Valerie Cliff, deputy regional director for Asia-Pacific at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), explains on April 12 the importance of private sector partnership in achieving the U.N.’s sustainable development goals in a workshop at Seoul's Plaza Hotel.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul | April 12, 2019
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on April 12 opened a workshop in Seoul for...
Interviewing leaders | #3. Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Balanced national development is the government's key challenge in the government's drive to solving issues Korea faces such as low economic growth, wealth polarization, the low birth rate, and developmental and economic disparity in the provinces.
President Moon Jae-in said in February last year at a proclamation ceremony for balanced national development, "Based...
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 Turkmen Ambassador to Korea Myrat Mammetalyyev, who discusses diplomatic relations and areas for potential cooperation between Korea and Turkmenistan, one of the three Central Asian nations where President Moon Jae-in will visit.
Turkmen Ambassador to...
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mee (fourth from left) on April 11 speaks to OSJD (Organization for Cooperation of Railways) Chairman Tadeusz Szozda (third from left) at the 34th Conference of General Directors of OSJD Railways held at Seoul's Lotte Hotel.
By Lee Jihae
Photos = Jeon Han
The chairman of the Poland-based Organization for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD) on April 11...
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Hwaya
Photos & videos = Min Yea-Ji
Yeongju | April 11, 2019
A conventional Korean farming tool made by a blacksmith in a small provincial town in Korea is growingly popular on Amazon.com and has earned rave reviews.
The homi (hand plow) has received a lot of praise from satisfied customers with glowing testimonials on YouTube like "the best gardening tool ever." Unlike a...
100 Tower at Anguk Station in Seoul shows the faces of about 800 Korean independence fighters in 100 seconds to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the March First Independence Movement. (Song Baleun)
By Song Baleun and Kim Hwaya
"Entering the gate is same as opening the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea."
This phrase is on a sign for 100 Gate at Exit 4...
To mark the centennial anniversary of the Korean Provisional Government, graffiti artworks featuring independence activists will be displayed from April 6-20 on building facades in Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Choi Taesoon
Seoul | April 9, 2019
Ahead of the centennial anniversary of the Korean Provisional Government on April 11, several graffiti artworks have gone up on major building facades in Seoul's...
South Korea in 1953 built its first guard post on its eastern coast shortly after the two Koreas concluded the military armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War. (Cultural Heritage Administration)
By Kang Gahui and Lee Jihae
A guard post on the country's eastern coast will become a cultural heritage, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced on April 8.
Symbolizing the division of the...
The poster for "Die Regentrude," a pansori-infused work by the Korean performing arts troupe Heebie Jeebie Juice, will make its debut in Germany this month. (KCC Germany)
By Kim Hyelin and Lee Jihae
Since 1979, Korean Cultural Centers (KCCs) have promoted Korea and its culture worldwide through hosting arts and cultural events. The 32 centers in 27 countries showcase and support Korean heritage and...
An operator at the Immigration Contact Center (1345) in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province, provides interpretation service for a caller. The center from this month began providing three-way interpretation with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office for foreign victims of crime. (Ministry of Justice)
By Song Baleun and Kim Minji
The Ministry of Justice on April 2 announced the expansion of interpretation service for foreign victims of crime...
The Merida City Council of Mexico's Yucatan state on March 30 designates May 4 as Korea Day to honor the arrival of 1,033 Korean immigrants in the country. (Korean Embassy in Mexico)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Hwaya
The Mexican city of Merida has officially designated May 4 as Korea Day to honor the estimated 1,033 Korean immigrants who settled there in 1905, the...
For the first time, Korea from April 8-12 will host the conference for general directors of the Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD). This picture is from last year's conference in Da Nang, Vietnam. (Korail)
By Jeon Han and Lee Hana
"Toward a future of peace and prosperity" is the slogan of the 34th conference for general directors of the Organization for Cooperation between...
President Moon Jae-in March 28 gives a speech in a meeting with foreign investors at Cheong Wa Dae. (Hyoja-dong Studio)
By Kim Minji
President Moon Jae-in, in a March 28 meeting with representatives from foreign-invested companies, asked for their "unwavering support" for the Korean economy.
At Yeongbingwan Guest House of Cheong Wa Dae, he discussed in the event titled "Innovative Growth with Korea"...
Hi, it's Hana of #HanaGo.
Today I'm at the media day for the Seoul Motor Show 2019, a biennial trade show that introduces latest models designed by the world's biggest automakers.
The theme of this year's show is "Sustainable Connected Mobility," which I find is quite fitting given the current state of our environment, and the pressing need to focus our...
President Moon Jae-in will visit Washington from April 10-11 for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. The two leaders are shown in this photo from Sept. 24, 2018, during the United Nations General Assembly at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Minji
President Moon Jae-in from April 10-11 will visit Washington for...
This lunch set is available for advance purchase by visitors to Sobaeksan Mountain National Park in Chungcheongbuk-do Province. (Korea National Park Service)
By Park Gil-ja and Kim Minji
Since cooking at Korean national parks is banned because flammable materials are prohibited there, visitors can instead preorder lunchboxes made with the culinary specialties of a region and pick them up at the parks.
The Korea National...
Spring Travel Week (April 27-May 12) will offer specialized tours and deals throughout the country. (Jeon Han)
By Kim Hyelin and Kim Hwaya
Spring Travel Week, slated for April 27 to May 12, will offer tourism products featuring warmer weather and greenery in Korea, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said on March 27.
Nine municipal or...
On day three of his state visit to Korea, King Philippe of Belgium attended a Korea-Belgium Business Forum at the FKI conference center in Seoul.
Around 120 guests from both countries participated in the forum, including the Belgian deputy prime minister, and the chairman of the Federation of Korean Industries.
At the forum, themed on innovation, presentations were given by Korean...
Unification Ministry Spokesperson Baik Tae Hyun on March 25 tells a news briefing that the inter-Korean liaison office in the North Korean border city of Gaeseong was partially normalized after several Pyeongyang officials returned. The North on March 22 had pulled all of its staff from the facility.
By Song Baleun and Kim Minji
The inter-Korean liaison office in Gaeseong on March 25 partially...
To gauge the direction of cooperation between Korea and the world, Korea.net is running a series of interviews with ambassadors to Korea. The third installment of this series features Swedish Ambassador to Korea Jakob Hallgren, who speaks on the potential of Korean-Swedish relations as both countries this year mark 60 years of bilateral ties.
Swedish Ambassador to Korea Jakob Hallgren...