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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...
Jongno Books relaunched as modern meeting place
The main floor of the newly opened Jongno Books introduces a wide selection of books in a space with high ceilings and ambient lighting.
In...
Korea, Germany boost economic ties
Government officials from Korea and Germany discuss ways to boost economic cooperation, at the 30th Korea-Germany Joint Economic Committee held at the Government Complex-Seoul...
My nocturnal life in Korea
I am Salvadoran and I lived there all my life until June 2016 when I traveled to Korea thanks to an exchange program. If...
Korea Grand Sale Launches Nationwide for Foreign Tourists
The Korea Grand Sale, a shopping & tour festival organized by the Visit Korea Committee (chaired by Park Sam-koo), will be held from Friday,...
Wooden tablets uncover ruling power of Silla
A four-sided wooden plaque found at the Seongsansanseong Fortress in Haman-gun County, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, bears a report from a village governor to the central...
SGC’s Paul Carver & his beautiful bond with Korea
Seoul Global Center Head Paul Carver is going all-out to help expatriates in Korea, based on his life and experiences here as an overseas...
Being alone is full of fun
Traveling around Korea alone can be great fun.
Quite often in modern, high-pressure, urban Korea, a lifestyle driven by the so-called “YOLO” philosophy -- an...
New guidebooks target non-Korean residents
The Daegu Metropolitan City Government releases 'Living in Daegu,' a guidebook to help newcomers settle and live in the city. The booklets are being...
New books published on Joseon, North Korean cultural heritage
On Jan. 5, the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage publishes a catalogue of North Korean publications on archeological research (left) (북한 정기간행물 고고학...