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Moody’s keeps Korea’s credit rating at Aa2
Moody’s Investors Service maintains Korea’s credit rating at Aa2, while improving the economy's 2017 growth outlook to 2.8 percent, up 0.3 percent, considering the...
Sistine Chapel Choir makes first trip to Korea
The Sistine Chapel Choir, one of the oldest religious choirs in the world and based in Vatican City, performs at Seoul's Myeongdong Cathedral on...
Monument commemorates Korean diaspora in Uzbekistan
Tashkent Mayor Rakhmonbek Usmanov (left) and Seoul Mayor Park Won Soon shake hands at the unveiling of a monument to commemorate the 80th anniversary...
Seoul, Berlin can play bigger roles in G20
German Ambassador to Korea Stephan Auer emphasizes the potential growth of Korea-Germany cooperation, during an interview with Korea.net in Seoul on June 21.
By Yoon Sojung and Min...
G20 should deal with North Korea as one: Korean, German presidents
President Moon Jae-in (left) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier hold summit talks at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin on July 5.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong...
President Moon meets with German medical personnel
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) gives a presidential award to Karl Hauser (second from left), an engineer who served with a German medical...
Korean, German leaders affirm commitment to resolving NK issues
President Moon Jae-in (left) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold a press conference prior to their summit, at the chancellor’s offices in Berlin on...
Korean ballet about Joseon poet opens in Colombia
The Korean National Ballet performs ‘Heo Nanseolheon-Suwolkyeonghwa' (허난설헌-수월경화), a modern ballet based on the poems of Joseon poet Heo Nanseolheon, at the Teatro Mayor...
‘Owls,’ ‘chipmunks’ carry Seoulites late at night, early in the morning
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has been operating its late-night 'owl buses' (올빼미 버스) since 2013. Starting on June 26 this year, it has started...
We will firmly respond to North’s provocation alongside int’l community: president We will firmly...
President Moon Jae-in speaks during a National Security Council meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on July 4, following the launch of a North Korean...
President Moon meets former British PM President Moon meets former British PM
David Cameron (left), former British prime minister, is greeted by President Moon Jae-in where they will discuss Korea-U.K. cooperation, at Cheong Wa Dae on...
Talk Talk Korea 2017 contest attracts over 30,000 submissions
Winners of the Talk Talk Korea 2016 competition learn how to cook bulgogi marinated beef slices in the Korean Food Hall, at the K-style Hub in...
President Moon completes US visit President Moon completes US visit
President Moon Jae-in (left) is given a U.S. Marine Corps badge from former Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Stephen Olmstead during Moon's visit to a...
President calls for IOC support for successful PyeongChang Olympics
Tomas Bach (left), president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), listens to President Moon Jae-in at Cheong Wa Dae on July 3. (Cheong Wa...
Korea, US take first steps toward peaceful Korean Peninsula
President Moon Jae-in (left) speaks to the press in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 30 following a summit with his...
Korea’s success is a reward for the U.S.: president
President Moon Jae-in (right) on June 29 is greeted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the South Portico of the White House in Washington.
By Yoon...
‘Dismantling N.Korea’s nukes possible only with strong Seoul-Washington alliance’
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) on June 29 holds a meeting with leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, including...
Korea, U.S. are inseparable economic partners: president
President Moon Jae-in on June 28 emphasizes the significance of the Korea-U.S. alliance and bilateral economic cooperation at the Korea-U.S. Business Summit in Washington....
PyeongChang Olympics PR campaign stepped up in U.S.
Children on June 23 pose for photos at a promotional booth in New York's Time Square with Soohorang the white tiger and Bandabi the...
President Moon to visit Germany, attend G20 Summit in July
Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Park Soo-hyun on June 27 announces in a news briefing that President Moon Jae-in early next month will pay an...