Korea Focus is an interview series produced by Korea.net, in which we meet with professionals who have an area of expertise related to Korea. Learn about Korean arts & culture, history, medicine, policies and more by tuning in to this in-depth series.
In this episode, we meet with Daniel Tändler, an architect at Urban Detail, to find out how he...
Winners of King Sejong Institute (KSI)’s “Korean Speech Contest” pose for a group photograph after the Award Ceremony at the COEX Convention Center, in Seoul, on Oct. 4. (King Sejong Institute Foundation)
By Kim Hyelin and Hahm Hee-eun
Seoul | Oct. 9, 2018
“This year, the two Koreas showed that they are trying a lot to reconcile with each other. If they take serious steps...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) and President Moon Jae-in shake hands before their meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Oct. 7. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
“U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the North helped create an atmosphere and conditions for a second U.S.-North Korea summit to be held at an early date,” said President Moon...
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo exchange views on ways to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula over the phone on Oct. 29. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Oct. 29, and underscored the need to move forward denuclearization...
The 2018 PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games became the winner of the best multi-sport event of the year at the SportsTravel Awards which took place in Louisville, U.S., on Oct. 4.
By Kang Gahui and Yoon Sojung
The 2018 PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games were named as the best multi-sport event of the 2018 SportsTravel Awards.
The U.S. sports magazine SportsTravel announced the...
The opening ceremony of the 23rd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) beingheld at the Busan Cinema Center in Haeundae, Busan, on Oct. 4
By Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Organizing Committee
Asia’s largest film festival, the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), celebrated its 23rd anniversary on Oct. 4. This year, the festival will be hosting 324 films from 79...
‘Chaban,’ Grand Prize of the 4th Hangeul Idea Award
By Xu Aiying and Kim Min-Jeung
Photos = Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA)
The winners of the Hangeul Idea Award, which was held to find the originality and beauty of the Korean alphabet, Hangeul, were announced on Oct. 2.
The contest, organized by the Korea Creative Content Agency under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, was...
Former Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama, on his knees, offers words of consolation to the surviving victims of atomic bombings at Hapcheon, Gyeongsangnam-do province.
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Min-Jeung
Photos = Hapcheon Welfare Center for Atomic Bomb Victims
Former Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama, well known for being a pro-Korean politician, visited Hapcheon in Gyeongsangnam-do province on Oct. 3 and apologized to the surviving...
By Park Hye Ri and Yoon Sojung
Photos = The Korea Defense Daily Jo Yong-hak
Peace is coming to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the symbol of the division of the Korean Peninsula.
The landmine elimination work began on Oct. 1, to transform the DMZ in Cheorwon in Gangwon-do Province, into a land of peace.
The removal work is in line with Agreement on the Implementation of...
The participants in the National Foundation Day parade pose for a group photo after the ceremony on Oct. 3, 2017.
By Oh Hyun Woo and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Korea.net DB
The Ministry of Interior and Safety will host a ceremony to mark the 4,350th anniversary of National Foundation Day at the Sejong Center in Seoul at 10a.m. on Oct. 3. Some 2,000 guests,...
President Moon Jae-in (second from the right) and first lady Kim Jung-sook pledge loyalty to the national flag on the 70th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at the Peace Plaza of the War Memorial of Korea In Yongsan-gu District, Seoul on Oct. 1.
By Kim Hyelin and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in emphasized the significance of a strong military in...
President Moon Jae-in and other authorities offer a silent tribute to the 64 fallen heroes that returned home at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province on Oct. 1.
By Kim Hyelin and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
After a long 68 years, the remains of 64 soldiers that passed away in North Korean territory during the Korean War (1950-1953) returned to their...
North and South Korea begin their work to remove landmines in the Panmunjeom Joint Security Area (JSA) and in other parts of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Cheorwon, Gangwon-do Province, on Oct. 1. (Korea.net DB)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Hana
The two Koreas have begun to clear landmines in the Panmunjeom Joint Security Area (JSA) and on Arrowhead Ridge in Cheorwon, Gangwon-do...
The Smart Entry Service, automated immigration inspection gates, has become available to non-Korean residents entering any airport or port across the country starting Oct. 1. The photo above shows the automated immigration gate at Terminal 2 of the Incheon International Airport. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
Starting Oct. 1, non-Korean residents and overseas Koreans can benefit from the Smart Entry...
U.S. journalist Tim Shorrock talks about the historic Pyeongyang summit as he sits down with Korea.net on Sept. 19 outside the Seoul-based main press center for the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit Pyeongyang.
By Pyeongyang Press Corps
There is one U.S. analyst who has been pursuing issues concerning the Korean Peninsula for the past few decades. His name is Tim Shorrock and he’s a...
President Moon Jae-in grants an interview to Fox News at the Parker New York Hotel on Sept. 25.
By Kim Min-Jeung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in stated on Sept. 25 that a prerequisite for peace on the Korean Peninsula is denuclearization, and that denuclearization should take place to help stabilize that peace.
The president was speaking in an interview with the...
President Moon Jae-in (left) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi hold bilateral talks at the U.N. in New York on Sept. 26.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in, on his visit to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly, held bilateral summits with his Egyptian and Chilean counterparts on Sept. 26 to discuss ways to...
President Moon Jae-in (left) and U.S. president Donald Trump shake hands before their meeting at the Lotte New York Palace hotel in New York on Sept. 24. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in, on a visit to New York to attend the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held bilateral summits with the U.S. and...
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In this episode made especially for the Chuseok Mid-Autumn Festival, I will explore a very chewy kind of Korean food - tteok.
Tteok, or rice cake, is a food that comes in many variations. No Korean festival, celebration or anniversary would be complete without tteok - and this includes Chuseok!
Songpyeon, shaped like half moons, is a...