President Moon Jae-in talks about inter-Korean ties that have recently improved, in a meeting with his top aides at Cheong Wa Dae on March 12. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in said in regard to two upcoming potentially historic meetings with North Korea -- first, between South and North Korea in April, and second between the U.S. and North...
President Moon Jae-in (third from left) is briefed about the results of the recent special delegation that was led by Chung Eui-yong of the National Security Office and Suh Hoon of the National Intelligence Service, at Cheong Wa Dae on March 11. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
The special presidential delegation that visited Pyongyang and Washington recently will head to Beijing,...
Visitors line up to buy tickets for the para ice hockey mixed preliminary round group B match between Korea and the Czech Republic, at the Gangneung Hockey Center on March 11
By Korea.net PyeongChang Special Report Team
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Gangneung | March 12, 2018
The popularity of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games is keeping up with that of the recently finished...
Korea Paralympic Committee President Lee Myung-ho delivers his congratulatory address at Korea House during its opening ceremony at the Gangneung Olympic Park on March 10.
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Jeon Han
Gangneung l March 10, 2018
“I hope all the athletes can enjoy the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympics,” said Korea Paralympic Committee President Lee Myung-ho.
The Korea Paralympic Committee president said during its...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (front row, second from left) listens to Jung Jae-joon, the chief manager at Team Korea House, as he presents Team Korea House, at the Gangneung Olympic Park in Gangneung on March 10.
By Korea.net PyeongChang Special Report Team
Photos = Jeon Han
Gangneung | March 10, 2018
Team Korea House at the Gangneung Olympic Park, which provides leisure space for the nation’s...
By Korea.net PyeongChang Special Report Team
Photos = Jeon Han
Video = Kim Sunjoo
PyeongChang | March 10, 2018
Following the festive atmosphere of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, an additional touch of humanity is being felt around the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza in the run up to the Opening Ceremony for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games on March 9. .
The sight of families from...
The Paralympic Mural is unveiled at the PyeongChang Athletes’ Village on March 8. International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons (fourth from left), PyeongChang Organizing Committee President Lee Heebeom (fifth from left) and other dignitaries pose for a photo during the unveiling ceremony.
By Min Yea-Ji and Yoon Sojung
Photos = PyeongChang Organizing Committee
The Paralympic Mural was officially unveiled at the PyeongChang Athletes’ Village...
The ‘comfort woman’ victim, Lee Yong-soo (fourth from the left), testifies about the misery of her suffering during the ’’Comfort Women’ Victim's Suffering’ hearing held in the House of Commons chamber in Paris on March 8. (Gwangmyeong City Hall)
By Min Yea-Ji and Son Gina
A 90-year-old woman, Lee Yong-soo, who was a victim of sex slavery as enforced by the Imperial Japanese government...
By Jung Joo-ri and Yoon Jihye
Video = Park Jang-bhin
Icheon l March 8, 2018
A high-tech curling match recently took place between a human team and a specially designed curling robot.
The Ministry of Science and ICT hosted the match between an up-and-coming men’s curling team and the robot, appropriately named Curly, at the Curling Center of Korea Paralympic Committee (KPC) Icheon Training Center on March...
President Moon Jae-in highlights the ways in which the Paralympics could raise peace to a higher level on the Korean Peninsula, and asks for the support of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) governing boards, at the Pre-Opening Ceremony Reception held at the Yongpyong Resort in PyeongChang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, on March 9.
By Jeon Han and Hahm Hee Eun
Photos = Hyoja-dong Studio
PyeongChang | March...
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Ungyu speaks in response to the U.S. government’s decision to slap steep tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, during a meeting with public and private representatives in Seoul on March 9. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
By Kim Eun-young and Sohn JiAe
In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing on March 8 of...
Chief of the National Security Office Chung Eui-yong briefs U.S. President Donald Trump on the outcome of his delegation’s recent visit to North Korea, at the White House on March 8. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in has hailed a possible May summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jung Un, and has called it...
President Moon Jae-in (right) poses with IOC President Thomas Bach for a commemorative photo after awarding him a Cheongryong Medal, at Cheong Wa Dae on March 8. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kang Gahui and Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in gave International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach a Cheongryong Medal, the country’s highest sporting award, at Cheong Wa Dae on March 8.
With the medal, President...
During the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, visitors will have a chance to enjoy some fan meet-and-greets, concerts and festivals featuring a range of music and TV celebrities at the Snow Festival in March to be held in both Pyeongchang and Gangneung. (Snow Festival in March)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Fans of the Korean pop music and entertainment scene will be able...
The Festival Park in both Pyeongchang and Gangneung will host an exhibition that showcases video clips of Olympic and Paralympic fans throughout the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games that run from March 9 to 18.
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
The Cultural Olympiad, designed to allow Olympic and Paralympic fans to enjoy the cultural heritage and...
Transport for the disabled will be expanded during the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. The photo shows the U.S. athletes moving in to the PyeongChang athletes’ village on March 4.
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Sojung
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on March 5 that it has set up additional public transportation measures so that athletes and tourists can avoid any...
A non-Korean passenger onboard the high-speed KTX Gyeonggang Line to Pyeongchang reads Korea.net's recent Olympic supplement. (Korea.net reader)
By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net's special weekly Olympic supplement has served as a useful source of information for tourists from around the globe who were visiting Korea for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
The Korea.net supplement was published four times on each Wednesday last month...
Chief of the National Security Office Chung Eui-yong (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shake hands after Chung delivered a signed letter to Kim from President Moon Jae-in, in the main building of the Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on March 5.
By Jeon Han and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
“The South and the North have agreed to hold a...
Producers of Korean TV shows conduct one-on-one consultation sessions with local media buyers at the India Mumbai Frames 2018 broadcasting exhibition in Mumbai on March 5. (Ministry of Science and ICT)
By Kim Tae Won and Hahm Hee Eun
Korean TV producers have taken their first steps into the Indian media market.
The Ministry of Science and ICT and Korea's National IT Industry Promotion Agency...
Korean Intellectual Property Office Commissioner Sung Yunmo (second from left) and Mohammed Ahmed Al Shihh (third from left) discuss cooperation in regard to sharing the patent information of both countries, ahead of the launch of a patent information system in Dubai on Feb. 28. (Korean Intellectual Property Office)
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Sojung
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) began to cooperate with...