By Lee Kyoung Mi and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Kim Sunjoo and Lee Jun Young
A man places sugar and baking soda and melts both in a ladle over a stove. He waits a few seconds until the mixture boils, and after it gets brown and inflated, he places it on a big tray as his hands get busier.
He draws a sketch for a moment...
Korea.net staff writers Elias Molina from Costa Rica (right), Aisylu Akhmetzianova from Russia (center) and Anais Faure on Jan. 25 discuss Seollal (Lunar New Year) in Korea at Leema Building Lounge in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Choi Jaehyeok)
By Elias Molina, Choi Jaehyeok and Lee Jihae
Elias Molina, a Costa Rican staff member of Korea.net's Spanish-language section, has lived in Korea for 13 years. Eight-year resident Anais Faure from Guatemala handles the website's social...
To mark Seollal (Lunar New Year), national and public facilities for culture and arts across the country and Korean Cultural Centers overseas will host a variety of events. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Hyelin and Yoon Sojung
Seollal (Lunar New Year) is one of the two biggest holidays for Koreans. For non-Koreans, this is a prime chance to experience traditional Korean culture.
Despite the pandemic, an...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee will attend the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as the leader of the Korean government delegation. He is shown here on Jan. 5 giving a congratulatory speech at the opening ceremony of the national team's training in Jincheon-gun County, Chungcheongbuk-do Province. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Hee Young
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism...
This artist's rendition offers a bird's eye view of the revamped Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul's Jongno-gu District set to open in July. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Yoon Sojung
Having undergone renovation since November 2020, Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul's Jongno-gu District will be reopened in July at double its original size and with larger green areas.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Jan....
The Korean Culture and Information Service on Jan. 24 said a recent survey found that 80.5% of non-Koreans in Korea and abroad have positive views of Korea. (Photo: Korea.net DB)
Korea.net · 80.5% of non-Koreans have positive view of Korea: survey
By Park Hye Ri and Yoon Sojung
A survey shows that eight of ten non-Koreans in Korea and abroad have positive images of Korea.
Conducted by the...
Jung Jong-young, director-general for investment policy at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, on Jan. 10 at Government Complex-Sejong gives a briefing on foreign direct investment in the country last year. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
Korea.net · FDI last year jumped 42.3% to post record-high USD 29.51B
By Xu Aiying and Kim Hayeon
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Korea last year posted a record high.
The Ministry of...
Visitors at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey, in November last year try Korean cuisine at the food industry trade show Kosherfest 2021. (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs)
By Kim Hayeon
Agricultural and fishery product exports exceeded USD 10 billion last year for the first time.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Jan. 5...
Bank of Korea Deputy Gov. Lee Hwanseok on Nov. 25 speaks at a presentation on economic forecasts at the bank's headquarters in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Screen capture from bank's website)
By Kim Hyelin and Lee Jihae
The Bank of Korea has maintained its forecast for economic growth this year at 4%, a prediction it made in August.
In its economic outlook for November released on Nov. 25, the central bank said GDP is projected to grow...
Jenny Erpenbeck, a German writer who won the main award of the fifth Lee Hochul Literary Prize for Peace, on Nov. 25 gives her acceptance speech at a news conference held at Korea Press Center in Seoul's Jung-gu District.
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Jihae
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
A writer born in the former East Germany whose literary career reflects her contemplation of her homeland's division is...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy on Nov. 24 jointly hold a seminar marking the 25th anniversary of the country's entry into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at Lotte Hotel in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Hayeon
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korea Institute for International Economic...
A Korean-led consortium to build Chinchero International Airport in Peru kicked off on Nov. 19. Shown here is an aerial view of the forthcoming airport. (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
By Yoon Hee Young
A Korean-led consortium on Nov. 19 began construction of Chinchero International Airport in Peru that aims to be the gateway to Machu Picchu, the site of the Latin American country's famous Inca ruins.
The...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Tourism Organization on Nov. 18 invited 18 Spaniards including the CEO of a wholesale travel agency to the 2021 Korea-Spain Travel Mart at Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Korea Tourism Organization)
Korea.net · Gov't, Spanish travel agencies discuss tourism development in Korea
By Elias Molina and Yoon Hee Young
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism...
By Kim Yeojin and Yoon Sojung
Video = Official YouTube account of Korea.net
A new section on a tourist path in the Hantangang River valley of Gangwon-do Province, a region designated a UNESCO Global Geopark, has been opened to the public.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Nov. 17 said it officially opened a 3.6-km route on the river, mainly in Cheorwon-gun County,...
President Moon Jae-in on Nov. 16 poses for a photo with Richard Hatchett, chief of the Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, in their meeting at Cheong Wa Dae. (Cheong Wa Dae's official Facebook)
Korea.net · Our national goal is developing global vaccines with Korean tech
By Xu Aiying and Kim HayeonPresident Moon Jae-in on Nov. 16 told Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness...
Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism Hwang Hee on Nov. 15 attends a meeting of directors and senior public officers of Korean Cultural Centers (KCC) in Europe at the KCC in Paris.
By Kim Hayeon
Photos = Minister of Culture, Sport and TourismThe government will strengthen efforts to spread Hallyu (Korean Wave) content led by Korean Cultural Centers (KCC) abroad.
The Ministry of...
An Asiana Airlines flight attendant on Nov. 14 offers an in-flight meal to a Japanese passenger participating in an event for in-flight Korean cuisine in Tokyo. (Korea Tourism Organization)
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Hee Young
Japanese who love Korea on Nov. 14 gathered in Tokyo's Shinagawa district to participate in an Asiana Airlines event for in-flight Korean meals hosted by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and Asiana.
The...
The newest Korean Cultural Centre was opened on Nov. 11 in Pretoria, South Africa.
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Sojung
Photos = KOCIS, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) on Nov. 11 said it opened a Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in South Africa, the organization's 33rd worldwide.
The third of its kind in Africa following those in Nigeria and...
The National Museum of Korea in Seoul on Nov. 11 held a media event the day before opening "The Room of Quiet Contemplation," an exhibition of two Pensive Bodhisattva statues.
By Jeon Han and Lee Jihae
Photos = Jeon Han
"A time to lose yourself deep in contemplation."
This is how Min Byoungchan, director-general of the National Museum of Korea in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District, on Nov. 11 described "Room of Quiet...
Korean shipbuilders last month received the most orders of any country in the sector. The photo shows a large container ship in February docked at Gwangyang Port in Gwangyang, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. (Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority)
By Kim Yeojin and Yoon Sojung
Korean shipbuilders last month took the top spot for global orders by securing more than half of the world's total.
Yonhap News on Nov....