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Korean, Cuban foreign ministers hold meeting for first time
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha (left) shakes hands with her Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, in Havana on May 10. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Kim Young Shin
The...
Photo contest shows beauty of Korea
The grand prize is awarded to Kim Jae-hyun’s ‘Winding Through Fall Foliage’ at the 45th Korea Tourism Photo Contest in 2017.
By Min Yea-Ji and Hahm Hee-eun
Photos =...
Berlin exhibit highlights borders between two Koreas
By Min Yea-Ji and Hahm Hee-eun
Video = Korean Cultural Center in Germany Official YouTube
The Korean Cultural Center in Germany and the Korea Arts Management Service opened the...
Scientists to release hair transplantation machine in 2-3 years
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute plans to commercialize the hair transplantation machine that it's currently developing in two or three years. The photo...
President Moon meets South Korean art troupe for Pyeongyang
President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook talk with members of a South Korean art troupe that performed in Pyeongyang last month, during...
Exhibit showcases Cheong Wa Dae art collection
By Lee Hana
Video = Jeon Han, Kim Sunjoo, Choi Tae-soon
Seoul | May 9, 2018
Starting May 9, the first floor of the Cheong Wa Dae Sarangchae Exhibition Center will...
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...