By Lee Hana
Photo = Jeon Han
Video = Kim Sunjoo, Choi Tae-soon
We are at the Seoul Plaza on May 21, where an official ceremony is taking place for the footballers that will represent Team Korea at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia next month.
With just 24 days left to go before big event, most of the footballers on the World Cup roster are...
President Moon Jae-in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on the morning of May 20 to discuss recent announcements from Pyeongyang. (Cheong Wa Dae Facebook)
By Park Gil-ja and Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 20, one day before his visit to the U.S. for the Seoul-Washington summit. The two leaders discussed recent announcements...
Minister of Culture Do Jonghwan delivers the keynote speech during the ‘Culture Vision 2030 -- Culture with People’ event, held at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul on May 16. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Young Shin
The Moon Jae-in administration unveiled its vision for a new cultural policy with 37 major tasks across nine...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon attends a commemorative ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement, and pays his respects at the May 18 National Cemetery, in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do Province, on May 18.
By Park Hye Ri and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
A commemorative ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the May 18 Gwangju...
Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai (left) and his Korean counterpart, Minister Kang Kyung-wha, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on May 17. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Kim Young Shin
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha held a meeting with the Thai foreign minister, Don Pramudwinai, in Seoul on May 17. They discussed ways to promote Korea-Thailand diplomatic ties that celebrates...
Fujita Saki (left) poses like the pop group Twice while shopping with her mother in Myeongdong, in Seoul on May 4.
By Kim Eun-young, Lee Kyoung Mi and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Kim Eun-young and Lee Kyoung Mi
Seoul | May 18, 2018
The "Third Korean Wave" has settled across Japan.
The growing popularity of Korean pop music, TV shows and movies in East Asia and elsewhere is no longer just...
Members of the National Security Council discuss ways to thoroughly carry out the Panmunjeom Declaration, as agreed upon at the Inter-Korean Summit, at Cheong Wa Dae on May 17. (Korea.net DB)
By Sohn JiAe
Cheong Wa Dae has reaffirmed its commitment to carrying out the Panmunjeom Declaration step-by-step, as agreed between the leaders of the two Koreas on April 27, in a...
Tourists visit the Alpensia Ski Jump Center before the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in January 2018. (Korea.net DB)
By Xu Aiying and Hahm Hee-eun
The Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) released its “Hallyu Impact Research Report 2017” on May 17 that looks at the growing popularity of Korean cultural products in East Asia and elsewhere. The report said that...
The Korea International Broadcast, Audio & Lighting Equipment Show (KOBA 2018) is held at the COEX convention center in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu District, Seoul, from May 15 to 18. Visitors to the expo on May 16 get first-hand experiences creating their own videos at a specially built studio for video creators.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Seoul l May 16, 2018
As more and...
The building that used to be the Korean legation in the U.S. during Joseon times is of significant value as a cultural property. It's the only Korean legation that retains its original looks, among the diplomatic buildings used by both Joseon and the Korean Empire. Pictured is the building in 1893 (left) and a current picture of the building.
By Kang...
Korea Film Council chair Oh Seok Geun speaks during the Korean Film Night at Cannes, held on the sidelines of the 71st Cannes Film Festival, in France on May 13. (Korean Film Council)
By Jung Joo-ri and Kim Young Shin
After the historic Inter-Korean Summit on April 27, the movie industry is also planning a joint project for the South and the North.
The Korean...
Do Jonghwan, minister of culture, sports and tourism, gives an interview to the Hong Kong-based channel Phoenix Satellite Television at the Foreign Press Center Korea in Seoul on May 14. (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
By Xu Aiying and Hahm Hee-eun
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Do Jonghwan said in an interview with the Hong Kong-based Phoenix Satellite Television Holding Ltd. (Phoenix...
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Lee Hana, Choi Tae-soon
Seoul l May 12, 2018
Non-native Korean speakers from around the world gathered at Kyung Hee University in Seoul on May 15 to compete in their ability to speak the language, on the 621st anniversary of the birth of King Sejong the Great, the monarch who oversaw the creation and propagation of...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (left) speaks with her U.S. counterpart, Mike Pompeo, over the phone on May 16 to discuss North Korea’s notification that it will postpone high-level inter-Korean talks. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Kim Young Shin
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha had a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on May 16 at the request of...
The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Jeju April 3 Incident with a special photo exhibition, World Natural Heritage Jeju, Beyond its Beauty, starting May 16. The photo 'Seongsan Ilchulbong Wumutgae Dongsan' (1997) is one of the pictures on display at the exhibition.
By Xu Aiying and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = National Museum of Korean Contemporary History
The National...
Ministry of Unification spokesperson Baik Tae-hyun briefs the press on the Korean government’s stance concerning North Korea’s abrupt cancellation of high-level talks that were scheduled for May 16. (Ministry of Unification)
By Sohn JiAe
The Korean government has expressed its regret over North Korea’s abrupt decision to call off a meeting between high-ranking inter-Korean officials that was scheduled for May 16 in...
A lantern parade takes place on May 12, 10 days before Buddha’s birthday, through the heart of Seoul.
By Kim Hyelin, Park Hye Ri and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Heo Man-jin, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Seoul l May 12, 2018
A parade of 100,000 lanterns lit up central Seoul on May 12, 10 days to go until Buddha’s birthday.
The lantern parade, often called the...
The Daebingung Shrine (대빈궁, 大嬪宮), one of the seven shrines commemorating seven Joseon royal mothers located inside the Cheong Wa Dae complex, houses the ancestral tablet for Huibin from the Jang family (희빈 장씨, 禧嬪 張氏) (1699-1694), a royal concubine of King Sukjong (숙종, 肅宗) (1674-1720) and the mother of King Gyeongjong (경종, 景宗) (1688-1724). (Korea.net DB)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Young...
Visitors look at the goods on display at the 2018 Korea Brand & Entertainment Expo, in Moscow on May 14.
By Park Hye Ri and Yoon Sojung
Photos = KOTRA
The very first Korean exhibition took place in Moscow on May 14 and 15.
Russia is a key country in Seoul’s New Northern Policy, through which the Korean government aims to strengthen business cooperation with its...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Noh Kyu-duk releases a commentary condemning Japan’s 'Diplomatic Bluebook 2018' that claims Korea’s Dokdo Island (above) as its own territory, in Seoul on May 15. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Young Shin
The Korean government strongly condemned the Japanese government on May 15 for its "Diplomatic Bluebook 2018" that includes unjust sovereignty claims over Dokdo Island in the...