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65 foreign residents gain Korean nationality in ceremony
Newly naturalized Koreans citizens on Jan. 21 salute the national flag with Justice Minister Park Sang-ki (front row, fourth from the right) in a...
Bloomberg names Korea ‘most innovative country’ for 6th straight year
Korea on Jan. 22 was announced as the world's most innovative country by the Bloomberg Innovative Index. (Screen capture from Bloomberg website)
By Oh Hyun-woo and Kim Minji
Korea...
Survey shows 80 percent of world has ‘positive’ image of Korea
According to an annual national image survey conducted by the Korean Culture and Information Service, 2018's top keywords about Korea were "Korean food," "K-pop"...
President Moon urges more job creation in meeting with CEOs
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 15 delivers an opening speech at his meeting with business leaders at the Yeongbingwan Guest House of Cheong Wa...
Korean gov’t to promote hydrogen economy through car, fuel cell sectors
President Moon Jae-in (second from left) on Jan. 17 looks at the booth of a hydrogen fuel car at Ulsan City Hall ahead of...
Economy minister announces plans to foster hydrogen, big data, AI sectors
Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki on Jan. 16 chairs a meeting on innovative growth strategies at Yangjae Innovation Hub in Seoul. (MOEF)
By Xu...
Chinese literary honoree finds solace through writing poems in Korean
Wang Liqun is a Chinese doctoral student at Pai Chai University in Daejeon who won the Hoseo Literature Award last year for four poems...
Defense Ministry blasts Japan’s demand in radar row as ‘very rude’
Shown is a screen capture of the video released on Jan. 4 by the Korean Ministry of National Defense to refute Japan's claim that...
Korea, Denmark to mark 60 years of bilateral ties through ‘Year of Culture’
This photo from on Oct. 20, 2018, shows President Moon Jae-in (left) and Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen holding a summit at Christiansborg...
Foreign workers in Korea must file income taxes by Feb. 28
An English-language guide to filing year-end tax returns for foreign workers is available on the National Tax Service’s homepage.
By Oh Hyun-woo and Lee Hana
Foreigners who earned income...
Korea Grand Sale to offer extensive tourist discounts, offers
Korea Grand Sale 2019, to run from Jan. 17 to Feb. 28, will offer overseas tourists huge discounts and benefits in select sectors like...
[New Year’s news conference on diplomacy, security] President Moon: Kim Jong Un’s China visit...
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 10 speaks in his New Year’s news conference at Cheong Wa Dae.
By Kim Young Deok and Kim Minji
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President...
Koreans react to plastic bag ban at large supermarkets
Korea from 2019 has banned the use of single-use plastic bags at major supermarkets, with paper bags being offered as alternatives.
By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
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Documentary video features Cheong Wa Dae’s wide variety of beautiful trees
By Lee Kyung Mi and Kim Minji
Video = Presidential Security Service
Cheong Wa Dae, located at the foot of Inwangsan Mountain in Seoul’s central district of Jongno-gu, is...
British Korean War hero to be buried at UN cemetery in Busan
The late British war hero William Speakman-Pitt, a Korean War veteran also known as Bill Speakman, in April 2015 talks about his wartime memories...
Bill in NY State proposes day to honor Korean patriot
This photo shows Korean freedom fighter and martyr Yu Gwan-sun as an inmate at Seodaemun Prison in Seoul. Politicians in the U.S. state of...
Foreign, defense ministries blast Japan’s forced laborer, radar claims
The statue located in Yongsan Station square honors Koreans who were forced to work during Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Korea.net DB)
By Min...
President Moon: peace to strengthen economy in 2019
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 2 delivers his New Year’s address at the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business in Seoul. (Cheong Wa...
1st English-language guide on Korean Peninsula mammals published
"Mammals of Korea" is the first English-language guide on 127 mammal species on the Korean Peninsula
By = Xu Aiying and Kim Minji
Photos = Ministry of Environment
A government...
President Moon’s nat’l cemetery visit begins new year’s official schedule
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 2 burns incense at the Seoul National Cemetery in the Dongjak-gu district of the capital. (Hyoja-dong Studio)
By Kim Young Deok and Yoon...