The National Gugak Center has now published records of royal Joseon rituals and banquets, courtesy of the British Library. (National Gugak Center)
By Min Yea-Ji and Yoon Jihye
Records of royal Joseon rituals and banquet etiquette from 1809 (Gisa jinpyori jinchan uigwe, 기사진표리진찬의궤, 己巳進表裏進饌儀軌) have been published as photographs for the first time, and are now available at public libraries and universities across the...
Yang Jiechi (left), a special envoy from Chinese President Xi Jinping and a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, and President Moon Jae-in shake hands at Cheong Wa Dae on March 30.
By Yoon Sojung and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
Korea and China have agreed to actively work together to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and to...
The New York Times honors Yu Gwan-sun (1902-1920) in an article titled 'Yu Gwan-sun, a Korean Independence Activist Who Defied Japanese Rule' on March 29. (NYT)
By Kang Gahui and Yoon Jihye
The New York Times (NYT) has honored Yu Gwan-sun (1902-1920), a heroine from Korea's 1919 March First Independence Movement, in an article.
The article was part of the "Overlooked No More" series that...
Korean Minister of Unification Cho Myoung-Gyon answers questions by the press before he attends high-level talks on the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit at the Panmunjeom Tongilgak Pavilion on March 29. (Ministry of Unification)
By Sohn JiAe
South Korea and North Korea have agreed to hold the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit on April 27 at the Peace House in Panmunjeom.
The two sides released a joint...
As the KBO League's 2018 season starts with an opening game between the Samsung Lions and the Doosan Bears, baseball fans fill the Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on March 24.
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos and Video = Lee Kyoung Mi
Seoul | March 29, 2018
The 2018 season of the Korea Baseball Organization League (KBO) started with opening games at five stadiums...
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are ranked in first and second place, respectively, in the 'Top 10 Hague Applicants of 2017.' (WIPO)
By Jung Joo-ri and Sohn JiAe
Korea’s two leading tech giants, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have topped the world's list of international design patent applications.
According to the “Design Filings Under the Hague System” report for 2017, released on March 21 by...
The Rural Development Administration develops an IT-based tool that can check on the health of pregnant pigs by monitoring their body movements in real time. (RDA)
By Park Hye-ri and Sohn JiAe
The livestock industry is getting tech savvy.
The Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced on March 26 that it has invented a set of state-of-the-art tools that can identify health problems in pregnant sows...
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook enjoy a meal after looking around the desert some 170 km from Abu Dhabi on March 26. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi hosted President Moon’s brief tour of the desert.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook flew back home on March...
President Moon Jae-in (left) holds talks with UAE Prime Minister and ruler of the Emirate of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, in Dubai on March 27.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in met with Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of the Emirate of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, in Dubai on March 27....
South Korean composer Yoon Sang (left), who will lead a delegation of performers in Pyongyang, holds working-level talks with Hyun Song-wol, director of the North Korean Samjiyon Orchestra, at the Panmunjom Tongilgak Pavilion on March 20. (Ministry of Unification)
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has unveiled the schedule for the Pyongyang shows that will be...
Ban Ki-moon, who was just appointed as the new chair and president of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), speaks during a press conference at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu District, Seoul, on March 27. (Global Green Growth Institute)
By Kang Gahui and Hahm Hee-eun
Former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been appointed as the new chair and president of the...
The Korean national men's soccer team introduces its new kit for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The home kit consists of red tops and black bottoms, and the away kit has white for both the top and the bottom. (Korea Football Association)
By Kim Tae Won and Hahm Hee-eun
The Korean national men's soccer team will continue to wear its traditional red...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) appointed Kwon Hyouk-woo, the head of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva, as the chairperson of the WTO Safeguard Committee on March 26. (World Trade Organization)
By Kim Tae Won and Hahm Hee-eun
The World Trade Organization (WTO) appointed Kwon Hyouk-woo, the head of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva, as...
President Moon Jae-in poses for a commemorative photo in front of the Barakah Unit 1 nuclear energy plant in Abu Dhabi, along with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and other dignitaries on March 26.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in attended a ceremony to commemorate Barakah Unit 1, the first nuclear energy plant in...
Minister of Justice Park Sang-ki (left) visits the 1345 Immigration Contact Center's offices and observes first-hand how the counseling progresses, in Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu District, Seoul, on March 23.
By Kim Hyelin and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Ministry of Justice
The 1345 Immigration Contact Center, which provides multi-lingual information and counseling services both over the phone and online for the 2.2 million non-citizen residents in Korea,...
Minister for Trade Kim Hyun-chong briefs the press on the negotiations that took place concerning the revision of the Korea-U.S. FTA and U.S. steel tariffs, at the Government Complex-Seoul in Jongno-gu District, Seoul, on March 26. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
By Kim Tae-won and Yoon Sojung
Korea has confirmed its exemption from the U.S.' 25 percent tariff on steel, and has agreed...
President Moon Jae-in (left) shakes hands with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, at the UAE Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi on March 25.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in, currently on a visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), met with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on March 25. During...
President Moon Jae-in pays his respects at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the final resting place of the Vietnamese revolutionary leader, in Hanoi on March 23. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Park Hye Ri and Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in expressed his regrets concerning massacres of Vietnamese civilians by Korean soldiers during the Vietnam War, during his summit with his Vietnamese counterpart, Tran Dai Quang,...
President Moon Jae-in (left) and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang pose for a photo at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on March 23.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
President Moon Jae-in, currently in Vietnam on a state visit, vowed to bolster bilateral ties between Seoul and Hanoi on March 23.
President Moon proposed upgrading Seoul-Hanoi ties to a “comprehensive partnership...
The 13th round of China-Japan-Koreanegotiations for a free trade agreement are held at the Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu,Seoul, on March 23.
By Kim Tae Won and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Korea, Japan and China have stressed theimportance of free trade in their ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.
The three countries expressed their concernabout the growing trend of protectionism in the global economy, and emphasizedthe...