The Peace House in Panmunjeom will host a meeting of high-ranking officials from the two Koreas on May 16. (Korea.net DB)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Sohn JiAe
South and North Korea will hold a meeting of high-ranking officials at the Peace House in Panmunjeom on May 16 to talk about ways to carry out the Panmunjeom Declaration that was agreed upon at the...
President Moon Jae-in (second from left) presides over a meeting with top aides, at Cheong Wa Dae on May 14. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in welcomed North Korea’s decision to make public to international journalists the dismantlement of one of its nuclear test sites in Punggye-ri, Hanggyeongbuk-do Province, between May 23 and 25, as he called it an...
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) will launch a promotion campaign for Korean shows and concerts from May 15 to June 30 that makes use of Alipay, a leading third-party online payment solution in China. (KTO)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on May 14 that it will launch a promotion campaign focusing on Chinese tourists who attend Korean...
Julia Devochikina (left) from Russia and her mother listen to an explanation about a birthday feast table that was prepared according to traditions in the North Korean city of Gaeseong at the Namsangol Hanok Village in Jung-gu District, Seoul, on May 11. (Lee Yoonseo)
By Lee Yoonseo and Yoon Sojung
Seoul l May 11, 2018
“It's so unique and beautiful to see a traditional feast...
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announces that it will build a cooperative intelligent transportation system (C-ITS) across downtown Seoul, in Seoul on May 13. The photo shows a concept map of the autonomous driving area. (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
By Kim Eun-young and Hahm Hee-eun
Driverless buses will be operated in the Digital Media City (DMC) area of Sangam-dong as...
Korea filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the U.S.'s safeguard tariffs on washing machines and solar energy products, the trade ministry announced on May 14. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
By Kim Tae Won and Lee Hana
On May 14, the Korean government filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the U.S.'s safeguard tariffs on washing...
By Sohn JiAe
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed on May 11 that the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization (CVID) of the Korean Peninsula is their common goal.
Minister Kang said in a press conference after a meeting with Pompeo in Washington that, “We reaffirmed that our goal is to achieve the CVID on...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press during his visit to Korea. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
The first-ever historic summit between a sitting U.S. president and the North Korean leader will take place in Singapore on June 12.
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Twitter feed on May 10 that, “The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and...
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (left) shakes hands with her Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, in Havana on May 10. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Kim Young Shin
The foreign ministers of Korea and Cuba held an official meeting in Havana on May 10. It was the first time for the two to meet since the launching of new governments in both countries. The...
The grand prize is awarded to Kim Jae-hyun’s ‘Winding Through Fall Foliage’ at the 45th Korea Tourism Photo Contest in 2017.
By Min Yea-Ji and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Korea Tourism Organization
The 46th Korea Tourism Photo Contest is now open, showing the beautiful landscapes of the many different parts of Korea. The Korea Tourism Organization will continue to accept photo submissions online from April...
By Min Yea-Ji and Hahm Hee-eun
Video = Korean Cultural Center in Germany Official YouTube
The Korean Cultural Center in Germany and the Korea Arts Management Service opened the Korean Interdisciplinary Arts Festival "Non-Sense Music #2: Borders" in Berlin on May 11. The festival will focus on two topics, "borders" and "a divided Korean Peninsula."
Six ethnic Korean artists all interpret the concept of "borders"...
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute plans to commercialize the hair transplantation machine that it's currently developing in two or three years. The photo above shows a group of researchers testing the machine. (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
By Kim Tae Won and Kim Young Shin
Everywhere in the world there are people who have hair loss. One group of Korean scientists is expected...
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook talk with members of a South Korean art troupe that performed in Pyeongyang last month, during a luncheon at Cheong Wa Dae on May 11.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in met with a South Korean art troupe that performed in Pyeongyang last month and said that, “You guys have...
By Lee Hana
Video = Jeon Han, Kim Sunjoo, Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | May 9, 2018
Starting May 9, the first floor of the Cheong Wa Dae Sarangchae Exhibition Center will house some of the statehouse's famous art collection.
At the exhibit, visitors can see pieces like "Tongyeong Port," a huge painting of the southern port city that usually hangs in the Inwang Hall of the Main...
May 10 marks the first anniversary of President Moon Jae-in’s inauguration. Pictured is President Moon with firefighters at the Yongsan Fire Station in Seoul on June 7, 2017. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in reminisced about his one-year presidency on May 10 marking the first anniversary of his inauguration, and he said that he hopes that the people would...
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (left) is to hold a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on May 11. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, White House)
By Kim Young Shin
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on May 10 that Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will visit Washington on May 11 and hold her first meeting with new U.S. Secretary of...
President Moon Jae-in (right) speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump at Cheong Wa Dae on May 9 to discuss plans for the upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in spoke over the phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 9, one day after a summit between China and North Korea.
President Moon discussed the release of...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returns to the U.S. after his May 9 visit to Pyeongyang with three U.S. citizens who had been detained there. Pictured is Pompeo onboard the plane. (U.S. Department of State’s official Flickr)
By Sohn JiAe
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has returned home with three U.S. citizens who had been detained in North Korea, as...
By Lee Hana
Photo = Jeon Han
Video = Kim Sunjoo, Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | May 4, 2018
Inwangsan, with its large granite peaks, is a mountain to the west of Gyeongbokgung Palace, surrounded by the Hanyang Doseong, or the Fortress Wall of Seoul.
While most of Inwangsan’s trails are accessible to the public, some areas have been off-limits for several decades due security reasons, until now.
On May...
The 'Misokseubyu' (미속습유, 美俗拾遺) is part of the 'Jukcheongo' (죽천고, 竹泉稿), a collection of literary works put together by Korea’s first minister plenipotentiary to U.S., Park Jeong-yang, in the 1880s and 1890s.
By Kang Gahui and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation
The first travel essay about the U.S. written by a Joseon or Korean person, the "Misokseubyu" (미속습유, 美俗拾遺), has now...