Jongmyo Daeje, a rite worshipping the kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), was held at Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul on May 5.
The annual ceremony is held on the first Sunday of May, which was Children's Day this year, complete with programs for children to enjoy. In the afternoon, a royal procession started from Gyeongbokgung Palace and ended at Jongmyo Shrine. As soon as the...
To gauge the direction of cooperation between Korea and the world, Korea.net is running a series of interviews with ambassadors to Korea. This episode features Hungarian Ambassador and Korea scholar Mózes Csoma, who expresses his thoughts on the prospects of a bilateral relationship that marks its 30th anniversary this year.
Hungarian Ambassador to Korea Mózes Csoma on April 16 talks...
The Lotus Lantern Parade took place in central Seoul on May 4 as a ceremony to celebrate the Buddha's birth.
The parade, the main event of the annual Lotus Lantern Festival, featured Koreans and non-Koreans marching and holding lanterns representing their countries and Buddhist figures.
The Lantern Festival Global Supporters, comprised of students from 26 countries, gave performances and assisted foreign visitors to the festival. This international...
Visitors on April 27 walk along a fortified coastal road known as the DMZ Peace Trail in Goseong-gun County, Gangwon-do Province. The trail has been opened to the public for the first time in 65 years.
By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
Photos = Kim Young Deok
Gangwon-do | April 27, 2019
"Welcome to DMZ Peace Trail."
So read the sign on the electronic signboard of the Jejin...
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Today I'm going to answer a question sent in by Esraa Elzeny from Egypt who asked, "Where are the most beautiful flower festivals in Korea during the spring season?"
Spring flowers on the Korean Peninsula have been blooming from the southern tip of Jeju Island all the way up to Seoul these past few weeks.
In this...
This huge Taegeukgi (Korean national flag) hangs on a building at Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the March First Independence Movement. On April 11, a ceremony to mark the centennial anniversary of the Korean Provisional Government was scheduled at Seoul's Yeouido Park under the slogan "A history guarded by its people, a country led by...
Built in 1790, the garden Seongnakwon is open to visitors from April 23 to June 11 this year; it had been off-limits to the public for more than 200 years. (Seoul Metropolitan City)
By Lee Kyoungmi and Lee Jihae
Seongnakwon, a garden built during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), has been opened to the public for the first time in 200 years, with the Seoul...
President Moon Jae-in (left) and first lady Kim Jung-sook on April 23 arrive at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province, after completing their three-nation tour of Central Asia.
By Park Hye Ri and Kim Minji
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in, fresh from a tour of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, has stressed the importance of Central Asia to the Korean economy, urging the...
Forsythias come into view as one starts climbing Bukhansan Mountain from Gugi Exploration Support Center.
By Jung Joo-ri and Lee Jihae
Photos = Jung Joo-ri
Seoul | April 11, 2019
Spring is the season with an abundance of beautiful flowers, and related events are held throughout Korea such as the Jeju Canola Flower Festival and Yeouido Cherry Blossom Flower Festival.
For those wanting to see even more unique flowers, going...
President Moon Jae-in (left) on April 22 attends a joint news conference with Kazakh President Kassym Jomart Tokayev at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace in Nursultan, Kazakhstan.
By Xu Aiying and Kim Minji
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in and Kazakh President Kassym Jomart Tokayev on April 22 pledged to jointly work on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
In a bilateral summit at Ak...
President Moon Jae-in on April 21 hosts a repatriation ceremony at Nursultan International Airport for the remains of Korean independence activists who had been buried in Kazakhstan.
By Kim Minji
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in on April 21 presided over at Nursultan International Airport a repatriation ceremony for the remains of Korean independence fighters who had been buried in Kazakhstan.
The bilateral...
President Moon Jae-in (left) on April 19 shakes hands with Uzbek President Shavkat Miriziyoyev at a signing ceremony after their bilateral summit. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kang Gahui and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in and Uzbek President Shavkat Miriziyoyev on April 19 agreed to upgrade their bilateral ties to the level of a special strategic partnership.
The two leaders reached this agreement at their summit...
To gauge the direction of cooperation between Korea and the world, Korea.net is running a series of interviews with ambassadors to Korea. In this episode, Kazak Ambassador to Korea Bakyt Dyussenbayev speaks about the steady advancement of bilateral ties and cooperation between Seoul and Nursultan.
Kazakh Ambassador to Korea Bakyt Dyussenbayev on April 5 explains the common traits shared by...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on April 19 pays his respects at a national ceremony in northern Seoul to mark the 59th anniversary of the April 19 Revolution, a pro-democracy uprising in 1960.
By Park Hye Ri and Lee Hana
Photos = Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
A ceremony held in Seoul on April 19 marked the 59th anniversary of the April 19 Revolution, a...
President Moon Jae-in (left) on April 19 listens to an explanation about joint telemedicine between Korean and Uzbek medical teams at Inha University's campus in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Inha University-Tashkent (IUT) opened in 2014 to allow the Uzbek government to acquire Korea's human resource development system based on information and communications technology. Inha’s main campus in Incheon is also financing...
President Moon Jae-in (left) on April 17 holds a summit with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow at Oguzkhan Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
By Song Baleun and Lee Jihae
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in and Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on April 17 announced plans to boost bilateral cooperation in sectors such as energy and infrastructure.
At Oguzkhan Palace in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat, the two...
The traditional Korean dance hwagwanmu is performed using high-tech lighting at Gyeonghoeru Pavilion of Seoul’s Gyeongbokgung Palace. (Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation)
By Kang Gahui and Lee Jihae
The nine-day Royal Culture Festival from April 27 to May 5 will be held at the royal palaces of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), displaying Korea’s proud culture and history through state-of–the-art technology.
The Cultural Heritage Administration on April...
Manwoldae Palace in Gaeseong, North Korea, is where the joint excavation project is being conducted. (Cultural Heritage Administration)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Minji
The United Nations Security Council's Sanctions Committee on North Korea on April 16 approved a sanction waiver for bringing equipment to the North for joint inter-Korean excavations of Manwoldae Palace in Gaeseong.
Since 2007, both Koreas have conducted seven joint excavations...
The late Father Ji Jeong-hwan, a Belgian-born Catholic priest with the birth name Didier t'Serstevens, helped launch the Korean cheese industry in Imsil-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province. (Imsil-gun County)
By Kim Hwaya
Imsil cheese is a specialty founded in Imsil-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province, a rural area in the country’s southwestern region. The brains behind this creation belonged to Father Ji Jeong-hwan, a Belgian-born Catholic...
President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump on April 11 lead an expanded meeting at the White House in Washington. Saying last week’s bilateral summit was "positive,” the U.S. administration said, "Coordination and cooperation between the United States and the ROK (Republic of Korea) on North Korea are stronger than ever." (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Minji
The U.S. administration has...