Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul speaks on the phone on Jan. 23 with Marco Rubio, the new United States Secretary of State (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Yoo Yeon Gyeong
New U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a phone call with ROK (Republic of...
By Kang GahuiAs Jan. 27 has been designated a temporary holiday, the Seollal (Lunar New Year) holidays have been extended to six days from Jan. 25-30. For those who are wondering where to go during this long holiday, Korea.net introduces the following green vegetation venues as recommended by the Korea Tourism Organization.They are Seoul Botanic Park in...
A survey, conducted by the Office for Government Policy Coordination last year, showed that 77.8% of Koreans agreed with the government’s provision of overseas development assistance (ODA) for developing countries. The photo shows Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Centre of Preah Ang Duong hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, newly built by the Korea International...
Korea's marine science observations have been officially registered in the United Nations (U.N.) international oceanographic data. Shown above is the Ongjinsocheongcho Ocean Research Station in the central part of the Yellow Sea. (Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency)
By Margareth TheresiaKorea's marine science observations have been officially registered in the United...
Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Kim Byoung Hwan gives a congratulatory speech on Jan. 21 at a joint seminar held at the Korea Exchange in Seoul's Yeouido neighborhood to describe policy improvements for initial public offerings (IPO) and delisting. (FSC)By Gil Kyuyoung
The financial authorities have halved the review period...
Medical Korea Information Center was relocated on Jan. 21 to Seoul Station in the city's Yongsan-gu District. Shown is the tape-cutting ceremony. (Ministry of Health and Welfare)By Koh Hyunjeong
Medical Korea Information Center, a comprehensive facility for foreign patients to receive medical services, has been relocated to Seoul Station.
National Museum of Korea Director Kim Jae-Hong on Jan. 20 announces his institution's main tasks for 2025 at a New Year's news conference held at the museum in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District. (Lee Jun Young)
By Charles Audouin
The country's flagship museum this year will spotlight domestic culture such as artifacts related to...
Korean and Cuban officials on Jan. 17 pose for photos at the opening ceremony of the Korean Embassy in Cuba's capital of Havana. From left are Lee Hoyul, minister at the Korean Embassy in Mexico; Lee Jooil, director-general of the Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Carlos Pereira, director-general...
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization on Jan. 20 announced their annual list of the country's top 100 tourist attractions. Shown is a snow-covered Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Korea.net DB)
By Aisylu Akhmetzianova
The annual list of the country's top 100 tourist attractions...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul (right) on March 18, 2023, takes a photo with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a luncheon conference hosted by the ministry in Seoul's Jongno-gu District. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Gil KyuyoungThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs has pledged its best efforts to...
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In Chon from Jan. 18-19 will attend this year's ASEAN Tourism Forum and the ASEAN Plus Three (Korea, China and Japan) Tourism Ministers Meeting in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Shown are visitors in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the Korea Travel Festa that ran from Oct. 29-20, 2023. (Korea Tourism Organization)
The daily sports participation rate of disabled people last year was 35.2%, the highest since the statistic was first measured in 2007. Shown is Choi Yong Beom, a national Paralympic canoeist, on Sept. 7, 2024, paddling in the men's 200-m kayak final (sports class KL3) at the 2024 Paris Summer Paralympics at the Stade...
This is the headquarters of the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, where a seminar with the European Space Agency was held on Jan. 15. (Sacheon City Hall)
By Koh HyunjeongThe Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) will strengthen cooperation with Europe.KASA on Jan. 15 at its headquarters in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province,...
This is Government Complex-Gwacheon in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Ministry of Justice)By Kim HyelinCarrying weapons in a public place and posing a public threat are newly classified crimes designed to prevent offenses targeting an unspecified number of people.
The Ministry of Justice on Jan. 14 said this in reporting its 2025 business...
Park Jin-ho, acting president of Korea Institute of Energy Technology (Kentech), and Richard Muller, cofounder and chief technology officer of the U.S. nuclear power startup Deep Fission, attend an energy forum running from Sept. 26-27, 2024, in Naju, Jeollanam-do Province. (Kentech)
By Gil Kyuyoung
Korea Institute of Energy Technology (Kentech) is the nation's...
In a meeting chaired by Gyeongsangbuk-do Province Gov. Lee Cheol-Woo, the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Community) Preparation and Support Bureau of Gyeongsangbuk-do Province and Gyeongju on Jan. 7 discussed preparations and directions for the senior officials meeting of APEC 2025 Korea, which is slated from Feb. 24 to March 9 in the area around Gyeongju's Hwabaek...
Six foreign promoters of Korean culture on Jan. 7 take a group photo after their ski lesson at Muju Deogyusan Resort in Muju-gun County, Jeollabuk-do (Jeonbuk-do) Province. (Margareth Theresia)
By Margareth Theresia
Nine foreign promoters of Korean culture on Jan. 7 visited Muju-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province, to...
Cho Chang-rae, deputy minister for national defense policy (right), and Cara Abercrombie, acting U.S. deputy under secretary of defense for policy on Jan. 10 take a photo after jointly chairing the fourth Nuclear Consultative Group meeting in Washington. (Ministry of National Defense)
By Koh HyunjeongAhead of the inauguration of the second...
A rail line connecting the Gyeonggi-do Province cities of Goyang, Yangju and Uijeongbu will be reopened on Jan. 11. (Gyeonggi-do Province)
By Kim HyelinA suburban train line connecting the Gyeonggi-do Province cities of Goyang, Yangju and Uijeongbu on Jan. 11 will resume operations for the first time since its suspension 21 years ago.The...
Acting President Choi Sang Mok (left), who also serves as deputy prime minister and minister of economy and finance, on Jan. 8 holds a phone conversation with Czech Prime Minister Petr Filala at Government Complex-Seoul. (Ministry of Economy and Finance)
By Margareth Theresia
The Czech Republic has...