The Bank of Korea announced on Jan. 25 that Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 3.1 percent in 2017, compared to that of the previous year. The photo shows Seoul seen from Namsan Mountain. (Jeon Han)
By Jeon Han and Yoon Sojung
Korea recorded 3.1 percent annual real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in 2017, the Bank of Korea (BOK) announced on...
President Moon Jae-in enjoys a magic show with young audience members at a childcare center in Dobong-gu District, Seoul, on Jan. 24. (Cheong Wa Dae Facebook)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in said on Jan. 24 that his administration will bolster childcare services by increasing the number of facilities available to parents across the country.
In a visit to a childcare center in...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (center) poses for a picture with members of Team Korea during its launch ceremony for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, at the Seoul Olympic Parktel hotel on Jan. 24. (Prime Minister's Secretariat)
By Lee Hana
Korea's national athletes gathered for their inaugural ceremony on Jan. 24, with 16 days left to go until the Opening Ceremony at...
President Moon Jae-in held a telephone conversation with Uzbekistani President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Jan. 24 to discuss measures to boost the bilateral cooperative relationship between the two countries. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in had a telephone conversation with Uzbekistani President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Jan. 24. The two leaders discussed measures to develop the bilateral relationship and talked about...
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) delivers his congratulatory remarks during the opening ceremony for the Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong, at the city’s landmark Police Married Quarters (PMQ) on Jan. 24. (Korean Culture and Information Service)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
The Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong opened on Jan. 24 at the Police...
The seventh team of Korea.net honorary reporters poses for a photo after its launch ceremony at the Foreign Press Center Korea in Seoul on Jan. 23.
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul | Jan. 23, 2017
Korea.net Honorary Reporters from across the world have gathered in Seoul.
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) held a launch ceremony for its seventh team...
Korean athletes enter the stadium for the Opening Ceremony at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. This photo is just one of the items on display at the special exhibition 'Korean Sports, A History Written in Sweat' currently on at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History in Seoul.
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Sojung
Photos = National Museum of Korean Contemporary...
President Moon Jae-in poses for a group photo with Team Korea's ice hockey players, wearing a uniform signed by members of both the men's and women's national teams, during his visit to the Jincheon National Training Center on Jan. 17.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Hyoja-dong Studio
"It will make sporting history."
During a visit to the Jincheon National Training Center on Jan. 17,...
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) delivers the opening address to kick start the annual meeting of directors from Korean cultural centers from all around the world, at Seoul's National Museum of Korean Contemporary History on Jan. 17. (Jeon Han)
By Lee Hana
Seoul | Jan. 17, 2017
Directors and officers in charge of the 38 Korean cultural...
Vice Minister of Unification Chun Hae-Sung (second from left) and North Korea’s Vice Chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country Jon Jong Su hold a meeting at the Peace House in the Panmunjom truce village on Jan. 17. (Ministry of Unification)
By Kim Young Shin
South and North Korea held working-level talks at the Peace House in the...
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mee (right) insert tickets into machines, alongside some airline employees, to celebrate the opening of the second terminal at Incheon International Airport, in Incheon on Jan. 12. (Hyoja-dong Studio)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in attended the opening ceremony for the second passenger terminal at Incheon...
Director Kwon Hyok Bong (left) of North Korea’s Performing Arts Bureau, part of the North Korean culture ministry, and Deputy Minister for Culture and Art Policy Lee Woosung from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, exchange a joint press release after working level talks at the Tongilgak building in the Panmunjom truce village on Jan. 15. (Ministry of...
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh following their meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 15. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in met with Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 15. They discussed ways to increase cooperation between Seoul and Ulaanbaatar, and the state of affairs on the...
The torch for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games is delivered by Lee Hong Bae (left), the chair of Dae Han Imperial House, who played the role of King Sejong the Great during the ceremony, to Kang Kwang-bae, the first Korean to compete in the luge, skeleton or bobsleigh.
By Korea.net Team
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul l Jan. 13. 2017
The Olympic torch for...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (center) poses with some of his Facebook acquaintances at the Piccadilly 1958 CGV theater in Jongno-gu District, Seoul, on Jan. 14. (Prime Minister's Facebook profile)
By Kim Young Shin
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon had a get-together with some of his Facebook friends and acquaintances to enjoy the movie ”1987: When the Day Comes” at a movie theater in...
The list of 10 teams, including Korea, that will participate in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games figure skating team event is finalized on Jan. 12. The photo above shows Choi Dabin as she salutes the audience after finishing her short program at the ISU Four Continents Championships 2016, in Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 16, 2017. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim...
Recent research conducted by the Rural Development Administration reveals that dog breeds that originate in Korea, such as the Jindo (진돗개), the Pungsan (풍산개) and the Donggyeongi (경주개동경이), have distinct characteristics not found in other breeds. The photo above shows a heukgu black Jindo (흑구).
By Kim Young Shin
Photos = Rural Development Administration
According to recent research, Jindo (진돗개), Pungsan (풍산개) and Donggyeonggi (경주개동경이)...
Henna Puumala, a Finnish volunteer that will serve as an interpreter at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, holds up plush toys of the two Olympic and Paralympic mascots, Soohorang and Bandabi, at the National Museum of Korea on Jan. 10.
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Seoul l Jan. 10, 2017
“Hand-in-hand we stand, all across the land. We can make...
President Moon Jae-in (right) awards a samjeonggeom sword to Kwon Myoung Ok, one of Korea's newly-appointed brigadier generals, at the Yeongbingwan Guest House at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 11. This is the first time the president awarded the swords to the recipients.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
President Moon Jae-in awarded samnjeonggeom swords (삼정검, 三精劍) to a total of 56 newly-appointed brigadier generals...
President Moon Jae-in speaks to his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on Jan. 10. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in gave U.S. President Donald Trump a call on Jan. 10 to explain the results of the previous day's high-level talks between the two Koreas. The two heads of state discussed ways to cooperate on the issues at hand.
President Moon said...