U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left), Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (center) and Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha hold a joint press conference following a ministerial meeting in Tokyo on July 8. (U.S. Department of State)
By Lee Hana
Top diplomats from Korea, the U.S. and Japan held a meeting in Tokyo on July 8 and reaffirmed their trilateral cooperation on the...
The head of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Nam Jaecheol (first row, left), the head of the China Earthquake Administration (CEA), Zheng Guogwang (first row, right), and other representatives pose for a group photo following a meeting about cooperation on earthquake disaster response, in Seoul on July 6. (KMA)
By Jung Joo-ri and Lee Hana
Korea and China have agreed to strengthen cooperation on...
President Moon Jae-in, currently on state visit to India, is welcomed by local students studying at the King Sejong Institute in New Delhi on July 8. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in highlighted the importance of cooperation between Korea and India as a leading partner in Seoul’s New Southern Policy on July 9. He also expressed his commitment to...
Athletes of the two Koreas march together at the opening ceremony of Asian Games, in Busan, on Sep. 29, 2002. (Korea Sports and Olympic Committee)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Hahm Hee-eun
North Korea will send a team of athletes to the Korea Open Table Tennis Tournament in Daejeon from July 17 to 22, and a team to the 52nd International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)...
President Moon Jae-in announces his administration's peace initiatives, at Berlin's Old City Hall in July 2017. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
Exactly one year ago, President Moon Jae-in announced the Berlin Initiative that outlines his administration’s North Korea policies to dissolve the Cold War structure and to establish lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, at Berlin's Old City Hall during...
Using ceramic coffee cups and portable tumblers instead of disposable paper cups has become more and more common at Cheong Wa Dae. The photo shows Director of National Security Chung Eui-yong using a mug to drink coffee during a conference. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Xu Aiying and Hahm Hee-eun
At Cheong Wa Dae, disposable paper cups are out, and instead more and more people...
An international student from India takes a selfie with first lady Kim Jung-sook after watching a Bollywood movie together, at an art-house cinema in Seoul on July 4. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
Seoul | July 4, 2018
First lady Kim Jung-sook spent an afternoon watching a Bollywood film with a group of Indian students studying in Korea. The event was arranged...
Some 150 Indian and ASEAN experts, including Chairman Sunjoy Joshi of the Observer Research Foundation (third from left) and former Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Ong Keng Yong (third from right), attend an international conference on Korea’s New Southern Policy, hosted by the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA), in Seoul on July 3. (KNDA)
By Kim Young...
The Jeokmyeolbogung Shrine that holds a sarira from the Sakayamuni Buddha is located in the forests of Odaesan Mountain in Pyeongchang-gun County. (Cultural Heritage Administration)
By Kang Gahui and Hahm Hee-eun
The Jeokmyeolbogung Shrine (적멸보궁) was designated as an official National Treasure on July 4. Located at Woljeongsa Temple (월정사), the shrine is one of the five temples in Korea that enshrine sariras, pearl-shaped...
On July 3, President Moon Jae-in speaks during a ceremony to launch a preparatory committee for events that will commemorate next year’s 100th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement and the establishment of a provisional government in exile in protest of colonial rule. The ceremony took place at the Culture Station Seoul 284 in Jung-gu District, Seoul.
By Xu Aiying and Yoon...
Lea Moreau began living in Korea when she settled in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do Province. Here, Moreau poses for a photo with the English edition of the travel guide she wrote for the province in 2016.
By Jung Joo-ri and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Lea Moreau
A YouTuber who posts videos about Korean heritage and traditions, the writer of a Jeollanam-do Province guide book, and an expert...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (right) and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel hold a joint press conference at the Government Complex-Seoul on July 2.
By Kim Min-Jeung
Photos = Prime Minister’s Office
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel held a joint press conference at the Government Complex-Seoul on July 2 where they announced their goals to strengthen bilateral ties and...
Experts gather at a forum to discuss the future of digitized museums in the age of the fourth industrial revolution, held at the National Museum of Korea on June 29. (National Museum of Korea)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Seoul | June 29, 2018
The digitalization of museums, a move that would allow us to see cultural artifacts anytime and anywhere, has become a...
South Korea's Secretary General Jeon Choong-Ryul (left) from the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee and North Korea's Vice Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Won Kil U (right) discuss joint sporting events, at the Peace House in Panmunjeom on June 18. (Ministry of Unification)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Young Shin
A South Korean delegation, including athletes, will cross the northern border on...
Hi, it's Hana of #HANAGo. I'm here to answer your questions and to enjoy all that Korea has to offer along the way. Just ask and I'll go!
Episode One is my answer to a question sent in by Nistha Shrestha from Nepal, who asked, "Where can I go in Seoul to get the best photos of Hanok buildings and...
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (second from left) poses for a group photo with the winners of the Talk Talk Korea 2017 competition, at the Seoullo 7017 park in Seoul in Novermber 2017. (Jeon Han)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
The global Talk Talk Korea contest this year is gathering the most participants ever since its launch...
The Korean delegation celebrates as seven sansa Buddhist mountain monasteries get inscribed on UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites, during the 42nd meeting of the World Heritage Committee held in Manama on June 30. (Cultural Heritage Administration)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Young Shin
A network of sansa Buddhist mountain temples located across Korea's southern provinces has been added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites. This...
Presidential writer Elizabeth G. Kraft Lee from the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) gives a brief speech after receiving the Peony Medal during a retirement ceremony at the National Museum of Korea on June 29. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Kim Young Shin
Seoul | June 29, 2018
Elizabeth G. Kraft Lee, a writer and editor who worked 41 years at the Korean Culture...
The delegation from South Korea, including Kim Jeong-ryeol (second from left), the second vice chairman at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, crosses over the Military Demarcation Line to attend high-level talks about inter-Korean road cooperation at the Thongil House in Panmunjeom on June 28. (Ministry of Unification)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Hahm Hee-eun
The two Koreas have agreed to modernize the...
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) (third from left) attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the New York Korea Center on 32nd Street in Manhattan on June 28.
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Photos = Korean Culture and Information Service
A groundbreaking ceremony for the New York Korea Center was held by the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) on...