President Moon Jae-in holds a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Tokyo on May 9. The photo shows the president and premier meeting during President Moon’s state visit to Beijing in December 2017. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in, in Japan on May 9 to attend a trilateral summit with Japanese and Chinese leaders, will also...
The city of Seoul launches test operations of a free e-sports tour for international tourists. The photo above shows the S-Plex Center, an e-sports arena in Mapo-gu District, Seoul. (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
By Kim Tae Won and Kim Young Shin
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will test run a free e-sports tour package for international gamers, as e-sports are taking up a bigger portion of...
The 2018 Inter-Korean Summit has led to growing interest in a high-speed railway connecting South and North Korea. Moon Jong-mook, director of the Pan-Citizen Measure Committee for Nurturing the KTX Gwangmyeong Eurasia Departure Station, holds up a virtual train ticket on Dec. 31, 2017. (Gwangmyeong City)
By Kim Tae Won and Hahm Hee-eun
With the success of the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit, expectations for an...
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification announces the official government’s position on the spread of anti-North Korean leaflets by activists, and asks activists groups to immediately stop spreading anti-North leaflets, in Seoul on May 4. (Ministry of Unification)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Hahm Hee-eun
Ministry of Unification spokesperson Baik Tae-hyun announced on May 4 that the activists’ action spreading anti-North Korean leaflets...
British guards march down Sejong-daero in central Seoul as part of the Hi Seoul Festival hosted by Seoul Metropolitan City. (Korea.net DB)
By Min Yea-Ji and Hahm Hee-eun
For tourists from the U.K., Korea has become a destination of unique charm where tradition and technology coexist, and the potential for an increase in British tourism to the Korean market is quite high.
The Korea Tourism...
May 10 marks the first anniversary of the Moon Jae-in administration. The photo above shows Chairman of the State Affairs Committee Kim Jong Un (left) and President Moon Jae-in shaking hands after announcing the Panmunjeom Declaration at the Inter-Korean Summit on April 27. (2018 Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps)
By Kim Hyelin and Kim Young Shin
Cheong Wa Dae has published a sourcebook about the...
A work of woodcutting shows President Moon Jae-in.
By Lee Yoonseo and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Presidential Security Service Facebook
Last month, the Presidential Security Service’s photo website Hyoja-dong Studio (http://open.pss.go.kr/) opened an art contest to commemorate the first anniversary of President Moon Jae-in's inauguration.
The Presidential Security Service received works of art that citizens created using public photographs from Hyoja-dong Studio.
Works of paper art show...
A photo exhibition is held at Cheong Wa Dae to celebrate the first anniversary of President Moon Jae-in’s inauguration. The photo above shows a panel with photos of the president taken by common citizens.
By Park Hye Ri and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
The photo exhibition “Spring, Once Again” (다시 봄, 문재인 정부 취임 1주년 기록사진전), which marks the first anniversary...
By Hahm Hee-eun
Seoul | May 4, 2018
Winner is a four-member pop group at YG Entertainment that has made a comeback recently with its newest chill trap, future bass and EDM hits. Winner placed first on international iTunes album charts in 18 countries with its title track “Everyday” that was released on April 4. The official music video was viewed more...
The four-member pop group Winner, the official campaign model for the fifth Talk Talk Korea 2018 contest, poses for a promotional shoot at the Parnas Tower in Seoul on April 29.
By Hahm Hee-eun
Photo and video = Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | May 4, 2018
“We're singers. We hope that we can be singers who sing for people's happiness and peace.”
The four-member pop group Winner...
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) invites non-Korean residents of Korea on a tour around some of the Korean UNESCO sites between May and November. The photo above shows non-Korean tourists attending a haenyeo women divers program on Jeju Island during one of last year’s tours. (KOCIS)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Young Shin
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), part of the Ministry...
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to their summit, at Cheong Wa Dae on May 2.
By Min Yea-Ji and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a joint press statement following their summit on May 2, which outlined ways to further develop bilateral cooperation across various areas,...
President Moon Jae-in holds a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Russia on Sept. 7 last year.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Tokyo on May 9.
The president’s visit to Japan is the first time in six years and five months for...
The opening ceremony of the fourth Royal Culture Festival starts with a performance of the Hwangryong ceremony, which symbolizes the birth of King Sejong the Great, at Heungnyemun Square in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace on April 28.
By Kang Gahui and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Cultural Heritage Administration
The fourth Royal Culture Festival will be held across five of Seoul's historical ancient sites: Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung,...
By Ambassador of the EU to Korea Michael Reiterer (second from left) poses for photos with Lee Do-hoon, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (EU Embassy to Korea)
By Michael Reiterer, Ambassador of the EU to Korea
The meeting of President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un and the Panmunjeom Declaration that they signed shows that...
The White House announced on April 30 that the U.S. administration had decided to exempt Korea from steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Pictured is U.S. President Donald Trump delivering a speech as part of a banquet during his state visit to Korea on Nov. 7, 2017. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
The U.S. government has decided to exempt Korea...
First lady Kim Jung-sook (fourth from left) talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife before attending the official dinner at the Peace House in Panmunjeom on April 27. (2018 Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps)
By Yoon Sojung
“I felt so much honesty today. I’m so relieved to have the belief that we can now look toward the front and...
President Moon Jae-in (third from left) presides over a meeting with his top aides, at Cheong Wa Dae on April 30. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in said that the Panmumjeom Declaration is a historic start that will usher in a new era on the Korean Peninsula, and, also, that a peace declaration has clarified to the whole world...
President Moon Jae-in calls Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to explain the outcomes of the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit and to discuss the denuclearization roadmap, at Cheong Wa Dae on April 29. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Eun-young and Hahm Hee-eun
President Moon Jae-in had phone calls with the leaders of Japan and Russia on April 29, to share with them the outcomes of the...
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) briefs the press on his organization's four-year action plan for the spread of Korean arts and culture overseas. (Jeon Han)
By Lee Hana
Seoul | April 30, 2018
Korean arts and culture will soon become more accessible across ASEAN and in countries neighboring Russia. Meanwhile, an entire year of cultural exchange programs...