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Prost!, at Namhae German Village
The annual Namhae German Village beer festival runs this year from Oct. 6 to 8 in Namhae-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. (Namhae-gun county)
By Min Yea-Ji and Lee Hana
The...
PyeongChang stadium ready for Games
Construction on the stadium that will host the Opening and Closing ceremonies for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games finished on...
2017 Korea Sale Festa offers bountiful discounts
The 2017 Korea Sale Festa, a nationwide retail sale, offers a variety of discounts on bus and train tickets, shopping, restaurants and accommodations. It...
Olympic torch lights Korea for first time in 30 years
The Olympic torch relay starts in Incheon on Nov. 1, exactly 100 days before the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Pictured are...
Chuseok holidays abound with special deals
Both residents and visitors alike can look forward to many special deals this Chuseok holiday season. Pictured are a group of Korean.net honorary reporters...
President stresses ‘bipartisan cooperation’ to deal with security crisis
President Moon Jae-in and leaders of four ruling and opposition parties are briefed on the state of security on the Korean Peninsula, at the...
PyeongChang Winter Olympics: ‘ready to bring peace’
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jongwhan (second from right) speaks to a group of foreign correspondents about the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Olympic...
VR event previews PyeongChang Winter Games
Visitors to the themed zone '88 Olympic Bridge' at the Yeouido Hangang Park in Seoul pose for a picture with the Olympic torch and...
The Korean Day, World Korean Community Leaders’ Convention open in Seoul
President Moon Jae-in (left) receives a map of the Korean Peninsula painted by children from a Korean language school in Germany from Choi Young-keun,...
Korea-Japan Festival connects Pyeongchang, Toyko
The calligraphy club from Tottori Higashi High School in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, presents a work of art wishing for the success of the PyeongChang...
President Moon urges NK to honor 2007 declaration
President Moon Jae-in calls upon North Korea to return to the spirit of the Oct. 4, 2007, South-North summit declaration, at a celebration to...
King Jeongjo’s parade turns back clock 222 years
The 2017 King Jeongjo Tomb Parade begins after a formal ceremony to officially depart the palace, at the Donhwamun Gate of Changdeokgung Palace in...
Moon congratulates Merkel on fourth victory
President Moon Jae-in sends a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sept. 25 to congratulate her on her recent election victory. Pictured, the...
Eradicating corruption, starting point of all government policies: president
President Moon Jae-in presides over the first Anti-Corruption Policy Consultation Council at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 26.
By Jeon Han and Lee Hana
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President...
Candlelight revolution is historic page of UN spirit: president
President Moon Jae-in stresses the meaning of Korea's Candlelight Revolution, as well as the policy priorities and diplomatic direction of his new government, in...
Korea, US, Japan stress stronger sanctions against NK
President Moon Jae-in holds a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in New York on Sept. 21....
Korea, US agree on peaceful denuclearization of NK
President Moon Jae-in (left) holds a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York on Sept. 21. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President Moon...
PyeongChang 2018 medals unveiled in New York, Seoul
Promising Winter Olympic athletes show off the gold, silver and bronze medals during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Medal Unveiling Ceremony, at the Dongdaemun Design...
First lady serves homemade meals to Korean-Americans in NY
First lady Kim Jung-sook greets kitchen staff at the Korean American Senior Center of Flushing in Queens on Sept. 20. The first lady paid...
Korea, Italy reaffirm cooperation on trade, NK
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (left) receives plush toys of Soohorang the white tiger and Bandabi the Asiatic bear, the two mascots for the...