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PM meets Philippine Foreign Minister
Philippine Foreign Minister Alan Peter Cayetano (left) and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon meet at the Government Complex Seoul on Sept. 4. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Kim...
President Moon purchases PyeongChang tickets online
President Moon Jae-in purchases tickets to the PyeongChang Winter Games online, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 5, as online sales for the Winter...
The Grump’s big trip to Pyeongchang
Tuomas Kyrö (right), author of the novel 'Happy Days of the Grump,' stands beside his fictional character, the Grump, an 80-year-old stubbornly traditional Finnish...
Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha in Seoul
The devout join hands in prayer at the Seoul Central Masjid, the first mosque in Korea, on Sept. 1 to celebrate Eid al-Adha.
By Kim Young Deok and Kim...
President Moon declares Oct. 2 holiday, nation gets 10 days off
President Moon Jae-in presides over a cabinet meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 5. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
Oct. 2 has become a one-time...
President Moon reaches out internationally over NK
President Moon Jae-in holds a series of phone calls with Germany, the U.S. and Russia, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 4, to talk...
President Moon meets ILO director-general, Russian federal security director
President Moon Jae-in (right) meets with Director-General Guy Ryder of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to discuss his new administration's labor policies, at Cheong...
President Moon calls for new means against NK nuclear weapons
President Moon Jae-in presides over an emergency meeting of the National Security Council, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 3. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Sohn JiAe
President...
PM meets Panamanian vice president, Lao foreign minister
Panamanian Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo (left) and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon meet at the Government Complex Seoul on Aug. 30.
By Kim Young Shin
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‘Pyeongchang ready to welcome the world’
The chair of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission, Gunilla Lindberg, announces the results of a recent evaluation of next year's Winter Olympics...
Artistic barista brings Olympic mascots to cups of coffee
Barista Lee Kang Bin poses with pictures of Soohorang and Banabi, the two Olympic mascots, drawn in the milk and foam of two cups...
President Moon to visit Vladivostok for Eastern Economic Forum
Cheong Wa Dae announced on Sept. 1 that President Moon Jae-in will visit Vladivostok, Russia, to attend the Eastern Economic Forum on Sept. 6...
President Moon nominates ambassadors to US, China, Japan
President Moon Jae-in nominates ambassadors to the U.S., China and Japan, Cheong Wa Dae announced on Aug. 30. In the photo, Cheong Wa Dae...
Cha Bum-Kun, Bundesliga legend
Cha Bum-Kun, football legend and former coach of the Korean national football team, stresses the importance of fair play, both on the field and...
Thirty-eight nations to attend Seoul Defense Dialogue
Park Cheol Kyun, the defense ministry's deputy director general for international policy, briefs the press on the upcoming 2017 Seoul Defense Dialogue, at Seoul's...
Korea, Japan vow to increase pressure on NK
President Moon Jae-in speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Aug. 30 to discuss North Korea’s latest missile launch that passed over Japan...
President Moon meets U.S. foreign affairs committee chairperson
President Moon Jae-in (right) meets with Representative Ed Royce, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 28.
By Yoon...
President Moon calls for stronger military stance against North Korea
Presidential Senior Secretary for Public Relations Yoon Young-chan briefs the press about the outcome of a National Security Council emergency meeting convened following North...
Korea, China, Japan discuss environmental issues
Minister of the Environment Kim Eunkyung (center) poses for a photo after signing a joint statement at the 19th Tripartite Environment Ministers’ Meeting among...
Korea, Russia agree to cooperate on N.K. denuclearization
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov (fourth from left) holds a meeting with his Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha (third from right) at the foreign ministry...