitrict.
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Hee Young
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Trot singer Song Ga-in will promote Hanbok culture to the world.
The Ministry...