Misting pipes that create a chilling spray are installed along Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul to cool the streets during the summer months. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Kim Young Deok and Kim Young Shin
Pedestrians strolling through Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul this summer will be able to enjoy a much more pleasant atmosphere thanks to the “cooling fog,” a type of chilling artificial...
Students take part in a K-pop dance class at the Korean Cultural Center in London. (KCC London)
By Min Yea-Ji and Sohn JiAe
More Korean cultural centers around the world will now open K-pop Academies, providing courses in K-pop singing and dancing.
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, announced on May 28 that a total...
President Moon Jae-in (right) embraces North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after their second summit, at the Tongilgak on the northern side of Panmunjeom on May 26.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos∙Video = Cheong Wa Dae
“Let’s meet without any formality.”
The May 26 Inter-Korean Summit was made possible after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s unexpected request and it has reignited the faltered dialogue...
President Moon Jae-in presides over a meeting with his top aides at Cheong Wa Dae on May 28. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in said that, “The reason why the May 26 Inter-Korean Summit was more significant than other previous inter-Korean talks was the fact that we leaders easily contacted each other, agreed to meet, and actually met without...
By Kim Young Shin
The Korean Culture & Information Service (KOCIS), part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has just released a video collage of the most memorable moments of the new Moon Jae-in administration as selected by Korea.net's team of Honorary Reporters.
Currently, there are 271 Honorary Reporters from 56 countries who work with Korea.net. A total of 19...
Students at the Korean Cultural Center in Berlin study Korean to prepare for the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK). (Korea.net DB)
By Min Yea-Ji and Sohn JiAe
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the King Sejong Institute Foundation announced on May 23 that a total of 16 new Sejoing Institutes have been established in 13 countries around the world.
Three of those...
Authorities from Korea and South America pose for a photo during trade negotiations. From left are Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga, Korean Minister for Trade Kim Hyun-chong, Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysia Nunes Ferreira, Brazilian Minister of Industry and Commerce Marcos Jorge de Lima, and Brazilian Deputy-Minister of Foreign Ministry Horacio Reyser Travers. (Ministry...
A group of trainees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo attends the orientation and training session for the Capacity Building Program for Systemic Management of the National Museum that was held at Korea House in Jung-gu, Seoul, on May 15.
By Kang Gahui and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation
Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation announced on May 25 that it has started...
The Facts Korea website, operated by the Korean Culture & Information Service (KOCIS), provides correct information about Korea. (Facts Korea)
By Hahm Hee-eun
The Korean Culture & Information Service (KOCIS), part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, announced on May 25 that it has found and modified 312 errors about Korea in 253 articles worldwide.
KOCIS has been giving extra effort...
Goethe-Institut Korea is located in Huam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. (Goethe-Institut Korea)
By Min Yea-Ji and Hahm Hee-eun
The Goethe-Institut Korea, which has led cultural exchanges between Korea and Germany, will be holding an open house at 11 a.m. on May 26 to commemorate its 50th anniversary of opening in Huam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Ever since it was first established in Korea in 1968, the cultural center...
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim (left) shakes hand with President Moon Jae-in at Cheong Wa Dae on May 25. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in held a meeting with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, on a visit to Korea to attend the annual meeting of the African Development Bank held in Busan, in Seoul on May...
U.S. President Donald Trump releases on May 24 a letter in which he claims he will cancel the planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that was scheduled for June 12 in Singapore. (Twitter)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in has expressed his deep regrets over U.S. President Donald Trump’s apparent cancellation on May 24 of a planned summit with...
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook deplane at the Seoul Base Airport in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do Province, on May 24 after the president's summit with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in returned home at 12:40 a.m. on May 24 after wrapping up his visit to Washington, D.C., to hold a summit with...
The Dharma Ceremony for Buddha’s 2,562nd birthday is held this year at Seoul's Jogyesa Temple on May 22.
By Kim Hyelin and Hahm Hee-eun
Photo = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | May 23, 2018
To celebrate Buddha’s 2,562nd birthday, various Dharma Ceremonies were held across Korea. Among them, one of the largest ceremonies took place at Seoul's Jogyesa Temple, the center of the Jogye Order of...
President Moon Jae-in tours the exhibition hall at the Joseon-era legation building of the Korean Empire in Washington, D.C., during its re-opening ceremony on May 22.
By Kang Gahui and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook paid a visit to what used to be the Joseon-era legation building during the Korean Empire, as part of their...
The Korea Tourism Organization promotes Korean performances to crowds in Kobe in March. (Korea Tourism Organization)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
Popular Korean musicals and shows will be staged in Japan at the Korea Performance Festival in Tokyo from May 24 to 27.
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on May 21 that it will stage seven shows, including musicals, with captions, such...
President Moon Jae-in (left) shakes hands with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, prior to their one-on-one meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 22.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
Video = White House
Leaders of Korea and the U.S. have vowed to work together to make a U.S.-North Korea Summit possible as scheduled for June.
On May 22, President...
First lady Kim Jung-sook (right) exchanges greetings with U.S. second lady Karen Pence at the Decatur House in Washington, D.C., on May 22.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
First lady Kim Jung-sook, visiting the U.S. alongside President Moon Jae-in, met with U.S. second lady Karen Pence at the Decatur House in Washington, D.C., on May 22.
This was the third meeting...
The send-off ceremony for the national soccer team as it heads to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia is held at Seoul Plaza in front of Seoul City Hall on May 21.
By Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul | May 21, 2018
The send-off ceremony for the national soccer team as it prepares for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia was...
First lady Kim Jung-sook invites to Cheong Wa Dae on May 17 members of a support group that helps institutionalized youth become self-supporting. In the photo, first lady Kim offers roses to the guests during a dinner. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Hyelin and Yoon Sojung
First lady Kim Jung-sook invited to Cheong Wa Dae members of a support group that helps people leave...