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Festival highlights beauty of spring at Seoul’s royal palaces
This is a scene last year from the program "Time Travel: King Sejong" of the 2024 Spring K-Royal...
C/A surplus streak hits 22 months in Feb. with USD 7.18B
The current account surplus in February of USD 7.18 billion marked the 22nd consecutive month of the balance finishing in the...
Monument for Goryeoin liberation activists unveiled in suburb
The unveiling ceremony for the Goryeoin Independence Movement Monument is held on April 4 at Hwarang Amusement Park in...
Royal ritual music to mark 50 years of ties with Singapore
Jongmyo Jeryeak, or Royal Ancestral Ritual Music of Jongmyo Shrine, is held on Nov. 4, 2023, at the...
Annual cherry blossom festival in port city ushers in spring
Visitors on March 31 walk around the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province.
By Aisylu AkhmetzianovaPhotos = Aisylu...
NATO chief urges bilateral defense cooperation with Korea
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul (left) on April 2 exchanges a handshake with NATO Secretary General Mark...
Ministry to post UNESCO’s world water assessment guidelines
In collaboration with UNESCO, the Ministry of Environment this week will publish guidelines for national water assessment for the...
Expats to promote all things Korean via hidden destinations
Participants of last year's "The Sense of K-Culture." (Korea International Broadcasting Foundation)
By Lee Jihae
No. of int’l patent applications in 2024 ranks 4th, grows 7.1%
The country last year ranked fourth worldwide in the number of international patent applications filed under the Patent...
Domestic output, consumption, investment all rise in Feb.
Statistics Korea on March 31 said in a report that domestic production, consumption and investment in multiple sectors rose...
Researchers confirm Atlantification of Arctic Ocean in world first
With an Araon icebreaker research vessel anchored on the Arctic sea ice, a research team of the Korea...
New K-Forest for All brand to stress global forestry cooperation
The Korea Forest Service (KFS) on March 21 unveils its brand K-Forest for All at a ceremony to mark the...
Seoul city gov’t starts nominations for foreign honorary citizens
The Seoul Metropolitan Government from March 24 to April 21 will receive nominations for honorary citizenship for outstanding foreign...
No. of non-professional foreign workers in 2024 breaks 300K
Philippine participants in the pilot project for foreign housekeepers of the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Aug. 6, 2024,...
Soju exports eclipse USD 200M for first time in 2024
The Korea Customs Service on March 14 said exports of soju (clear liquor) last year rose 3.9% from...
Another province to bring in 9,000 foreign workers this year
Chungcheongnam-do Province this year plans to attract over 9,000 seasonal foreign workers. Shown are such laborers from Laos...
Finance envoy stresses nation’s economic stability in NY visit
Ambassador for Financial Cooperation Choi Jong-ku held briefings during his March 10-14 visit to New York on promoting the...
Mongolia agrees to stronger bilateral cooperation in rare metals
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on March 12 in Seoul held the second meeting of the...
Institute in Vietnam to woo int’l students to Korean province
Chungbuk Hakdang (Academy) in Vietnam seeks to attract international students to Chungcheongbuk-do Province. Shown is a scene from...
New solar sail can propel spacecraft without power source
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has developed a solar sail (pictured) usable like a sail on a...