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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...
World scientists discuss science, technology
The OECD Ministerial Meeting Daejeon 2015: World Science & Technology Forum is slated for Oct. 19 to 23 at venues across Daejeon. It will...
Make Eurasia one: President Park
President Park Geun-hye speaks during the ASEM Symposium Seoul 2015 on Sept. 10 in Seoul.
President Park Geun-hye emphasized the importance of the potential for...
Meteorologists discuss future of weather education
Weather professionals from 19 nations have gathered in Seoul to discuss future directions for the development of meteorological training.
The 11th Computer Aided Learning and...
President pushes for Northeast Asian development bank
President Park Geun-hye met with Jin Liqun, first president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Sept....
Korea to chair IAEA Nuclear Security Conference
Korea will play a leading role in the international cooperation on nuclear security at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"I wish to inform the...
Unification of Korean Peninsula will end Cold War: president
President Park Geun-hye gives the keynote speech at the Seoul Defense Dialogue on Sept. 9 in Seoul.
President Park Geun-hye said on Sept. 9 that,...
Asia-wide cultural center opens to public
Walking down an alleyway next to the former provincial government offices of Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province) along Geumnam-ro Street in Gwangju leads visitors to...
Mozambique, Sri Lanka win King Sejong prize
People attend classes on offer at the Progress Association in Mozambique.
The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize has gone jointly to Mozambique's Progress Association and...
Korea via stamps, poet Yun Dong-ju
Wishing not to have
So much as a speck of shame
Toward heaven until the day I die,
I suffered, even when the wind stirred the leaves.
With...
Korea shares disaster management experiences with 7 countries
Participants in the emergency rescue educational program attend a CPR training course on Sept. 7 at the National 119 Rescue Headquarters in Daegu.
Korea and...
Koreas agree on family reunions in Oct.
Red Cross delegations from both Koreas hold working-level talks at the House of Peace in Panmunjom, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do Province. They agreed to hold reunions...
Hand-made shoes tailored to individual size, taste
There is an alley in Daegu that smells of leather, leather goods and leather polish.
The so-called “Hand-made Shoes Alley” in Hyangchon-dong, Jung-gu District, Daegu,...
‘Korea-China to become regional economic community’: president
President Park Geun-hye says, 'Korea and China will be reborn as a USD 12-trillion regional economic community,' at a Korea-China business forum held in...
Dokdo gets new fishing fleet safety system
A new system aimed at detecting the location of each fishing boat in operation near Dokdo Island and ensuring their safety is set to...
Foreign media focuses on Korea’s new balanced diplomacy
President Park Geun-hye (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sept. 2 prior to the Korea-China summit in the Great Hall of...
Korean ballet: Dancers become choreographers
What if ballet dancers were to change their roles, from dancing to choreography?
The Korea National Ballet is now presenting the KNB Movement Series I,...