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President Moon welcomes first dog Tory
President Moon Jae-in (left) smiles as he’s given a T-shirt printed with a picture of his newly adopted dog, Tory, by Park So-youn and...
PyeongChang Winter Games promoted at Astana expo
Korean Ambassador to Kazakhstan Kim Dae-sik (left) poses for a photo with visitors to Expo 2017 Astana in the Kazakhstani capital on June 10...
‘Korean history teaches US highschoolers meaning of life’
Social science and history teachers from the U.S. take a look at ancient Korean artifacts at the National Museum of History on July 24....
Graphic novelist talks about youth
U.S. graphic novelist Craig Thompson talks about his 20s, at the Korea Manhwa Museum in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do Province, on July 24. (Kim Young Shin)
By Kim...
Northeast Asian cooperation, in film
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-hwa (right) poses for a picture with Kim Jae Min, the winner of the '2017 Korea-Japan-China cooperation user-created video...
First lady visits Buddhist temple in Seoul
First lady Kim Jung-sook (center) helps to cut the ribbon during a ceremony to mark the establishment of a 'traditional culture experience hall' at...
Magical winter sports video hits 2.5 million views in two days
Videos promoting next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are released on Korea.net’s official YouTube and Facebook channels on July 24, exactly...
PyeongChang, Korea as seen in Talk! Talk! Korea entries
Akseli Salazar of Honduras wins the mobile phone artwork category in the Talk! Talk! Korea 2017 contest.
By Xu Aiying and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Korean Culture and Information...
Dolphins returned to the wild
Daepo (대포), one of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins that used to live at the Seoul Grand Park, was released back into the sea on...
Seoul exhibit digs garbage
A set of artworks by Jaejudojoa, a group of artists from Jeju Island, are all made of recycled trash dredged up from the island's...
President vows successful 2018 Winter Games
In a special event to mark 200 days until the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, President Moon Jae-in (center) receives an over-sized...
Festivals mark 200 days to PyeongChang
On July 22, a great fireworks show lights up the skies above Chuncheon in Gangwon-do Province to mark 200 days until next February’s PyeongChang...
UN Special Rapporteur on NK human rights supports dialogue with Pyongyang
Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on North Korean human rights, gives a press statement following his official five-day mission to South Korea,...
Magical winter sports video marks 200 days to PyeongChang
Magician Yu Ho-Jin flies through the air as he leaps from a special ski jump set up in Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square on June 14.
By Sohn...
Gov’t to support smaller companies: prime minister
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon delivers his congratulatory remarks at a ceremony marking the third anniversary of the 'Day of Medium-sized Business Leaders' (중견기업인의 날),...
Emblem, slogan unveiled for PyeongChang Cultural Olympiad
Organizers of the Cultural Olympiad for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games pose for a commemorative photo, holding up cubes that spell...
Cross-cultural project bridges Korea, world
Twelve taekwondo practitioners from 12 countries, among them Nepal, Laos, Nicaragua, Mexico, Myanmar and Kenya, are taking part in the 2017 Cultural Partnership Initiative....
President Moon unveils five-year policy agenda
President Moon Jae-in announces the five-year policy agenda for his new administration, at Cheong Wa Dae on July 19.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
July...
Jeju’s summer nights bring in the tourists
Jeju’s Hyeobjae, Hamdeok, Iho Tewoo and Samyang beaches now allow swimmers to stay two more hours after dark, until 9 p.m., for a limited...
World’s best airport
Incheon International Airport is one of the best airports in the world.
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Salwa Elzeny
Photos = Salwa Elzeny
As someone unknown once said, “Travel is...