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President Moon praises outcome of G20 Summit
President Moon Jae-in presides over a cabinet meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on July 11. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in gave a positive...
See you again in Pyeongchang: first lady
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook pose for a photo with hotel staff in Berlin on July 6, as they hold up...
President Moon holds series of summits with G20 leaders
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and President Moon Jae-in meet at Hamburg Messe on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on...
Korean, Russian leaders emphasize expanded cooperation
President Moon Jae-in (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet for talks on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July...
President supports free trade, firm response to climate change at G20 summit
President Moon Jae-in (front row, far right) poses for a group photo with other world leaders at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on...
President meets heads of int’l organizations
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) discusses ways to boost cooperation with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (left), on the sidelines of the G20...
G20 leaders express concern over North Korea
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (front row, fifth from left), the host of the G20 Summit this year, says in a press briefing following the...
Roman Catholic shrine built to honor first Korean saint
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter John Paul Vergonia
Photos = John Paul Vergonia
Who would have taught that a quiet place here in the Philippines was once occupied by...
President Moon outlines peace initiative for Korean Peninsula
President Moon Jae-in is invited to speak at the Körber Foundation where he outlines his administration's peace initiatives, at Berlin's Old City Hall on...
Korea, US, Japan emphasize firm cooperation on N. Korean nukes
President Moon Jae-in (left) poses for a photo with Donald Trump (center) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, ahead of a trilateral dinner in...
Leaders of Korea, China stress ‘strategic cooperative relationship’
President Moon Jae-in (second from left) holds talks with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping where they discussed issues of mutual interest, in Berlin...
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...