Karl Hauser, an engineer who worked alongside German medical personnel in Busan following the Korean War, visits the Seoul National Cemetery to pay his respects on Nov. 10. (Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs)
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Young Shin
Seoul | Nov. 12, 2017
"I find Korea's capacity for reconstruction and development to be truly amazing."
Karl Hauser, an engineer who worked alongside German...
President Moon Jae-in (right) and U.S. President Donald Trump smile as they talk to soldiers from both countries during a luncheon at the U.S. military installation Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do Province, on Nov. 7.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Hyojadong Studio
President Moon Jae-in and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on a state visit to Korea, paid a visit to Camp Humphreys,...
Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Roh Tae-kang (fifth from right), Governor Choi Moon-soon of Gangwon-do Province and other dignitaries attend a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of construction of the sporting venues for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, in Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, on Nov. 4. (PyeongChang Olympic Organizing Committee)
By Sohn JiAe
Construction...
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (left) presents a Gold Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit Award to the head of Hangsung Foods, Kim Soon-ja, during the 21st Women Entrepreneurs Day ceremony at Seoul's JW Marriott Hotel on Nov. 3.
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Photos = Ministry of SMEs and Startups
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon attended the 21st Women Entrepreneurs Day ceremony on Nov. 3,...
Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affair Pi Woo-jin (right) bows to honor the return of the remains of French Korean War veteran Jean le Houx, at Incheon International Airport on Nov. 1.
By Hur SomEe and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
The remains of the late French soldier Jean le Houx, who fought in the Korean War as part...
President Moon Jae-in (left) delivers words of encouragement to firefighters on the 55th anniversary of Firefighters Day at the Fire Service Academy in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do Province, on Nov. 3.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos Hyoja-dong Studio
President Moon Jae-in on Nov. 3 praised firefighters’ devotion and endeavors during a ceremony to mark the 55th anniversary of Firefighters’ Day at the Fire Service Academy in...
President Moon Jae-in (right) talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Cheong Wa Dae on Nov. 2.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in invited Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to Cheong Wa Dae on Nov. 2 to talk about ways to cooperate on issues that include the North Korean nuclear weapons...
President Moon Jae-in (right) receives credentials from new Tanzanian Ambassador to Korea Matilda Masuka during a ceremony to welcome new foreign envoys to Korea, at Cheong Wa Dae on Nov. 2. Ambassador Masuka is the first Tanzanian envoy to Korea and marks 25 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in welcomed...
Director of the Korean Culture and Information Service Kim Tae-hoon (fourth from left) poses for a photo with winners of the Talk Talk Korea 2017 contest, at an exhibition of the winning works on display at Seoullo 7017, in Seoul on Nov. 1.
By Yoon Sojung and Kim Ji Hoe
Photos = Jeon Han and Kim Sunjoo
Seoul l Nov. 1, 2017
An exhibition of the...
President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech on the floor of the National Assembly on Nov. 1. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in addressed the National Assembly on Nov. 1 regarding the proposed 2018 budget allocations, and reiterated the importance of creating a people-focused economy.
"Establishing a people-focused economy is a bold move, a move meant for us and our future...
The Olympic Village in Gyo-dong, Gangneung-si City, in Gangwon-do Province, invites press for the first time to view its newly built facilities for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, on Oct. 30, 2017, exactly 102 days ahead of the Opening Ceremony.
By Xu Aiying, Cho A-la and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Gangneung | Oct. 30, 2017
The Olympic Village in Gangneung-si City, Gangwon-do...
Korean luger Aileen Frisch becomes a naturalized citizen in December 2016.
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Pyeongchang | Sept. 20, 2017
Just as Korea dominates archery, Germany is unrivalled in the high-speed sport of luge.
Since the addition of luge to the Winter Olympics, Germany has won more than half of all the medals awarded in the event. Undeniably, the Germans are...
Korean biathlon racer Timofei Lapshin races downhill during a training session in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun County, Gangwon-do Province, in early September.
By Kim Tae Won and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Pyeongchang l Sept. 5, 2017
“Just as Viktor Ahn, the short-track speed skater who became a Russian citizen, raised awareness of the sport in Russia, so, too, we Korean biathlon racers will make the sport more...
The Korean and Chinese governments have agreed to hold a summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, which starts on Nov. 10. Pictured are President Moon Jae-in (left) and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Berlin on July 6. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President Moon Jae-in will hold a summit with his Chinese...
A series of events will be held on Nov. 1, exactly 100 days until the opening of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Pictured is a group of performers to mark 150 days until the Olympic Games, at Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul on Sept. 24. (Kim Sunjoo)
By Sohn JiAe
An abundance of musical shows are on their way to...
The Korea National Park Service (KNPS) announces on Oct. 29 that it has succeeded in artificially breeding the endangered soanseahorse (소안 해마) by raising offspring collected from adult seahorses. Pictured is an artificially raised soan seahorse clinging to an aquatic plant. (KNPS)
By Hur SomEe and Lee Hana
Researchers have found a way to preserve the population of the soan seahorse (소안 해마), an endangered species that was discovered...
President Moon Jae-in (right) talks to U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis, at Cheong Wa Dae on Oct. 27.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in reaffirmed that Korea and the U.S. will continue to address security crises on the Korean Peninsula, spurred by North Korea’s ceaseless nuclear weapons tests, based on their sound alliance.
This reaffirmation was made during...
President Moon Jae-in meets with 16 participants in this year's World Korean Business Convention (WKBC), including head of the Overseas Koreans Foundation Han Woo-sung and Chairman Yim Do Jae of the WKBC, at Cheong Wa Dae on Oct. 28. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in met with participants in the 16th World Korean Business Convention (WKBC) at Cheong Wa...
Travel publisher Lonely Planet has selected Korea, the host country of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, as one of its top-10 countries to visit in 2018. The photo above shows the Alpensia ski resort in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, an Olympic venue. (Korea.net DB)
By Kim Young Shin
Lonely Planet, a publisher of travel guides and related media, has recommended...
Director of the Korean Culture and Information Service Kim Tae-hoon (center) speaks about the revitalization efforts underway to make Korean arts, media and tourism more popular around the world, at the Korea Press Center in Seoul on Oct. 26.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Jeon Han
Seoul l Oct. 26, 2017
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS), part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports...