Cheong Wa Dae on May 25 released photos of President Moon Jae-in's three-night, five-day working visit to the U.S., including those of the Korea-U.S. summit. Key moments of the chief executive's trip included his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, their one-on-one talks, a joint news conference, President Moon's visit to Arlington National Cemetery, a Korean-U.S. business...
This promotional poster for "Talk Talk Korea 2021," an online contest for Hallyu content slated from May 25 to July 15, features the 12-member girl group LOONA. (Korean Culture and Information Service)
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Hee Young
"Talk Talk Korea 2021," an international online contest for Hallyu content, will run from May 25 to July 15.
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports...
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Video = Kim Sunjoo, Kang Seunghui and Lee Haneul
Seoul | Feb. 22, 2021
Anna Yates-Lu is an assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the Department of Korean Music of Seoul National University (SNU) who specializes in pansori (traditional lyrical opera). The academic is also active as a performer of the genre in both Europe and Korea.
Born in Germany, Yates-Lu went to school in the U.K. While...
Korean Ambassador to France Yoo Dae-jong (fourth from left in front row) and Laurence Marion (fifth from left in front row), executive director of Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris on May 11 pose for a photo at a Korean food sharing event hosted at the school.
By Jung Joo-ri and Lee Jihae
Photos = Korean Embassy in Paris
The "K-food Sharing Event" was held on May 11 in Paris to...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee on May 10 gives to LOONA member HeeJin a letter of appointment designating the K-pop girl group this year's promotional ambassador of Korean culture at a ceremony hosted by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul.
By Lee Jihae
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul | May 10, 2021
The 12-member girl group LOONA is the Korean...
The Bank of Korea on May 7 said the current account surplus reached USD 7.82 billion in March this year. Pictured are container ships docked at the Port of Gwangyang in Jeollanam-do Province. (Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority)
By Park Hye Ri and Lee Hana
The nation has maintained a current account surplus for the 11th straight month.
The Bank of Korea on May 7 released interim data on the international balance of payments...
"Moonlight Tour at Changdeokgung Palace" will be held from April 29 to June 20. The photo shows Buyongji Pond within the palace grounds in October last year during a tour. (Royal Palaces and Tombs Center)
By Kim Yeojin and Joung Haseung
"Moonlight Tour at Changdeokgung Palace" that starts on April 29 will offer a scenic evening at the iconic Seoul landmark.
The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Cultural...
Incheon International Airport Corp. on April 26 announced its development of the world's first smart antiviral baggage system. Shown is a demonstration model of the cutting-edge technology. (Incheon International Airport Corp.)
By Lee Jihye and Yoon Hee Young
Incheon International Airport Corp. has developed a smart system for automatically disinfecting the luggage of incoming passengers.
The company on April 26 said it developed the system in cooperation with domestic small and...
Jeongmin Park, deputy head of mission at the New Zealand Embassy in Seoul, on April 15 tells Korea.net in an interview that bilateral relations have been "always good to begin with" at the embassy in Seoul's Jung-gu District.
By Yoon Sojung
Photo = Jeon Han
Seoul | April. 15, 2021
The clearest difference between Korea and New Zealand, two global role models for responding to...
President Moon Jae-in on April 22 takes part online in the inaugural Leaders Summit on Climate at Sangchunjae, a Hanok (traditional architecture) building within Cheong Wa Dae, listening to U.S. President Joe Biden. (Cheong Wa Dae's official Facebook page)
By Jung Joo-ri and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in has announced a further rise in a nationally determined contribution for carbon emissions by 2030 and a stop to public financing...
Le Cordon Bleu has introduced a course on cooking Korean Buddhist temple cuisine at the French culinary school's London campus. (Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism)
By Yoon Hee Young
The France-based Le Cordon Bleu, one of the world's top three culinary schools, will introduce a regular course on cooking Korean Buddhist temple cuisine.
The Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism (CCKB) on April 22 said the course will be part of a vegetarian cuisine...
The Climate Finance Forum on April 13 was jointly held at the Conrad Seoul Hotel by the P4G (Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030) Secretariat and the Ministry of Economy and Finance under the theme "Accelerating Climate Finance and Investment for a Green Transition." First Vice Minister of Economy and Finance Lee Eog-weon said in his...
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on April 1 holds a meeting of the Central Disease Control Headquarters on responding to COVID-19 at Government Complex-Seoul. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Sarah Oqelee and Lee Jihae
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on April 1 announced the country's adoption of a "vaccine passport" containing a person's record of getting inoculated against COVID-19.
Speaking to a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters...
A media rehearsal of "Yajinyeon," a reinterpretation of an evening banquet hosted by the Joseon Dynasty's royal court, is performed on April 8 at Yeakdang Hall of the National Gugak Center in Seoul's Seocho-gu District. This event debuted in 1902 to celebrate King Gojong's admission to Giroso, a group of incumbent or retired senior officials aged over 70. (National...
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's leading newspaper, on April 2 posted a contribution from a Japanese woman saying kimchi originated from Korea. (Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp.)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Minji
A Japanese woman has contributed an article to her nation's leading daily Yomiuri Shimbun saying kimchi originated from Korea.
In her contribution titled "Korea is kimchi's head family" posted on April 2,...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on April 3 greet each other at a hotel in Xiamen, a southwestern city in China's Fujian Province, before holding their bilateral talks. (Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Jihae
Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on April 3...
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), a government agency seeking to promote a deeper and better understanding of Korea to the world, will mark its 50th anniversary this year. To observe this milestone, Korea.net is presenting a series of interviews with ambassadors from partner countries of Seoul's New Northern Policy. Uzbek Ambassador Vitali V. Fen is featured in...
The traditional tableware yugi comprises firm and solid dishes made of 78% copper and 22% tin. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Kim Hyelin, Yoon Hee Young, Lee Jihae and Joung Haseung
Seoul | March 16, 2021
A classic tableware has always appeared on important dinner tables such as those of the 2018 inter-Korean summit and the 2019 visit to Korea by then U.S. President Donald Trump.
The distinct Korean bronzeware yugi comprises firm and solid dishes made with 78% copper and 22% tin, and its dining utensils are known to be non-toxic,...
President Moon Jae-in on March 25 speaks at the "Space Strategy Presentation for Korea Following Nuri Thrust Engine Combustion Test" at Naro Space Center in Goheung-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province.
By Park Hye Ri and Lee Jihae
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
President Moon Jae-in on March 25 said, "Next year, Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter will be launched, and by 2030, we will achieve our dream...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 25 announced the opening of a photo exhibition to run through March 31 marking the centennial anniversary of Korean immigration to Cuba at the Center for Participatory Diplomacy in Seoul's Seocho-gu District. The photo shows Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Lee Seong-ho at the event's opening ceremony. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Lee Jihye and Yoon Hee...