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Palace snowscape welcomes tourists
Visitors to the Secret Garden at Changdeokgung Palace enjoy the snowy scenery while listening to a tour guide’s comments about the Juhamnu Pavillion.
Changdeokgung Palace,...
Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival
The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival along the riverside in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do Province, takes place from Jan. 14 to Feb. 5. The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice...
Wintertime street snacks to beat the cold
Jjinbbang, or steamed buns filled with a sweet bean paste, are the ideal snack for the wintertime. These pocket-sized buns, served fresh from the...
Chocolate comes to Seoul
In the just-ended four-day chocolate exhibition that was held at the COEX convention center in Hall D on Jan. 12-15, I was lucky to...
PyeongChang Olympics to present traditional Gangwon-do, Korea
Non-Korean broadcasters and journalists listen to PyeongChang Organizing Committee President Lee Hee-beom as he outlines how the preparations are going for the upcoming PyeongChang...
Tomato manual lifts African aid
Korea has now shared its agricultural know-how about harvesting tomatoes with 15 African governments.
The Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced on Jan. 18 that it...
Nation-wide sales attract tourists to Korea
The Korea Grand Sale, a nation-wide series of discounts combined with a tourism promotional campaign, takes place from Jan. 20 to Feb. 28. Tourists...
Enjoy classical music at Deoksugung
Free classical music performances will be held on the last Wednesday of every month from now until June, in the Seokjojeon Hall at Deoksugung...
National Folk Museum offers fun for Seollal Lunar New Year holidays
The National Folk Museum of Korea will begin its Seollal Lunar New Year holiday program with a performance of some nongak farmer’s music. Museum...
Health ministry launches new hospital accreditation
The Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation uses 129 criteria to evaluate hospitals and medical institutions across the country, and grants its seal of approval...
Acting president leads meeting to discuss Korean Peninsula, regional issues
Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn asks diplomats and security officials to work hard at carrying out the government's foreign affairs and security policies, especially in...
Canopic jars come to Seoul
Canopic jars and lids are made of limestone and date back to ancient Egypt's 26th Dynasty (664 B.C.-525 B.C.).
Canopic jars stored the stomach, intestines,...
Jecheon, a city of serenity, excitement
For the year 2017, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced a list of 10 travel destinations and itineraries covering spots all over...
Danyang, where nature meets history
For the year 2017, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced a list of 10 travel destinations and itineraries covering spots all over...
Jecheon, Danyang offer clean air, comfort to the soul
The mountains surrounding Cheongpungho Lake in Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do Province, are covered with snow on Jan. 12, turning the lakeside landscape into a painting.
Dishes made...
Gov’t to focus on livelihoods, more jobs, e-gov’t services
The government will create more than 10,000 jobs in the public sector in order to revitalize the economy.
It will strive to boost the convenience...
Korea, US to cooperate on nuclear fuel
Korea and the U.S. have agreed to push for a variety of joint projects covering the safe use of nuclear energy.
The agreement came during...
Nulji of Silla (눌지 마립간, 訥祗 麻立干) (r. 417-458)
Nulji brought home two brothers who had been sent into tributary-exile, made temporary peace with the rising Goguryo power, and solidified his family's patrilineal...
Spring in December at Jangsado Sea Park
After a short, 40-minute ferry ride, we docked at the wharf on Jangsado Island. The weather was really nice and warm. It didn't feel...
Paris Fashion Week on another scale
Undoubtedly, one of the most attractive events in France is Paris Fashion Week. So I took a trip from Istanbul to Paris to see...