Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Moon SungWook on Sept. 20 speaks at the launching event for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s Global Innovation Index 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland, via a video message, explaining the efforts and results of Korea's innovation. (WIPO's official Flickr account)
By Lee Jihae
Korea ranks fifth in the global innovation index of the World Intellectual Property...
Kim Minjung, a key figure in the restoration of cultural properties at the Louvre in France using the traditional paper Hanji, on July 13 speaks to Korea.net at the latter's studio in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Hee Young
An exhibition on the history of the House of Bourbon is being held through September at the famous Louvre Museum in Paris....
The Seoul Museum of Craft Art in the city's Jongno-gu District opens on July 16. (Seoul Museum of Craft Art)
By Lee Jihae
The Seoul Museum of Craft Art, founded by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, opens on July 16.
Located at the former site of Poongmoon Girls' High School in the Anguk-dong neighborhood of Jongno-gu District, this is the country's only public museum exclusively for Korean handicrafts...
President Moon Jae-in (right) and Kazak President Kassym-Jomart Tokayevon on Aug.17 take a walk in the gardens by Sangchunjae, a building for state guests at Cheong Wa Dae, following their summit talks. (Cheong Wa Dae's Facebook page)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in and Kazak President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Aug. 17 spoke of the achievements of Korean athletes at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
The two heads...
Participants in January 1922 attend the opening ceremony of the first Conference of Representatives from Communist Parties and National Revolutionary Organizations of Far East Countries in Moscow. General Hong Beom-do is in the middle of the first row, wearing a long coat and a mustache.
By Kim Eun-young and Lee Jihae
Photos = Independence Hall of Korea
Video footage of independence activist General Hong Beom-do (1868-1943) has been released...
Gyeongsangbuk-do Province on Aug. 15 arranged no-landing flights to Ulleungdo and Dokdo Islands, with passengers posing for the camera holding the Korean national flag and other items. (Government of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province)
By Lee Jihae
An event held on Aug. 15, National Liberation Day, allowed people to fly and view the nation's easternmost island of Dokdo Island from a plane.
Gyeongsangbuk-do Province held a nonstop flight to commemorate...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (right) from Aug. 16-17 will make a state visit to Korea. He is shown here in April 2019 attending a joint news conference with President Moon Jae-in (left) at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace in Nursultan, Kazakhstan. (Cheong Wa Dae's official Facebook page)
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Hee Young
Korea.net · Kazak leader to visit Korea next week, patriot's remains to come home'
Kazakh...
B2 Dance Group of Brazil has entered its music video in the K-pop music video section of Talk Talk Korea, an annual global contest of Korea-related content.
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae
Photos = Korean Culture and Information Service
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on Aug. 13 said 42,120 works from 111 countries are entered in the eighth...
Minister of Justice Park Beom-Kye (second from right) on Aug. 11 poses for a commemorative photo in front of the Korea Electronic Travel Authorization Center at the immigration office of Gimpo International Airport in Seoul. (Ministry of Justice)
Korea.net · Korea to be 1st in Asia to run e-travel authorization next month
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Hee Young
Full-fledged implementation of electronic travel authorization (K-ETA) in...
A long queue on July 29 forms in front of a temporary testing site for COVID-19 next to an expat support center in Danwon-gu District of Ansan, Gyeonggi-do Province.
Korea.net · Gov't urges long-term expats to get vaccinated vs. COVID-19
By Sarah Oqelee and Yoon Sojung
The government has urged long-term expats in the country to get COVID-19 vaccine shots, Yonhap News reported on Aug. 4.
Non-Korean residents...
Two displays of artworks from the private collection of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee are being called the "exhibitions of the century" for featuring masterpieces shown in textbooks. Both events were opened on July 21 at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (MMCA) and the National Museum of Korea (NMK), both in the capital.
The NMK is featuring 45 works spanning some 77...
The London-based university rating agency QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) on July 28 released its "Best Student Cities 2022" list on its official website. The photo shows people walking along Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul in September last year. (Korea.net DB)
Korea.net · Seoul ranked 3rd-best world city for students to live in
By Yoon Hee Young
Seoul is ranked the world's third-best city for students to live...
President Moon Jae-in on July 27 awards the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit to the family of the late U.S. Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Joseph Kapaun at a ceremony commemorating the ninth U.N. Forces Participation Day at Yeongbingwan State Guest House of Cheong Wa Dae. (Cheong Wa Dae's Facebook page)
By Jung Joo-ri and Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in on July 27 became the...
UNESCO on July 26 officially designated gaetbol (Korean tidal flats) World Natural Heritage during its 44th World Heritage Committee session held online in Fuzhou, China. The photo is of Gochang Gaetbol in Gochang-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province.
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By Lee Jihye and Lee Jihae
Photos = Cultural Heritage Administration
Gaetbol (Korean tidal flats, spelled "getbol" in UNESCO) have been inscribed...
President Moon Jae-in on July 22 takes a photo with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman at Cheong Wa Dae. (Cheong Wa Dae's official Facebook page)
By Jung Joo-ri and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in on July 22 asked U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman for "active efforts" to resume U.S.-North Korea dialogue for the sake of the bilateral alliance and peace on...
Self-driving vehicles like buses and taxis from October will run in downtown Seoul. Shown here is a self-driving shuttle bus in the Sangam-dong neighborhood of Seoul's Mapo-gu District. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Yoon Hee Young
Self-driving vehicles including buses and taxis from October will roam the streets of downtown Seoul.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on July 20 began implementation of a bill on pilot operations of...
On the day ahead of the opening of the exhibition "A Great Cultural Legacy: Masterpieces from the Bequest of the Late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee" at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, foreign media personnel on July 20 attend a promotional tour and listen to explanations on the artworks. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Yoon Hee Young
Seoul
Video = Lee Junyoung
Two special exhibitions featuring...
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae
Video = Kim Sunjoo and Lee Jun Young
A cell phone rings at a quiet office. But a search for the phone shows that the sound isn't coming from a phone but from a video titled "iPhone sound effect" by the acapella group Maytree.
Posted on the group's official YouTube channel on Feb. 5, the video as of July 7 had...
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) on July 16 said 27 Korean Cultural Centers (KCCs) worldwide will hold events throughout the summer. The poster here is for "Summer Night's Screening" hosted by the KCC in Hungary from July 16 to Aug. 30. (KOCIS)
By Yoon Hee Young
Korean Cultural Centers (KCCs) worldwide plan a variety of Korean cultural content and events throughout this summer.
The Korean Culture and...
The U.S. state of California has designated Sept. 4 "Taekwondo Day." (Korea.net DB)
By Lee Hana
The U.S. state of California has officially designated Sept. 4 "Taekwondo Day."
The California State Senate on July 15 read and adopted the bill ACR 1 that "designates September 4, 2021, and the same date each year thereafter, as Taekwondo Day in California."
The bill described taekwondo as "one...