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‘Goal is to bring N. Korea back to the negotiating table’
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se attends the Security Council Thematic Meeting on the Denuclearization of North Korea, at United Nations headquarters in New...
May presents golden opportunity for getaway
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn delivers a speech during a cabinet meeting at Seoul's government complex on April 25. (Prime Minister's Office)
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National parks offer fresh spring break
Odaesan National Park in Gangwon-do Province, which will host the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games next year, gives park-goers a chance to...
Korea to create database of African geography, resources
Director General Choe Byong-Nam of the National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) (left) and President Synn Joong Ho of the Korea Institute of Geoscience and...
Sharing with the world: Smart transportation systems
A news crew from SBT, a Brazilian broadcaster, reports on the Seoul government's Traffic Operation Information Service (TOPIS), in the Korean capital on April...
Hands-on event previews PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics
Visitors to the 31st drawing competition for the disabled try their hand at curling at the National Folk Museum of Korea where a hands-on...
The story of Hangeul
Korea.net Honorary Reporter Bardise Muhammad uses the Hangeul alphabet to make the faces of stuffed toys.
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Bardise Muhammad
Photo = Bardise Muhammad
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Korea, Tanzania discuss expanded cooperation
Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Augustine Mahiga (left) shakes hands with his Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se following a meeting in Seoul on April 24....
Gov’t to help companies build overseas
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn presides over a meeting for businesses and experts involved in infrastructure projects abroad, in Seoul on April...
Royal Culture Festival brings back Korean royal ceremonies
Emperor Gojong’s formal reception of diplomatic envoys will be reenacted in the Jeonggwanehon Pavilion (정관헌) at Deoksugung Palace in Seoul from May 2 to...
K-pop star brings Baekje to the world
The Gongsanseong Fortress is a historic site in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do Province, that was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in July 2015.
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‘Prep for PyeongChang Games should be done thoroughly’
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn speaks during the 11th meeting of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Support Committee, at...
Korea shares DNA tech with 12 African countries
Participants from 12 member countries of the Korea-Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative learn about how genetic resources are managed, at the Rural Development...
Korea, Malaysia discuss trade, investment
Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Dato Sri Mustapa Mohamed (left) and Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Joo Hyung-hwan discuss ways to...
Korea, Angola cooperate on national security, business
Angolan Foreign Minister Georges Chikoti (left) and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se shake hands before a meeting where they discussed the state of affairs on...
Year’s first rice planting in Hamyang
The process of rice transplantation begins in Jiok-myeon Village, Hamyang-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, on April 19. This is the first rice planting in Hamyang-gun...
Sharing successes, failures through public administration cooperation
"Sharing both successes and failures is the basic direction of cooperation for both countries," says Minister of the Interior Hong Yun-sik at the Government...
We are with you 100 percent: U.S. Vice President
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn (right) and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence hold a joint press conference following a summit in Seoul...
PyeongChang Games pick main banking partner
Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo Dong-hoon (second from left), President Lee Hee-beom of the PyeongChang organizing committee (third from left),...
PyeongChang torch relay to cover 2,018 km across Korea
President Lee Hee-beom (right) of the organizing committee for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and honorary ambassador Kim Yuna pose for...