The Ministry of Justice announces on July 22 that lecturers and consultants invited to work at non-profit organizations in Korea for a short period of time will be exempt from requiring a work visa. The photo above shows the immigration counters at Terminal 2 at Incheon International Airport. (Korea.net DB)
By Jung Joo-ri and Kim Young Shin
People visiting non-profit organizations in Korea to...
President Moon Jae-in tries on a rehabilitation glove for stroke patients after announcing his administration's plans to boost innovation in the medical equipment industry, at the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in Seongnam-si City, Gyeonggi-do Province, on July 19. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in officially announced his administration's plans to boost innovation in the medical equipment industry...
Surfers enjoy the waves at the Songjeong Beach in Busan. (Korea Tourism Organization)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Min-Jeung
Transparent emerald-blue seas and sandy beaches surrounded by a dense forest of pine trees would make for a beautiful vacation spot, one that's kind of rare to find along Korea's coasts.
Nonetheless, there's at least one. On July 19, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (left) and U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt shake hands before their meeting in London on July 18. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Kim Young Shin
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and the U.K.’s new foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula, their economic relationship and cooperation, at the Korea-U.K. foreign ministerial strategic dialogue...
Seven members of the pop group Now United’ pose for a photo in a studio in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on July 12.
By Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | July 18, 2018
The pop sensation Now United arrived in Korea on July 6, the seventh country on its world tour.
With 14 members, all both dancers & singers and all from different countries,...
Participants in the 2017 Cultural Partnership Initiative Project pose for a photo at Korea House in Jung-gu District, Seoul, during the welcoming reception. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Min-Jeung
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on July 19 that 63 young professionals from 28 countries, including Georgia, the Philippines and Cuba, will participate in the government's...
By Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | July 18, 2018
“Different people from all around the world unite through music. Nothing can be more amazing than that.”
A new global pop group, Now United, has visited Korea for a week starting on July 6. Now United is an ambitious project managed by XIX Entertainment and created by Simon Fuller, famously known...
President Moon Jae-in speaks during the weekly senior secretariat meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on July 16. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Min-Jeung
President Moon Jae-in said that a new Asian era is approaching, and that “the two axes holding up the New Southern Policy are India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).” .
“Through the recent state visits, we have...
The Vietnamese romantic comedy film 'The Girl from Yesterday' (2017) will be screened at the Lotte Cinema World Tower during the two-day Vietnamese film festival that starts in Seoul on July 18.
By Park Hye Ri and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Korean Film Council
Korea's biggest Vietnamese film festival, Vietnam Film Days, will be held at the Lotte Cinema World Tower in Seoul for two...
Participants in the 10th World Korean Educators Conference wave to the camera as they hold up King Sejong Institute textbooks. (King Sejong Institute Foundation)
By Kim Hyelin and Kim Min-Jeung
The four-day 10th World Korean Educators Conference kicked off at the COEX convention center and at Le Méridien Seoul Hotel on July 10 and will run until July 13.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and...
A researcher from the Rural Development Administration inspects a new breed of strawberry in Hongseong County, Chungcheongnam-do Province, in December 2017. (Rural Development Administration)
By Hahm Hee-eun
In the early 20th century during a phase of rapid industrialization, many people in Korea moved to the city for better opportunities to earn money or to gain fame. As a result, around 10 million...
Ho Ching (second from left), the wife of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and first lady Kim Jung-sook (second from right) visit the Enabling Village, a community space dedicated to integrating the disabled with the able-bodied, in Singapore on July 12.
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
First lady Kim Jung-sook, on a state visit to Singapore with her...
The Bank of Korea (BOK) announces its decision to keep Korea's key interest rate at 1.50 percent in its Monetary Policy Board meeting on July 12. (BOK)
By Lee Yoonseo and Kim Min-Jeung
The Bank of Korea decided to keep Korea's key interest rate at 1.5 percent in its Monetary Policy Board meeting on July 12 for the eighth consecutive month since November. The...
A Korea Gas Corporation (KGC) employee explains how LNG is transported to representatives from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, in front of a model of the KGC's new LNG terminal, at the KOGAS Incheon LNG Terminal on June 28. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Lee Yoonseo and Kim Young Shin
Interest in clean, renewable energy and related industries is growing across the Korean economy....
First lady Kim Jung-sook meets the Phogat family whose story was the inspiration behind the 2016 film 'Dangal,' at a hotel in New Delhi on July 10. Pictured from left are: youngest son Dushyant, mother Daya Kaur, eldest Geeta, the first lady, father Mahavir Singh and second daughter Babita Phogat.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
First lady Kim Jung-sook, on...
President Moon Jae-in and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a roundtable for Korean and Indian CEOs in New Delhi on July 10.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
During his state visit to India, President Moon Jae-in attended a roundtable for Korean and Indian CEOs alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on July 10.
The conference was attended...
Presidential Senior Secretary for Public Relations Yoon Young-chan briefs the press about the significance of President Moon Jae-in’s state visit to India, at the press center in New Delhi on July 10. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Young Shin
Cheong Wa Dae announced that President Moon Jae-in’s state visit to India has helped the two sides affirm that their past partnership...
President Moon Jae-in (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk together to the meeting room at India’s state guesthouse in New Delhi on July 10. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in, on a state visit to India, held a summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at India’s state guesthouse on July 10. The two leaders agreed...
First lady Kim Jung-sook greets people at Humayun's Tomb in Delhi.
By Kim Eun-young and Min-Jeung Kim
Photo = Cheong Wa Dae
First lady Kim Jung-sook visited the UNESCO World Heritage site of Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, and then attended a K-pop contest organized by the Korean Cultural Center in India, all part of the official itinerary for the Korean president's state visit to India.
Cheong...
The new U.S. ambassador to Korea, Harry Harris (right), issues a brief statement after arriving at Incheon International Airport with his wife. (U.S Embassy & Consulate in Korea)
By Min-Jeung Kim
Harry Harris officially became the new U.S. ambassador to Korea on July 7.
A retired four-star admiral and the first Asian-American to hold that rank, Harris held a press conference upon his...