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Seoul to host Asia’s top broadcast content market for 25th year
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency from Sept. 16-19 will host...
Liberation via art: exhibition shows loss, rediscovery of homeland
The exhibition "Landscapes of Homeland and Longing" at the Seoul branch of the National Museum of Modern and...
Former prison offers glimpse of torture, starvation of activists
Seodaemun Prison History Hall (Seodaemun Prison History Hall)
By Lee Jihae
Seodaemun...
President Lee rules out absorbing N. Korea, stresses Japan ties
President Lee Jae Myung on Aug. 15 delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the 80th Liberation Day...
President Lee to attend summit in Japan ahead of US talks
President Lee Jae Myung (right) on June 17 shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Group...
2 experts reflect on meaning of 80th anniversary of liberation
The Japanese empire on Aug. 15, 1945, signed the Potsdam Declaration of the Allies in accepting unconditional surrender in World War II....
Exhibition unveils last 6 Joseon Dynasty murals for first time
To mark its 20th anniversary, the National Palace Museum of Korea from Aug. 14 through Oct. 12 hosts the...
‘People’s appointment ceremony’ for President Lee set for Aug. 15
Kim Han-soo (right), director general for protocol and state council at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety,...
President Lee, Vietnam agree to boost trade to USD 150B by 2030
President Lee Jae Myung (right) and Vietnam's top leader To Lam on Aug. 11 pose for a photo at...
1st agricultural ministers’ talks with Japan, China held in 7 years
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryung (middle) on Aug. 11 holds a joint news conference with...
Gov’t to provide USD 1M for APEC’s first fund for youth
Lee Jiyoon (left), deputy director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Economic Affairs Bureau, on Aug. 11 poses with...
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ hits top US chart after going No. 1 in UK
The hit "Golden" from the soundtrack to the Netflix animated musical "KPop Demon Hunters" on Aug. 11 topped Billboard's main...
‘Records preserve legacy of victims of Japan’s sexual slavery’
Lee Na-Young, chair of the board of the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of...
Provincial festival uses summer fun to save tomatoes from waste
Visitors to the Hwacheon Tomato Festival on Aug. 2 look for the golden ring in a vast tomato...
Half of K-pop fans in US say such music ‘changed their lives’
Billboard on July 30 released the story "K-Pop Fandom in the U.S." based on its survey of 1,400...
Int’l sales of Korean novels in 2024 surge 130% to 1.2M copies
Overseas sales of Korean literature last year more than doubled from 2023. Shown are the English-language editions of...
Inaugural APEC meeting of digital, AI ministers adopts statement
The Ministry of Science and ICT on Aug. 4 hosted the inaugural Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting of digital...
80th Liberation Day event to promote 13 historical tourist sites
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) in their joint event "Commemorating...
Boryeong Mud Festival evolves into int’l summer gala in 28th year
By Jeon MisunPhotos = Lee Jeongwoo
This summer in Korea has been unusually hot, but the sheer fun and...
Multicultural families in 2024 see higher college attendance, incomes
Over 60% of youth from multicultural families attend college, a survey says. Shown are two students from such families...