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OECD raises Korea’s growth forecast this year to 2.8%
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has raised its economic growth forecast for Korea this year to 2.8% in its report "2022 OECD Economic...
President Yoon gives medal to British Korean War veteran
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 19 gives the Civil Merit Medal to Victor Swift, head of the British Korean War Veterans Association in...
Son shines again, scores hat-trick as sub in just 13 minutes
Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min on Sept. 17 puts up three fingers to celebrate his hat-trick in the eighth week of the English Premier League season at Tottenham...
Korea to hold 1st summit with Japan in nearly 3 years
President Yoon Suk Yeol from Sept. 20-21 in New York will hold summit talks with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...
Unification Ministry proposes talks with NK on separated families
The Ministry of Unification on the morning of Sept. 8 officially proposed to North Korea bilateral talks on the issue of separated families. Shown is Minister of...
Lunar orbiter Danuri completes 2nd trajectory maneuver
This is an artist's rendition of Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri approaching the moon. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
By Jung Joo-ri
Korea's first lunar orbiter Danuri...
President Yoon, UAE envoy discuss bilateral ties in Seoul
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 1 poses for photos with Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority of Abu Dhabi and a special...
Exports to China jump 162 times during 30 years of ties
Exports to China have skyrocketed 162-fold since Korea and China formed bilateral ties 30 years ago. Shown are Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin (left) and...
Korea wins 1st youth women’s world handball title
The final of the ninth World Women's Youth Handball Championship on Aug. 10 is played between Korea (in white uniforms) and Denmark in Skopje, North Macedonia.
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Non-competitive race to mark 77th Nat’l Liberation Day
The Korean Sport and Olympic Committee on Aug. 14 will host a race for the event "Drawing Taegeukgi (the national flag) Together" with about 1,000 participants, starting...
Gamhongno: liquor with centuries of storied legacy
Gamhongno, which means "bright dew with a sweet taste," was called one of the top three alcoholic beverages of the Joseon Dynasty in the book...
2nd King Sejong Institute branch opened in Mexico
The opening ceremony for the King Sejong Institute branch at the Technological University of Queretaro on Aug. 9 is held at the university in Queretaro.
By Kim Hyelin
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President Yoon on Aug. 12 to host luncheon talks with UN chief
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Aug. 12 will host a luncheon with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who will visit Seoul for two days, to...
Boys, girls sweep team titles at world junior taekwondo tourney
The national youth taekwondo team on Aug. 7 poses for a commemorative photo at the awards ceremony of this year's World Taekwondo Junior Championships at Arena Armeets in Sofia,...
Tourism extravaganza Seoul Festa to open on Aug. 10
Performances from Aug. 12-13 will be held at the grass yard on Nodeulseom Island of Ichon Hangang River Park in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District to celebrate the resumption of the Seoul...
Nation’s 1st lunar orbiter enters intended trajectory toward moon
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the nation's first lunar orbiter Danuri on Aug. 5 at 8:08 a.m. is launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in...
KOCIS hosts online global contest on traditional culture
Chae Su-hyun (second from right), a singer of the National Intangible Cultural Property Gyeonggi minyo (folk songs), and Hina (far left) and Yujeong (second from left), two of the...
President calls Speaker Pelosi’s JSA visit ‘show of deterrence vs. NK’
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Aug. 4 visits the Joint Security Area in the United Nations peace village of Panmunjeom. (Speaker Pelosi's Twitter account)
By Kang...
Last captive dolphin Bibongi to be released to the wild
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Aug. 4 announced that Bibongi (pictured), the nation's last Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin in captivity, will be released to the...
Int’l astronomy event in Busan attracts 1,800 scholars
The 31st General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union is opened on Aug. 2 at Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, or BEXCO, in Busan's Haeundae-gu District.
By Israa...