President Moon Jae-in presides over the first National Economic Advisory Council and Economic Ministers’ Meeting, at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 27.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in presided over the first National Economic Advisory Council and Economic Ministers’ Meeting on Dec. 27. During the meeting he said, “I hope that 2018 will be the year when the...
Swimmer Ahn Se-hyeon swims beside her teammates bearing aloft the Olympic flame at the Jincheon National Training Center in Chungcheongbuk-do Province on Dec. 20. (Korean Sport & Olympic Committee)
By Lee Hana
The Olympic torch for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has completed its journey across some of the major cities in Chungcheongbuk-do Province.
The torch began its Chungcheongbuk-do trip...
Philippine Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao (left) and National Assembly Speaker Chung Syekyun shake hands at the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul, on Dec. 22. (National Assembly of the Republic of Korea)
By Kim Young Deok and Kim Young Shin
National Assembly Speaker Chung Syekyun held a meeting with boxing legend and Philippine Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao at the National Assembly building in Yeouido, Seoul,...
Director General Kim Gyo-tae of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games Police Task Force says that all police forces in Korea guarantee visitor safety during next year’s Olympic Games. He was speaking in a sit-down interview with Korea.net on Nov. 14. (Jeon Han)
By Kim Ji Hoe and Sohn JiAe
Seoul l Nov. 14, 2017
“The national police guarantees your safety during the upcoming PyeongChang...
The ‘Korea Tour Card’ offers a variety of discounts on accommodations and entrance fees to tourist sites to non-Korean visitors.
By Kim Tae Won and Sohn JiAe
A series of special discount cards or passes have come to reduce entrance or transportation fees for non-Korean visitors to Seoul and Pyeongchang in Gangwon-do Province during next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
One of...
Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer from Germany is honored for having played a key role in getting the late composer Yun Isang’s buried in a grave of honor provided by the city of Berlin. The photo above shows first lady Kim Jung-sook (center), Yun Isang’s student Holger Groschopp (left) and Sparrer paying their respects at Yun’s grave on July 5. (Cheong Wa...
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 21. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in met with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 21.
The deputy PM is visiting Korea in celebration of 25 years...
The Seoul Plaza Ice Skating Rink, located at Seoul City Hall, opens this year on Dec. 22. (Korea.net DB)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Winter has come with its chilly winds that make our teeth chatter, but there are some who have eagerly awaited the frosty season.
Families, friends and couples who enjoy winter sports have been counting down until the grand opening of...
A launch ceremony for Korea's first official government weather plane was held at Gimpo International Airport on Dec. 20. The plane will carry out meteorological observations across the Korean Peninsula.
By Kang Gahui and Lee Hana
Photos = Korea Meteorological Administration
A weather plane built to carry out meteorological observations from the skies has been adopted by the Korean government for the first time.
A launch...
Chief of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Counter-Terrorism and Safety Measures Headquarters (CTSM HQ) Mun Yeong Gi explains the wide network of counter-terrorism and terrorist alert systems that will be in place during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, at the Government Complex Seoul on Dec. 7. (Jeon Han)
By Cho A-la and Lee Hana
Seoul | Dec. 7, 2017
"The role of...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (left) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Dec. 19. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Lee Hana
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Dec. 19 and discussed Korea-Japan relations and measures related to North...
President Moon Jae-in talks with winners of the PyeongChang Idea Olympics onboard the presidential train heading to Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province, on Dec. 19. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in boarded a KTX Ganggyeong high-speed train on Dec. 19 to head to Gangneung as a promotional ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
President Moon boarded the presidential...
Park Jae Yang, director of the Korean Cultural Center in Egypt, Professor Seo Jin Yong and other participants pose for a photo at a Hanji making workshop in Cairo.
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Nourhan M. Aldemrdash
Photos = Nourhan M. Aldemrdash
The word “paper” comes from the word “papyrus,” the first type of paper in human history, which was made by the ancient Egyptian...
President Moon Jae-in toasts with some makgeolli rice beer (막걸리) during a dinner with heads of diplomatic missions, in the Yeongbingwan Guest House at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 18.
By Sohn JiAe and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in has stressed that the standard for defining Korea's national interest is the citizens. He was speaking during a meeting with 182 Korean...
President Moon Jae-in (left) holds a meeting with Chen Miner, the governor and Communist Party secretary of Chongqing, in Chongqing, China, on Dec. 16
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
President Moon Jae-in met with Chen Miner, the governor and Communist Party secretary of Chongqing, in the southwest Chinese city on Dec. 16.
President Moon expressed his appreciation for Chongqing’s efforts...
President Moon Jae-in gives the keynote address at Peking University, in Beijing on Dec. 15.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in visited Peking University in Beijing on Dec. 15, the third day of his official state visit to China, to deliver a speech. To an audience of more than 300 professors, faculty members and students, President Moon spoke...
A special delegation from Korea’s National Fire Agency demonstrates for local firefighters how to put out a fire, in Phnom Penh on Dec. 13.
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Sojung
The National Fire Agency of Korea dispatched a delegation to Cambodia from Dec. 10 to 15 to share its firefighting technology and knowhow with first responders in the country.
The 13-strong delegation was composed of...
First lady Kim Jung-sook (center, in red) and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan attend an official welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing on Dec. 14. The two first ladies visited the National Centre for the Performing Arts later that day.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
First lady Kim Jung-sook, currently on a state visit...
The Seoul Metropolitan Government releases the music video of pop sensation BTS’s promotional song 'With Seoul' on Dec. 13. ('With Seoul' music video)
By Kim Young Deok and Kim Young Shin
The music video of “With Seoul,” a promotional song for Korea’s capital sung by the pop sensation BTS, was released on the Visit Seoul website and the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s YouTube channel on...
First lady Kim Jung-sook learns how to play the erhu, a two-stringed bowed instrument, at a music store in the Xinjiekou neighborhood of Beijing on Dec. 13. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
First lady Kim Jung-sook, currently on an official state visit to China alongside President Moon Jae-in, learned how to play the Chinese erhu on Dec. 13, the first day of her trip.
The erhu is...