The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on July 7 said the public from July 8 can purchase as many masks as desired in announcing an end to the government's mask rationing program. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
Koreans from July 8 can purchase as many masks as desired at venues designated to sell them under the government rationing program, including pharmacies and post offices.
From July...
In line with global acclaim for Korea's effective quarantine response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), domestic companies are also receiving rising attention from the world. This Korea.net series features every week a "K-quarantine" company that is expanding internationally through an opportunity presented by the pandemic.
From May 5-22, Huons Medicare exported a combined 100,000 containers of hand sanitizer to...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will host "2020 Special Travel Week" until July 19 to enable safe tourism amid the coronavirus pandemic. The photo above shows the observatory and sky walk of Treasure Island in Namhae-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, a tourism spot the ministry has designated a hidden summer attraction this year. (Korea Tourism Organization)
By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
The "2020 Special Travel Week" will...
Sejong University professor Yuji Hosaka (right) and author Han Soosan (left), who wrote the novel "Gunhamdo (Battleship Island)," held a talk on June 29 under the theme "What's Wrong with Japan's Industrial Heritage Information Centre" at Korea.net's open studio in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. TV personality Jung Jaehwan hosted the event.
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul | June 29, 2020
"The position of Japan's Abe...
In line with the global acclaim for Korea's effective quarantine response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), domestic companies are also receiving rising attention from the world. This Korea.net series features every week a "K-quarantine" company that is expanding globally through an opportunity presented by the pandemic.
Korea Kiyon is gaining global attention for its "K-walk thru," a booth that enables the operation of both negative and...
Sejong University professor Yuji Hosaka, an expert on Korea-Japan relations, and author Han Soosan, who wrote the novel "Gunhamdo (Battleship Island)," will hold a talk on the history distortion by Japan's recently opened Industrial Heritage Information Centre. Pictured here is the professor in August 2019 speaking on Arirang TV's current events program "Heart to Heart." (Kim Sunjoo)
By Lee Hana
Sejong University professor Yuji Hosaka, an expert on Korea-Japan relations, and author...
The defense ministries of Korea and the U.S. on June 25 issued a joint statement to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War's outbreak. The photo shows Minister of National Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo (right) and U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper (left) on Feb. 24 posing for a photo before their bilateral talks. (Ministry of National Defense)
By Kim Minji and Lee Jihae
Minister of National Defense...
Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Kim Gang-lip (second from left) on June 24 discusses the government's capacity to respond to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a forum on Korea's response to and tasks in the pandemic at Blue Square in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District.
By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul | June 24, 2020
Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Kim...
Minister for Trade Yoo Myung-hee (right) and Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing on June 22 announce via videoconferencing the launch of negotiations on the proposed Korea-Singapore Digital Partnership Agreement. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Korea and Singapore are pushing to conclude a digital partnership agreement.
Minister for Trade Yoo Myung-hee and Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun...
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on June 17 announced the launch of a joint working group to develop self-driving ships by 2025. (MOTIE)
By Lee Hana
A national project to develop self-driving ships powered by a smart and autonomous system incorporating artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT), big data and sensors has set sail.
An autonomous...
(From left to right) The K-pop group N. Flying (Yoo Hwe-seung and Lee Seung-hyub), Korea-Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) President Kwon Pyung-oh, and the K-pop groups AOA (Ji-min and Seol-hyun) and SF9 (Young-bin and Ro-woon) on June 8 at K-Art Hall in Seoul's Olympic Park communicate in sign language expressing the overcoming of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). They were attending the 2020 Korea Brand & Entertainment Expo, with the...
The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency on June 10 announced that the Switzerland-based International Social Security Association and 16 other organizations in 13 countries, including Germany and France, requested data on Korea's quarantine and response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The photo shows staff disinfecting the subway doors at a Seoul Metro station. (Korea.net DB)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Jihae
Industrial safety organizations worldwide are...
Matthew Koshmrl, the American director of the feature-length documentary "Land of My Father" about Korea’s easternmost island of Dokdo, said the island holds universal themes that go beyond nationality and race.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Seoul | Oct. 14, 2019
"The world must know about Dokdo Island, not just Korea, because it holds a universal theme that goes beyond nationality or race:...
Na Seung-sik, deputy minister for trade and investment at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, on June 2 holds a media briefing on the government's responses to and policy directions for Japan's export restrictions on Korea at Government Complex-Sejong in Sejong. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Yoon Sojung
The government will resume the process of filing a...
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yun-mo (right) on June 1 poses with Hyundai Heavy Industries President Ka Sam-hyun in holding an agreement at the signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding on a construction capacity reservation deal for LNG vessels at Lotte Hotel in Seoul. Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, Qatargas CEO Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani,...
Bank of Korea Governor Lee Juyeol, concurrently chairman of the Monetary Policy Board, on May 28 chairs a meeting at the bank's headquarters in Seoul. (Bank of Korea)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae
The Bank of Korea's Monetary Policy Board on May 28 lowered the base interest rate by 25 basis points from 0.75% to 0.50% in a meeting on the direction...
Talk Talk Korea 2020, the biggest global contest for Korea-related content, runs through Sept. 15. Shown in the photo is the K-pop boy band ATEEZ, the 2020 PR ambassador for the Korean Culture and Information Service. (Korean Culture and Information Service)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Jihae
Talk Talk Korea 2020, the biggest global contest for Korea-related content, began on May 15 for a four-month run.
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo on May 7 speaks at his ministry's smart work center in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District in a videoconference with the heads of 19 Korean Cultural Centers in 15 countries. (Heo Man-jin, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Jihae
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo on May 7 held a videoconference with the heads...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo on May 8 appoints the K-pop boy band ATEEZ as promotional ambassadors of the ministry affiliate Korean Culture and Information Service at the ministry's smart work center in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District.
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae
Photos = Heo Man-jin, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), an affiliate of the Ministry of...
The video "Korea, Wonderland?" posted on March 17 on Korea.net's YouTube channel attracted more than a million views four days after it was posted. The content shows brave people jointly trying to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and helping those around them who are in a worse situation. Korea.net met such people to hear their stories firsthand.
Ko Eun-mi is a...