President Moon Jae-in, first lady Kim Jung-sook and other dignitaries attend a send-off ceremony for the national team to the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. They shout, ’Go, Pyeongchang!’ as they pose for a commemorative photo in the Sejong Hall at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul on March 2. (Hyoja-dong Studio)
By Jung Joo-ri, Park Hye Ri, Hahm Hee...
Lee Hee-beom (fourth from the left), head of the organizing committee for the PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympic Games, Lee Myung-ho, president of the Korea Paralympic Committee, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, and five provincial governors light the Paralympic flame at the Seoul Olympic Park on March 3.
By Park Hye Ri, Jung Joo-ri, Hahm Hee Eun
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul | March 3, 2018
On March 3,...
A revision bill to the Immigration Control Law that requires non-Korean residents to renew their registration cards and imposes a prompt travel ban on suspected non-Korean violators, passed the National Assembly on Feb. 28. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Sohn JiAe
The Ministry of Justice announced on Feb. 28 that a revision bill to the Immigration Control Act has been passed...
People enjoy and share ogokbap five-grain rice along with various vegetables, known as jinchae (진채) and nuts, on Jeongwol Daeboreum, the first full moon of the new lunar year, the 15th day of the first lunar month, in the hopes that they will stay healthy throughout the whole year. (Institute of Traditional Korean Food)
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
Each year, people celebrate the first full moon of...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (fourth from left) poses for a picture with a group of special rapporteurs representing the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in Geneva on Feb. 27. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Lee Kyong Mi and Lee Hana
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with a group of special rapporteurs representing the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the sidelines...
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) Kim Yung-rok (right) shakes hands with World Food Programme Director David Beasely after signing an agreement outlining the donation of 50,000 tons of Korean rice, at WFP headquarters in Rome on Feb. 28. (MAFRA)
By Kim Eun-young and Lee Hana
Korea has officially become a major food donor after years spent as a beneficiary.
Minister of Agriculture,...
President Moon Jae-in talks to his U.S. counterpart, at Cheong Wa Dae on March 1. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in held a phone call with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on March 1. The two leaders had an in-depth discussion about issues related to the inter-Korean relationship that has improved markedly thanks to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter...
President Moon Jae-in gives three cheers for an independent Korea alongside first lady Kim Jung-sook, other dignitaries and the people of Seoul, at a ceremony in honor of the 99th anniversary of the March First Independence Movement, in Seoul on March 1.
By Korea.net Special Report Team
Photos = Jeon Han
Seodaemun | March 1, 2018
President Moon Jae-in delivered a message of hope and...
President Moon Jae-in delivers his speech at a ceremony to mark the 58th anniversary of the 1960 pro-democracy movement, at the Daegu Concert House on Feb. 28.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in stressed that the long-past beginning of the candlelight revolution, which proved that the people could defeat those in power, was the Feb. 28 democracy movement...
South Korea's Lee Joo-tae (right), director general of the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Bureau, and North Korea's Hwang Chung-song, a senior official on the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, shake hands after the Pyeongchang Paralympic Working-Level Talks, at the Panmunjom Tongilgak pavilion on Feb. 27. (Ministry of Unification)
By Kim Young Deok and Hahm Hee Eun
North Korea has confirmed the...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha delivers the keynote speech at the 37th UNHCR Session in Geneva on Feb. 26. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Lee Kyong Mi and Yoon Sojung
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha attended the high-level segment of the 37th regular session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 26.
Minister Kang said that the message...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon speaks during the ninth Cabinet meeting, at the Government Complex Seoul on Feb. 27. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Sohn JiAe
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has said that the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games mirrored changing values across Korean society, revealing less obsession with winning first place and more emphasis on the process -- on the people, on diversity...
The Closing Ceremony for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games is held at the PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on Feb. 25. Pictured is the LED pagoda that lit up the Closing Ceremony in celebration of hope and harmony. (Hyoja-dong Studio)
By Lee Hana
The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games have come to a close after 17 days of heated competition on the ice...
The PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games run from March 9 to 18. Bandabi the Asian black bear is the official mascot for the Games. Pictured is a press conference at the Gangwon Media Center on Feb. 22 about the Christmas in March festival that will feature cultural programs during the Paralympic Games. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Sohn JiAe
The moments of joy and...
President Moon Jae-in (third from left) shakes hands with Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the North Korean Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, at the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 25. (Cheong Wa Dae Facebook)
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Jihye
A delegation from North Korea, led by Kim Yong-chol,...
Sarah Murray, coach of the unified women's ice hockey team, and the team itself that embodied the ’Peace Olympics’ has a chat with big smiles on their faces during the Olympic Team Night for the Korean national athletes at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, held at Team Korea House at the Gangneung Olympic Park, Gangwon-do, on Feb. 24.
By Korea.net...
Media outlets are praising the state-of-the-art tech that was showcased at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The above photo shows a drone delivering the Olympic torch using some of Korea's newest 5G technology connection speeds in Seoul on Jan. 13. (Jeon Han/Korea.net)
By Jung Joo-ri and Yoon Sojung
Foreign media outlets continue to speak highly of the information and communication technology (ICT) showcased in the...
Song Hyeon-jun drives the free shuttle bus No. TS22 that runs between Gangneung Station and the Olympic Park during the PyeongChang Winter Games, in Gangneung on Feb. 21. Song says that the warm words from the passengers meant everything to him.
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
Photos = Lee Kyoung Mi
Gangneung, Pyeongchang l Feb. 21 and 24, 2018
Behind the successful Olympic, as said...
Visitors to the House of Switzerland in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, take pictures of themselves while an Olympic event is live-streamed on Feb. 24
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
Photos = Jeon Han and Kim Sunjoo
Pyeongchang l Feb. 24, 2018
“Hospitality is the key to PyeongChang success!”
This is the common thought from managers running the world’s national pavilions in both Pyeongchang and Gangneung, Gangwon-do, where the PyeongChang...
German visitors Isabella Kohlmus (left) and Manuela Bohm stop by the K-food Plaza near the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza for a bite to eat and examine some bibimbap mixed rice, at the Jeollado Province Hall on Feb. 25. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
Pyeongchang l Feb. 25, 2018
The focus of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games might be on the medal tables, but...