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Visit world heritage sites, enjoy nature, history
Travel to Hallasan Mountain and to the Seongsan Ilchulbung of Jeju Island and learn more about its volcanic geographic features.
Visit the Hwasun Dolmen in...
Korea, China, Japan join hands for the arts
Chinese Vice Minister of Culture Ding Wei (left), Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jongdeok (center) and Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,...
Gov’t to extend infertility treatment, support benefits
Minister of Health and Welfare Chung Chinyoub delivers a briefing about the government’s new measures to tackle the issue of low birthrates.
Starting next month,...
Through the archives: the ‘Miracle on the Han’
In this picture from 1970, officials from the IBRD visit a factory where train engines are being built. On Aug. 23, the National Archives...
New technology locates untapped gold deposits
A researcher tests out a spectral induced polarization (SIP) machine near a gold deposit in Moisan in Haenam, Jeollanam-do Province. Developed by the Korea...
‘Koreans are good at making funny jokes’
Korea.net recently sat down with a German college student who came to know Korea while reading comic books in high school. Lisa Scheidig from...
‘Firm and solid action in response’ to any provocation from hard-to-predict North
President Park Geun-hye listens to an explanation about how unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles operate during a visit to a central battalion of frontline troops...
Korea, China, Japan to meet in Jeju
Leaders from Korea, China and Japan will convene on Jeju Island this weekend to enhance trilateral exchanges in the arts, sports and other cultural...
Special gifts from Chongqing
Sixty-six students from Bashu Elementary School in Chongqing send a gift to President Park Geun-hye. The gifts include photos of students who formed a...
Korea, Uzbekistan join hands on e-gov’t, public administration
Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov stated that, "Korean experts played a key role in giving Uzbekistan a 20-step boost on the United Nation's E-Government Development...
Shooting stars on a midsummer night
A special guest has paid a visit to our heavens for the first time in a long, long while. The Perseids are a meteor...
Gov’t 3.0 now available via app
On Aug. 19, the Ministry of the Interior releases a new mobile app that consolidates 194 core services offered by Korea's Government 3.0 initiative...
President to attend G20, ASEAN summits
President Park Geun-hye attends the most recent G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, on Nov. 15 last year. She is to attend the upcoming 11th...
US investors eye Korean tech
A special fair in Los Angeles has reaffirmed that there is much interest among U.S. investors in a range of Korean products and advanced...
Korea expands partnership with Uganda, Vietnam on e-gov’t, railways
Ugandan civil servants attend a workshop on the Korean government's e-procurement system organized by the Korean Public Procurement Service on Aug. 9. Having shared...
Gov’t to release aid info, push transparency
For the first time, the Korean government has released data regarding its official development assistance (ODA) programs to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).
The...
Cambodia to get Korean smart cities
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kang Ho-in (left) and Cambodian Minister Chea Sophara of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction...
VR content targets tourism, entertainment industries
Visitors try out some virtual reality goggles at a booth at the Government 3.0 Expo held on June 20. The Ministry of Science, ICT...
Gov’t unveils strategic national projects
President Park Geun-hye (center) speaks during the second presidential panel on science and technology, at Cheong Wa Dae on Aug. 10.
"Science and technology will...
Endangered birds found in southern Korea
A mother Chinese crested tern bears her egg. The species, considered to be close to extinction worldwide, was found on an uninhibited island in...