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‘Cooperation with Costa Rica to boost Korea’s ties with Latin America’
Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Rodolfo Solano Quiros in a March 18 interview with Korea.net proposed a green and inclusive approach...
Big clock at Seoul Plaza starts P4G Summit countdown
A big clock set up on March 22 at Seoul Plaza is designed to count down the remaining 69 days until the opening of the...
President reaffirms bilateral cooperation to 2 US secretaries
President Moon Jae-in (middle) on March 18 poses for a photo with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Secretary of Defense Lloyd...
Incheon airport marks 20th year, eyes 200K more workers by 2030
Incheon International Airport on March 29 marked its 20th anniversary with an event held at Millennium Hall of Terminal 1. (Jeon Han)
By Kim Yeojin and Yoon Sojung
Incheon...
Forum proposes Korea-Latin America digital cooperation to overcome COVID-19
Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong on March 17 delivers a keynote speech at the Korea-LAC (Latin America and the Caribbean) Digital Cooperation Forum...
President Moon, first lady to get AstraZeneca vaccine on March 23
Cheong Wa Dae on March 15 said President Moon Jae-in will get vaccinated against COVID-19 on March 23. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Elias Molina and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in and...
Seoul Fashion Week to be held online from March 22-27
The Seoul Metropolitan Government from March 22-27 will hold this year's Seoul Fashion Week online. The photo shows the poster for this year's fashion week...
Public-private project in Seoul turns plastic bottles into apparel
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on March 10 said it signed an agreement with fiber manufacturer Hyosung TNC and used discarded transparent plastic bottles to make apparel including...
USA Today article calls Korean beef ‘best meat on earth’
The daily USA Today on March 5 said hanwoo (high-grade domestic beef) is "the best meat on earth" with "a perfect balance." The photo shows grilled hanwoo and deodeok (bellflower...
Seoul city gov’t urges foreign residents to get COVID-19 pre-screening
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on March 5 asked foreign residents of the city to get pre-screened for COVID-19 and receive information on related support. The photo...
Seoul’s Olympic Park to get online K-pop concert hall
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on March 3 said an online K-pop concert hall will be opened in October at The K Art Hall...
President Moon ‘ready for talks with Japan at anytime’
President Moon Jae-in on March 1 gives a speech at a ceremony marking the 102nd March First Independence Movement Day at Seoul's Tapgol Park.
By Kim...
Korea-promoting video gets positive global response
A video promoting the nation's image titled "For a Better Life, For Our Wonderland" has received a positive response abroad since its release on...
Expert blasts Harvard professor’s denial of ‘comfort women’s’ plight
Yuji Hosaka, a professor of political science at Sejong University in Seoul, blasted Harvard Law School professor J. Mark Ramseyer's paper on "comfort women,"...
[102nd March First Independence Movement Day] American journalist’s Seoul home to be opened to...
Jennifer Linley Taylor, the granddaughter of American journalist Albert W. Taylor, who first reported in 1919 the March First Independence Movement to the world, on...
Folk museum to livestream full moon festival on YouTube
The National Folk Museum of Korea in Seoul on Feb. 26 will livestream the annual festival for the first full moon of the lunar new year on its...
FM Chung urges Iran to release seized Korean ship, captain
Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong on Feb. 24 holds a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on the advancement and...
‘1st vaccine shipment marks initial step toward return to normal life’
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun (second from right) on Feb. 24 watches the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines leave the manufacturing facility of pharmaceutical manufacturer SK...
Oldest surviving prototype of national flag displayed in Seoul
The National Museum of Korea from Feb. 23 through March 8 is displaying O.N. Denny's Taegeukgi (National Registered Cultural Heritage No. 382), the oldest surviving prototype...
COVID-19 screening clinics slated in 14 areas with many foreign workers
The government from Feb. 21 set up screening clinics for conducting COVID-19 field inspections in 14 areas known to have many foreign workers to better contain the...