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Vietnamese film festival to be held in Seoul
The Vietnamese romantic comedy film 'The Girl from Yesterday' (2017) will be screened at the Lotte Cinema World Tower during the two-day Vietnamese film...
World Korean teachers conference kicks off in Seoul
Participants in the 10th World Korean Educators Conference wave to the camera as they hold up King Sejong Institute textbooks. (King Sejong Institute Foundation)
By Kim...
Agricultural policies pave the way for young farmers
A researcher from the Rural Development Administration inspects a new breed of strawberry in Hongseong County, Chungcheongnam-do Province, in December 2017. (Rural Development Administration)
By Hahm...
First lady visits disabled, able-bodied community in Singapore
Ho Ching (second from left), the wife of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and first lady Kim Jung-sook (second from right) visit the...
BOK freezes rates at 1.5%
The Bank of Korea (BOK) announces its decision to keep Korea's key interest rate at 1.50 percent in its Monetary Policy Board meeting on...
Korea pushes for new energy sources
A Korea Gas Corporation (KGC) employee explains how LNG is transported to representatives from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, in front of...
First lady meets ‘Dangal’ family, ‘You’re all gold medalists’
First lady Kim Jung-sook meets the Phogat family whose story was the inspiration behind the 2016 film 'Dangal,' at a hotel in New Delhi...
President Moon lends ear to Korean, Indian CEOs
President Moon Jae-in and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a roundtable for Korean and Indian CEOs in New Delhi on July 10.
By Lee Hana
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Korea, India to become comprehensive partners: Cheong Wa Dae
Presidential Senior Secretary for Public Relations Yoon Young-chan briefs the press about the significance of President Moon Jae-in’s state visit to India, at the...
Korea, India strengthen future partnership
President Moon Jae-in (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk together to the meeting room at India’s state guesthouse in New Delhi on...
First lady tours Mughal tomb, attends K-pop contest
First lady Kim Jung-sook greets people at Humayun's Tomb in Delhi.
By Kim Eun-young and Min-Jeung Kim
Photo = Cheong Wa Dae
First lady Kim Jung-sook visited the UNESCO World...
US ambassador arrives in Seoul
The new U.S. ambassador to Korea, Harry Harris (right), issues a brief statement after arriving at Incheon International Airport with his wife. (U.S Embassy...
Korea, US, Japan share goal of North Korean CVID
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left), Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (center) and Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha hold a joint press conference following...
Korea, China discuss earthquake, volcano disaster response
The head of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Nam Jaecheol (first row, left), the head of the China Earthquake Administration (CEA), Zheng Guogwang (first...
India, key partner in New Southern Policy: president
President Moon Jae-in, currently on state visit to India, is welcomed by local students studying at the King Sejong Institute in New Delhi on...
North Korea sends 25 athletes to Korea Open
Athletes of the two Koreas march together at the opening ceremony of Asian Games, in Busan, on Sep. 29, 2002. (Korea Sports and Olympic Committee)
By Lee...
Moon’s bold imagination brings peace to Korean Peninsula: Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in announces his administration's peace initiatives, at Berlin's Old City Hall in July 2017. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Kim Young Shin
Exactly one year ago,...
Gov’t goes green: no more single-use products
Using ceramic coffee cups and portable tumblers instead of disposable paper cups has become more and more common at Cheong Wa Dae. The photo...
First lady enjoys Bollywood with Indian students
An international student from India takes a selfie with first lady Kim Jung-sook after watching a Bollywood movie together, at an art-house cinema in...
Experts urge expansion, continuation of New Southern Policy
Some 150 Indian and ASEAN experts, including Chairman Sunjoy Joshi of the Observer Research Foundation (third from left) and former Secretary General of the...