A PyeongChang Winter Olympics-themed subway car operates along subway line No. 2 six times a day until Jan. 23. (PyeongChang Olympic Organizing Committee)
By Kang Gahui and Kim Young Shin
Seoul l Dec. 11, 2017
On the afternoon of Dec. 11, a subway car stopped at Sadang Station aling line No. 2, as usual.
When the platform doors and the subway doors opened, however, an unusual...
The Ministry of Environment and private investors jointly created a fund worth some KRW 42 billion to support small green-focused companies. The photo above shows Ulleungdo Island on a clear day. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Young Shin
Korea’s first government-led fund dedicated to green businesses and environmentally friendly industries has been launched.
The Ministry of Environment announced that the fund for the future...
President Moon Jae-in delivers the keynote speech at the Korea-China Business Forum, at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on Dec. 13.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in, currently on an official state visit to China, attended the Korea-China Business Forum on Dec. 13, where he stressed that, “Korea and China are ‘a community of common destiny’...
President Moon Jae-in (right) holds an interview with CCTV news anchor Shui Junyi, at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 8.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in shared his thoughts on the situation on the Korean Peninsula, as well as his thoughts on relations between Korea and China, during an interview with China’s state-run China Central Television (CCTV) on...
Medals for the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games are revealed on Dec. 11. The horizontal, grooved lines represent equality, one of the core values that encompasses the spirit of the Paralympic Games.
By Lee Hana
Photos = PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG)
Medals for the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games were revealed for the...
Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok presents a wall clock with the signature of President Moon Jae-in to an officer at the U.N. Peacekeeping Dong-Myung Unit, in Lebanon on Dec. 11.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok has given encouragement to Korean soldiers in the Akh Unit, a military training cooperation group, in the United...
Photographer Lim Hong-bin is the winner of the 16th National Park Photo Contest with his picture of clouds and mist at the Gongryong Ridge of Seoraksan Mountain in Gangwon-do Province.
By Cho A-la and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Korea National Park Service
The Korea National Park Service unveiled the prize winners in its annual photo contest on its website (www.knps.or.kr) on Dec. 10.
A total...
Chairman Song Young-gil of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation (fourth from left) and other dignitaries unveil the new signboard for the committee, at the KT Gwanghwamun Building in Seoul on Dec. 7. (Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation)
By Kim Eun-young and Kim Young Shin
The new Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation held a signboard-hanging ceremony on Dec. 7, officially marking...
The KTX Gyeonggang high-speed train, which runs between Seoul Station and Gangneung Station in 1 hour and 54 minutes, began selling tickets on Nov. 30. Ticket sales are now three times higher than those at other high-speed train lines in the country. The photo above shows the KTX Gyeonggang train as unveiled to visiting journalists and broadcasters on Nov....
President Moon Jae-in inspects a model zero-energy apartment complex, called the Nowon Energy Zero Houses, in Nowon-gu District, Seoul, on Dec. 7.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos Hyoja-dong Studio
President Moon Jae-in has expressed his will to expand the number of energy self-supplying households across the country, emphasizing the national policy shift toward clean energy.
President Moon visited the Nowon Energy Zero Houses, Korea’s first...
President Moon Jae-in will go on a state visit to China from Dec. 13 to 16. The photo above shows President Moon (left) and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, prior to their summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Nov. 11. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe and Kim Young Shin
President Moon Jae-in is scheduled to visit Beijing and Chongqing from Dec. 13 to...
President Moon Jae-in (right) and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım hold summit talks at Cheong Wa Dae, in Seoul on Dec. 6.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae Facebook
President Moon Jae-in met with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and discussed bilateral cooperation between Seoul and Ankara, at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Dec. 6.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım is...
President Moon Jae-in talks to representatives from Pacific island nations during the third Korea-Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Dec. 5,
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in greeted representatives from 13 Pacific island nations, including Nauru, Samoa and Papua New Guinea, to the third Korea-Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, at Cheong Wa...
President Moon Jae-in greets award winners during a ceremony to mark the nation's 54th Trade Day, at the COEX convention center in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu District, Seoul, on Dec. 5.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in has stated that the Korean economy will return to an era of USD 1 trillion in trade per year, and see economic growth...
The government will offer a visa waiver to Chinese tourists and ease immigration procedures for athletes and tourists during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The photo above shows the second passenger terminal at Incheon International Airport, which will open on Jan. 18 next year. (Korea.net DB)
By Lee Kyong Mi and Yoon Sojung
Tourists visiting Korea will have easier immigration procedures...
President Moon Jae-in smiles as he receives a caricature of himself from Kim Eun-ho from the Chungnam Design Art High School, one of the Korean participants in the 44th WorldSkills 2017 competition that took place recently in Abu Dhabi, at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 1.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in invited the national WorldSkills team to...
A lighting ceremony for a giant Christmas tree is held at Seoul Plaza on Dec. 2. The tree is next to statues of the two mascots for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Soohorang the white tiger and Bandabi the Asiatic black bear, and a clock tower that's counting down the days to the Winter Games Opening...
President Moon Jae-in uploaded a photo of himself to Twitter on Nov. 26 holding tickets to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The photo can also be found at the Hello PyeongChang Website.
By Yoon Sojung
A lunch with President Moon Jae-in.
This is not for a foreign head of state visiting Korea.
This is an opportunity for 20 selected individuals who...
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (left) and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon pose for a photo before their meeting at the Government Complex Seoul on Nov. 30. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Kim Young Shin
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias discussed ways to increase cooperation between Seoul and Athens at the Government Complex Seoul on Nov. 30.
The two parties...
Following a launch ceremony for the new Ministry of SMEs and Startups, held at the COEX convention center on Nov. 30, President Moon Jae-in (second from left) and Minister Hong Jong Haak (left) drop by a startup festival to meet with companies like CYCLO, which makes products from recycled materials.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
The Ministry of Small- and...