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President Moon hopes for peace in first-year message
May 10 marks the first anniversary of President Moon Jae-in’s inauguration. Pictured is President Moon with firefighters at the Yongsan Fire Station in Seoul...
Foreign Minister to visit US on May 11, hold first meeting with Pompeo
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (left) is to hold a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington on May 11. (Ministry of...
Release of US citizens to have positive impact on U.S.-NK summit: Korea, US leaders
President Moon Jae-in (right) speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump at Cheong Wa Dae on May 9 to discuss plans for the upcoming U.S.-North...
US secretary of state returns home with 3 NK detainees
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returns to the U.S. after his May 9 visit to Pyeongyang with three U.S. citizens who had been...
Mt. Inwangsan to fully open to public
By Lee Hana
Photo = Jeon Han
Video = Kim Sunjoo, Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | May 4, 2018
Inwangsan, with its large granite peaks, is a mountain to the west of Gyeongbokgung...
Korea’s first US travel essay now published in modern Korean
The 'Misokseubyu' (미속습유, 美俗拾遺) is part of the 'Jukcheongo' (죽천고, 竹泉稿), a collection of literary works put together by Korea’s first minister plenipotentiary to...
President Moon holds meeting with Chinese premier on May 9
President Moon Jae-in holds a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Tokyo on May 9. The photo shows the president and premier...
Seoul offers free e-sports tour to international fans
The city of Seoul launches test operations of a free e-sports tour for international tourists. The photo above shows the S-Plex Center, an e-sports...
Expectations rise for high-speed train across Korean Peninsula
The 2018 Inter-Korean Summit has led to growing interest in a high-speed railway connecting South and North Korea. Moon Jong-mook, director of the Pan-Citizen...
Min. of Unification asks activists to stop anti-North leaflets
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification announces the official government’s position on the spread of anti-North Korean leaflets by activists, and asks activists...
Korea attracts UK tourists with tradition, technology
British guards march down Sejong-daero in central Seoul as part of the Hi Seoul Festival hosted by Seoul Metropolitan City. (Korea.net DB)
By Min Yea-Ji and Hahm Hee-eun
For...
Moon administration publishes ‘Report to nation’
May 10 marks the first anniversary of the Moon Jae-in administration. The photo above shows Chairman of the State Affairs Committee Kim Jong Un...
Hyoja-dong Studio commemorates President Moon’s 1st anniversary
A work of woodcutting shows President Moon Jae-in.
By Lee Yoonseo and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos = Presidential Security Service Facebook
Last month, the Presidential Security Service’s photo website Hyoja-dong Studio...
Cheong Wa Dae hosts photo exhibit to mark Moon administration’s 1st anniversary
A photo exhibition is held at Cheong Wa Dae to celebrate the first anniversary of President Moon Jae-in’s inauguration. The photo above shows a...
Pop group Winner talks about Korea
By Hahm Hee-eun
Seoul | May 4, 2018
Winner is a four-member pop group at YG Entertainment that has made a comeback recently with its newest chill...
Talk Talk Korea’ goes behind the scenes with the pop group Winner
The four-member pop group Winner, the official campaign model for the fifth Talk Talk Korea 2018 contest, poses for a promotional shoot at the...
KOCIS invites non-Korean residents to tour UNESCO sites
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) invites non-Korean residents of Korea on a tour around some of the Korean UNESCO sites between May...
Korea, Turkey affirm cooperation on peninsular peace
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to their summit, at Cheong Wa Dae on May 2.
By Min Yea-Ji and Sohn...
President Moon to attend Korea-Japan-China summit on May 9
President Moon Jae-in holds a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Russia on Sept. 7 last year.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President...
Seoul marks 600th anniversary of King Sejong’s enthronement
The opening ceremony of the fourth Royal Culture Festival starts with a performance of the Hwangryong ceremony, which symbolizes the birth of King Sejong...