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King Philippe attends Korea-Belgium Business Forum
On day three of his state visit to Korea, King Philippe of Belgium attended a Korea-Belgium Business Forum at the FKI conference center in...
Inter-Korean liaison office partially resumes operations
Unification Ministry Spokesperson Baik Tae Hyun on March 25 tells a news briefing that the inter-Korean liaison office in the North Korean border city...
[Sharing a Prosperous Global Village] Ambassadors’ Voices in Korea 3: Sweden
To gauge the direction of cooperation between Korea and the world, Korea.net is running a series of interviews with ambassadors to Korea. The third...
Prime Minister Lee to visit Mongolia, China this week
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon from March 25-30 will visit Mongolia and China. This photo from December last year shows him before leaving for a...
‘Techplomacy is win-win strategy for Korea, Denmark’
Danish Tech Ambassador Casper Klynge on March 22 emphasizes the significance of expanding “techplomacy” between Korea and Denmark in a discussion at Seoul Square...
Preparation going smoothly for FINA World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju
The 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships will start from July 12 in the southern city of Gwangju.
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Young Shin
Photos = The Organizing...
[Sharing a Prosperous Global Village] Ambassadors’ Voices in Korea 2: Denmark
To gauge the direction of cooperation between Korea and the world, Korea.net is running a series of interviews with ambassadors to Korea. The second...
President Moon announces plans for financial innovation
President Moon Jae-in on March 21 chats with bankers at the Seoul headquarters of Industrial Bank of Korea ahead of his announcement on regulatory...
SE Asian interest in visiting Korea rises for 5 straight years
A common sight around Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace is foreign tourists walking around dressed in Hanbok (traditional Korean attire). The Korea Tourism Organization on March...
Program highlights cultures of 5 Central Asian nations
Every March 21, 12 Central Asian countries including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan celebrate Nowruz, the first day of the new year under the Iranian...
Seoul exhibit to showcase artist interpretations of DMZ
“Landscape” by painter Park Se-jin shows three people -- a South Korean soldier, a North Korean soldier and the artist -- looking in different...
Koreas to field 4 unified teams in 2020 Tokyo Olympics
South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jonghwan (sixth from left), International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (seventh from left), North...
Korea, China reconfirm bilateral accord to reduce fine dust
Vice Environment Minister Park Chun-kyoo on March 15 gives a presentation on Korean environmental policy at the fourth U.N. Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya....
KCC in Hong Kong to mark 1st anniversary with art exhibit
"My Story" by Korean painter Hwang Yong-yop (Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Kim Hwaya
The Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in Hong Kong from...
Korea, Malaysia to pursue free trade agreement
President Moon Jae-in (left) on March 13 holds a joint news conference with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad following their summit in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
By Park...
Graffiti artist presents alternative images of famous activists through works
Graffiti artist Leodav on Feb. 18 explains what initially made him draw Korean independence fighters during an interview with Korea.net at the Independence Hall...
Former S. Korean, American diplomats: second NK-US summit was no failure
Former U.S. Ambassador to Korea Kathleen Stephens (third from left) speaks on March 5 during a forum hosted by the Korea Foundation and the...
First lady hosts luncheon for int’l students from Brunei, Malaysia, Cambodia
First lady Kim Jung-sook on March 6 greets a group of international students from three Southeast Asian nations in a luncheon held at Cheong...
Korea, Philippines to mark 70th year of bilateral ties with cultural events
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) on June 4, 2018, shakes hands with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in their summit in Seoul. Both leaders...
Costa Rican student’s innovative timer helps non-Koreans make better kimchi
Maria Jose Reyes, a Costa Rican graduate student who developed a kimchi timer while earning her master's at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science...