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Enjoy autumn nights at royal palaces
Seoul, the Korean capital since 1392, is home to a number of royal palaces, ancient structures scattered across the modern city center. Two of...
Korea, China expand cooperation on healthcare
Representatives from the Ministry of Health & Welfare (right) and the Health and Family Planning Commission of Hunan Province in China agree to enhance...
Volvik colored golf balls stand tall in green fields
Volvik President Moon Kyung-ahn emphasizes the virtuous circle in the sports industry where companies invest in athletes with profits made from sales of good...
Korea, Japan share art, tourism, traditions
The Korea-Japan Festival 2015 in Seoul was held at the COEX convention center in Gangnam-gu District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 20. Various programs took...
A journey through Buddhist history: from Gandhara to Silla
The ‘Preaching Buddha’ is from South Asia's Kushan period, between the 100s and 200s.
Buddhist sculptures from across Asia are set to be spotlighted at...
President to host German head of state
President Park Geun-hye (left) meets with President Gauck at the Presidential Palace in Berlin in March 2014. (Photo: Cheong Wa Dae)
German President Joachim Gauck...
Traditional markets serve up all things beautiful, delicious
Participants in the ‘Expats’ Exploration of Traditional Markets’ project have fun as they take part in a mission to find any 'bath stuff(1 piece)'...
Paris skies glow with Taegeukgi colors
The Eiffel Tower turns red and blue as a light show projects the national Taegeukgi flag onto the structure on Sept. 18.
The sky over...
Special exhibition spotlights 70-year history of traditional Hanbok attire
A special exhibition at Cheong Wa Dae Sarangchae in Jongno-gu District, Seoul, chronicles the past 70 years of trends in traditional Hanbok attire.
A special...
Korean alphabet, literature as seen by international writers, linguists
Le Clezio, a French writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2008, gives a lecture during the International Congress of Writers Writing...
New Stay is a new housing model: President Park
New Stay is a new housing model: President Park :: Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea// //
President Park makes donation to help youth find jobs
President Park Geun-hye will make donations to a fund meant to help young people find jobs. She will donate KRW 20 million and also...
President Park to visit New York for UN summit
President Park Geun-hye will visit New York for four days, from Sept. 25 to 29, for the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 and...
Korea, EU to put FTA into effect by end 2015
President Park Geun-hye (right) and President of the European Council Donald Tusk hold a joint press conference after having the Korea-EU summit meeting at...
Korea, UNWTO seek to expand cooperation on tourism
Korea, UNWTO seek to expand cooperation on tourism :: Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea// //
Surround yourself with nature on Daebudo Island
The Gubongdo Sunset Observatory is the highlight of Daebudo Haesolgil trail No. 1. This spot is best known for its sunsets, where one can...
Music, dance festival expands to Silla capital
The percussion group Drum Cat wows the crowd during the opening ceremony of the 2013 Korea in Motion festival, held along the Cheonggyecheon Stream...
President Park receives credentials from six new ambassadors
President Park Geun-hye (right) receives credentials from new EU Ambassador to Korea Gerhard Sabathil, at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 14.
President Park Geun-hye received...
Korea, Jordan extend cooperation, exchanges
President Park Geun-hye and King Abdullah II of Jordan hold a summit meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Sept. 11.
Korea and Jordan will expand...
Korea, Jordan hold summit talks
President Park Geun-hye (right) and King Abdullah II of Jordan pose for a photo prior to the Korea-Jordan summit at Cheong Wa Dae on...