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Inaugural Esports Championships East Asia held in Seoul
The inaugural Esports Championships East Asia 2021 & Game Culture Festival hosted by the Korean, Chinese and Japanese governments opened on Sept. 10 in Seoul. (Photographer...
8 Goryeo porcelain works from Belgium shown at Seoul museum
The National Palace Museum of Korea located in Seoul is hosting the exhibition "In Pursuit of the Aesthetic Legacy of the Goryeo Dynasty."
By Jung Joo-ri and Lee Jihae
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Korean craft exhibition at Milan Design Week features 126 works
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF) from Sept. 5-10 are jointly hosting the 2021 Korean Craft Exhibition at...
Smart bus shelters in Seoul cumulatively attract 1.2M users
Commuters last year on Aug. 3 wait for bus at a state-of the-art "smart shelter" located in Seoul's Seongdong-gu District. (Seongdong-du District Office)
By Lee Jihae
Cutting-edge "bus shelters" in Seoul's Seongdong-gu District,...
Korea’s global innovation rank jumps from 10th to 5th
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Moon SungWook on Sept. 20 speaks at the launching event for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)'s Global...
Traditional paper Hanji uses Louvre and care in restoring cultural assets
Kim Minjung, a key figure in the restoration of cultural properties at the Louvre in France using the traditional paper Hanji, on July 13...
Nation’s 1st craft art museum to open in downtown Seoul
The Seoul Museum of Craft Art in the city's Jongno-gu District opens on July 16. (Seoul Museum of Craft Art)
By Lee Jihae
The Seoul Museum of Craft...
Kazakh leader lauds Korean female volleyball captain, archer
President Moon Jae-in (right) and Kazak President Kassym-Jomart Tokayevon on Aug.17 take a walk in the gardens by Sangchunjae, a building for state guests...
Never-before-seen footage of freedom fighter released
Participants in January 1922 attend the opening ceremony of the first Conference of Representatives from Communist Parties and National Revolutionary Organizations of Far East Countries in...
‘No-landing flights’ to Ulleungdo, Dokdo islands run on Liberation Day
Gyeongsangbuk-do Province on Aug. 15 arranged no-landing flights to Ulleungdo and Dokdo Islands, with passengers posing for the camera holding the Korean national flag and...
Kazak leader to visit Korea next week, patriot’s remains to come home
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (right) from Aug. 16-17 will make a state visit to Korea. He is shown here in April 2019 attending a joint news...
Contest of Korea-related content sees record-high no. of entries
B2 Dance Group of Brazil has entered its music video in the K-pop music video section of Talk Talk Korea, an annual global contest of Korea-related content.
By Lee Kyoung...
Korea to be 1st in Asia to run e-travel authorization next month
Minister of Justice Park Beom-Kye (second from right) on Aug. 11 poses for a commemorative photo in front of the Korea Electronic Travel Authorization...
Gov’t urges long-term expats to get vaccinated vs. COVID-19
A long queue on July 29 forms in front of a temporary testing site for COVID-19 next to an expat support center in Danwon-gu...
5 must-see Korean works from late Samsung chief’s art collection
Two displays of artworks from the private collection of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee are being called the "exhibitions of the century" for featuring masterpieces shown in...
Seoul ranked 3rd-best world city for students to live in
The London-based university rating agency QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) on July 28 released its "Best Student Cities 2022" list on its official website. The photo...
President Moon honors 2 foreign Korean War veterans
President Moon Jae-in on July 27 awards the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit to the family of the late U.S. Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil...
UNESCO adds Korean tidal flats to World Heritage list
UNESCO on July 26 officially designated gaetbol (Korean tidal flats) World Natural Heritage during its 44th World Heritage Committee session held online in Fuzhou, China. The...
President requests resumption of US-NK dialogue to visiting diplomat
President Moon Jae-in on July 22 takes a photo with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman at Cheong Wa Dae. (Cheong Wa Dae's official...
Self-driving vehicles to hit Seoul roads from Oct.
Self-driving vehicles like buses and taxis from October will run in downtown Seoul. Shown here is a self-driving shuttle bus in the Sangam-dong neighborhood of Seoul's Mapo-gu...