Darcy Paquet, the English-language subtitle translator of Bong Joon-ho's Palme d'Or-winning "Parasite" (2019), on June 14 poses at a cafe in Seoul.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | June 14, 2019
Darcy Paquet, an American movie critic who has lived in Korea for close to 20 years, wears many hats in the Korean film industry: critic, lecturer, author, translator, artistic...
President Moon Jae-in on June 13 holds a joint news conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg after their summit at her official residence in Oslo, Norway. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Minji
President Moon Jae-in on June 13 again hinted at the possibility of an inter-Korean summit this month while on a state visit to Norway.
In a joint news conference...
President Moon Jae-in on June 10 visits Otaniemi, a district in Espoo, Finland, known as the "Silicon Valley of Europe." (Cheong Wa Dae’s official Facebook page)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in has used his three-nation tour of Northern Europe to reconfirm cooperation and support from Finland, Norway and Sweden, three key partners in Korea's policy toward "innovative growth."
On the first...
President Moon Jae-in on June 12 delivers a speech during the Oslo Forum at the University of Oslo in Norway.
By Oh Hyun Woo and Kim Hwaya
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in on June 12 explained the peace process on the Korean Peninsula during the Oslo Forum at the University of Oslo in Norway, saying "structural violence" due to the peninsula's division should be...
From mid-July, non-Koreans who stay in Korea for six months or longer are required to subscribe to national health insurance. (National Health Insurance Service)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Hana
All foreign nationals who stay in Korea for six months or longer from July 16 must sign up for national health insurance, the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) announced on June 13.
Those who...
President Moon Jae-in (right) and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on June 11 shake hands at the Korean-Finnish Startup Summit in Helsinki.
By Song Baleun and Lee Jihae
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in on June 11 said at the Korea-Finland Startup Summit in Helsinki, "I strongly believe that cooperation between the two countries will strengthen through innovation."
Speaking to about 200 entrepreneurs from both...
Ingredients such as grain, lotus roots, dates and nuts are put on a lotus leaf along with rice and then wrapped. The wrap is steamed in a sot (traditional caldron) to produce yeonnipbap(steamed rice wrapped in a lotus leaf).
By Xu Aiying and Kim Hwaya
Photos = Xu Aiying
Buyeo | June 11, 2019
A food is often remembered by one key ingredient, be it the banana leaf that wraps...
President Moon Jae-in (left) and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (right) on June 10 hold a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki after their summit. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Eun-young and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on June 10 discussed the inter-Korean peace process and boosting bilateral ties in their summit in Helsinki.
In a joint news...
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) and first lady Kim Jung-sook (right) on June 9 greets Finnish Economic Affairs and Employment Minister Katri Kulmuni after the presidential couple's arrival at Helsinki Airport. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Hwaya
President Moon Jae-in on June 9 arrived in Finland to start his eight-day tour of three Northern European countries.
Through this trip, the president...
To gauge the direction of cooperation between Korea and the world, Korea.net is running a series of interviews with ambassadors to Korea. Korea.net met with Finnish Ambassador Eero Suominen, who discusses the similarities between both nations and advancement of bilateral ties ahead of the state visit of President Moon Jae-in to Finland starting from June 9.
Finnish Ambassador to Korea Eero...
Masao Sato on May 29 recounts what led him to donate his family’s original copy of the Korean Declaration of Independence to the Independence Hall of Korea during his visit to Deoksugung Palace in Seoul.
By Kim Eun-young and Lee Jihae
Photo = Kim Eun-young
Seoul | June 7, 2019
A retired Japanese teacher of history has returned an original copy of Korea’s Declaration of Independence to the...
The holiday of Dano (단오, 端午) falls on Friday, June 7, this year and corresponds to the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Dano is the smallest of modern Korea's three most-celebrated traditional holidays, the other two being the Chuseok Mid-Autumn Festival (추석, 秋夕) in September and/or October and Seollal Lunar New Year's (설날) in January and/or February.
The word "Dano" literally means...
Minister of SMEs and Startups Park Young-sun on June 7 explains at Seoul Press Center the goals of President Moon Jae-in's upcoming state visits to three Northern European countries.
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Jihae
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Seoul | June 7, 2019
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups on June 7 said it will shore up its cooperation with startups to implement the initiatives reached by...
By Jeon Han
Photos = Jeon Han
Illustration = Manus Eugune
"I might die but let The Daehan Maeil Sinbo (The Korea Daily News, now The Seoul Sinmun) remain to save Koreans" were the last words of Ernest Thomas Bethell (1872-1909) before he died in Korea on May 1, 1909, at age 37.
Bethell first went to Korea in 1904 as a journalist for the British newspaper The...
President Moon Jae-in on June 6 consoles Kim Cha-hee, 93, at Memorial Tablet Enshrinement Hall inside Hyeonchungtap Memorial Tower of Seoul National Cemetery. Her husband was a student who was killed while serving in the Korean War.
By Jeon Han and Kim Minji
Photos = Hyoja-dong Studio
"One duty of a state is to respond to the firm conviction that no matter what happens, the state...
National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang on May 29 gives a speech at the Russian Federal Council in Moscow. (National Assembly of Korea)
By Kim Minji
National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang on May 29 gave a speech at the Russian Federation Council in Moscow stressing peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula and the opening of a Eurasian era.
As the first South Korean...
To gauge the direction of cooperation between Korea and the world, Korea.net is running a series of interviews with ambassadors to Korea. The interview below features Norwegian Ambassador to Korea Frode Solberg, who discusses the bilateral partnership as both countries mark 60 years of diplomatic ties this year.
Norwegian Ambassador to Korea Frode Solberg on April 29 discusses 60 years...
The Korean Cultural Center in New York on June 29 will host a performance of gugak(traditional Korean music) called "Kokdu, a Story of Guardian Angels" at Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center. (Korean Cultural Center New York)
Since 1979, Korean Cultural Centers (KCCs) have promoted Korea and its culture worldwide through hosting arts and cultural events. The 32 centers in 27...
President Moon Jae-in on May 30 presides over an emergency meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Korean tourists who went missing in Hungary after their boat sank in a collision. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in on May 30 issued an urgent order for the swift rescue of Korean tourists in Budapest, Hungary, who went missing after...
Hi, it's Hana of HanaGo.
Today, I'm going to spend an entire episode introducing Korea.net's Honorary Reporters, our group of content creators who share a passion for Korea and Korean culture.
This year's incoming group consists of 591 reporters from 73 countries, and over the next year, these reporters will cover Korea-related news locally and in their respective countries, in nine...