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Nation honors 59th anniversary of 1960 revolution
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on April 19 pays his respects at a national ceremony in northern Seoul to mark the 59th anniversary of the...
President Moon lauds e-health cooperation with Uzbekistan
President Moon Jae-in (left) on April 19 listens to an explanation about joint telemedicine between Korean and Uzbek medical teams at Inha University's campus...
Korea, Turkmenistan to boost ties in energy, infrastructure
President Moon Jae-in (left) on April 17 holds a summit with Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow at Oguzkhan Palace in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
By Song Baleun and Lee Jihae
Photos = Cheong...
Royal Culture Festival to showcase Joseon history via high tech
The traditional Korean dance hwagwanmu is performed using high-tech lighting at Gyeonghoeru Pavilion of Seoul’s Gyeongbokgung Palace. (Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation)
By Kang Gahui and Lee Jihae
The nine-day...
UNSC grants sanctions waiver for joint inter-Korean excavations
Manwoldae Palace in Gaeseong, North Korea, is where the joint excavation project is being conducted. (Cultural Heritage Administration)
By Xu Aiying and Kim Minji
The United Nations Security Council's...
Belgian-born priest who became Korea’s cheese pioneer dies
The late Father Ji Jeong-hwan, a Belgian-born Catholic priest with the birth name Didier t'Serstevens, helped launch the Korean cheese industry in Imsil-gun County,...
White House calls last week’s Moon-Trump summit ‘positive’
President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump on April 11 lead an expanded meeting at the White House in Washington. Saying last week’s...
UN body stresses private sector’s role in achieving SDGs
Valerie Cliff, deputy regional director for Asia-Pacific at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), explains on April 12 the importance of private sector partnership...
‘Jeju-do for coexistence of humankind and nature’
Interviewing leaders | #3. Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Balanced national development is the government's key challenge in the government's drive to solving issues Korea faces...
[Sharing a Prosperous Global Village] Ambassadors’ Voices in Korea 5: Turkmenistan
To gauge the direction of cooperation between Korea and the world, Korea.net is running a series of interviews with ambassadors to Korea. This episode...
Int’l rail leader urges connection of inter-Korean railways
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mee (fourth from left) on April 11 speaks to OSJD (Organization for Cooperation of Railways) Chairman Tadeusz...
Blacksmith in small provincial town sells hit tool on Amazon.com
By Min Yea-Ji and Kim Hwaya
Photos & videos = Min Yea-Ji
Yeongju | April 11, 2019
A conventional Korean farming tool made by a blacksmith in a small provincial town...
Subway station turned into independence movement memorial
100 Tower at Anguk Station in Seoul shows the faces of about 800 Korean independence fighters in 100 seconds to commemorate the centennial anniversary...
Graffiti artworks honor Korean independence activists
To mark the centennial anniversary of the Korean Provisional Government, graffiti artworks featuring independence activists will be displayed from April 6-20 on building facades...
Guard post on eastern coast designated cultural heritage site
South Korea in 1953 built its first guard post on its eastern coast shortly after the two Koreas concluded the military armistice that ended...
KCC events in April to highlight pansori, Korean art, cinema, food
The poster for "Die Regentrude," a pansori-infused work by the Korean performing arts troupe Heebie Jeebie Juice, will make its debut in Germany this...
Interpretation service for foreign victims of crime expanded
An operator at the Immigration Contact Center (1345) in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do Province, provides interpretation service for a caller. The center from this month began...
Mexican city designates Korea Day to honor Korean immigrants
The Merida City Council of Mexico's Yucatan state on March 30 designates May 4 as Korea Day to honor the arrival of 1,033 Korean...
Seoul to host int’l rail directors’ conference for 1st time
For the first time, Korea from April 8-12 will host the conference for general directors of the Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD). This...
President Moon asks foreign-invested companies for ‘unwavering support’
President Moon Jae-in March 28 gives a speech in a meeting with foreign investors at Cheong Wa Dae. (Hyoja-dong Studio)
By Kim Minji
President Moon Jae-in, in...