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Gapado goes green
Residents on Gapado Island, a small outcropping 5.5 kilometers south of Jeju Island, rely on wind turbines and solar panels for their energy.
After a...
Korea’s biggest cherry blossom festival
A famous writer once said, “I dream of standing under trees while cherry blossom petals fall all around me.” Well, it’s that time of...
Seoul’s vertical metropolis awaits grand opening
Lotte World Tower's Sky Deck observation platform, 478 meters from the ground on the 118th floor, offers surreal views of Seoul's cityscape, as miniature...
Culinary delight of Gangwon-do: freeze-dried pollack
“We’re all ready to serve during next year’s Olympic Games.”
Kim Sunyeol runs Hwangtae Hoegwan (황태회관), one of the time-honored hwangtae (황태) restaurants in Pyeongchang,...
Electric vehicle expo shows off green tech
The opening ceremony for the fourth International Electric Vehicle Expo was held at the Yeomiji Botanical Gardens in Seogwipo-si, Jeju Island, on March 17.
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‘I lost today, but my eyes are on next year in Pyeongchang’
Korean skeleton racer Yun Sung-bin (left) finishes in second place, to many home fans’ regret, by the narrow margin of 0.01 seconds behind the...
Baby’s big dayBaby’s big day
As in any country, a baby’s first birthday is a big deal in Korea. In the past, due to various reasons, such as famine...
Russia defends 4-man bobsleigh title in Pyeongchang
The Russian team, led by Alexander Kasjanov, celebrates its first-place finish in the four-man bobsleigh race in the 2016-2017 BMW International Bobsleigh and Skeleton...
Korea-US FTA: five years of win-win trade relations
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Joo Hyunghwan (left) and Vice President of the Asia Society's Policy Institute and former senior U.S. trade official...
German men grab bobsled gold in Pyeongchang
Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis of Germany rejoice in their victory as they cross the finish line in the men’s bobsleigh race in the...
US women’s bobsleigh team triumphs on next year’s Olympic track
Jamie Greubl of the U.S. holds up her hands as she finishes first in the women’s bobsleigh race in the 2016-2017 BMW IBSF World...
Latvia defends skeleton title in Pyeongchang
Martins Dukurs of Latvia (left) rejoices with his coach after coming in first in the men’s skeleton race at the 2016-2017 BMW International Bobsleigh...
Skeleton races hit Pyeongchang ice
Jacqueline Loelling of Germany launches her sled as she heads down the half-pipe course in the women’s skeleton race in the BMW IBSF World...
Seoul pledges support for 2018 Winter Games
IOC President Thomas Bach (left) and Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn discuss measures to support the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter...
Estate of Koh Kwang-rim, first Korean at Harvard Law, donates to National Library
Chun Hesung (third from right) donates 2,356 books about law, economics and politics, all part of the late Koh Kwang-rim’s collection, to the National...
Gwanak-gu District values its book clubs
Among Seoul's 25 districts, Gwanak-gu has one of the most vigorous networks of book clubs, thanks to the district government’s financial support for books,...
Visiting the Korea Pavilion at the Philippine Travel Tour Expo
There’s no more excuse to not visit Korea, as you don’t have to wait for a midnight seat sale!
The Korea Pavilion at the recent...
Spring has sprung along Jeju’s canola trails
At the Seogwipo Yuchae Canola Flower International Walking Festival, held in Seogwipo-si, Jeju Island, on March 18 and 19, participants can walk on 5-km,...
Korea, Ethiopia expand cooperation on customs clearance
Korea's electronic customs clearance system, known as Uni-Pass, has recently been exported to Ethiopia.
On March 10, the Korea Customs Service (KCS) and the Ethiopian...
Korean classics, modern literature now available online
An e-book of ‘The Cloud Dream of The Nine' (구운몽), one of Korea’s most famous classical literary works translated into English by James Gale,...