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1330 Korea Travel Hotline offers free service around the globe
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) started to offer a toll-free travel hotline accessible anywhere around the world via a smartphone app on March 19....
PyeongChang, a midwinter night’s dream
Non-Korean visitors enjoy themselves as they take commemorative photos at the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza before the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympics...
Bronze medal, with public support
Jang Dong-shin, who scored a bronze-winning goal in the para ice hockey mixed bronze medal match, talks about the game and the Paralympics in...
Slovak athlete gets four golds in PyeongChang
Henrieta Farkasova (left) and her guide runner, Natalia Subrtova, who won four gold medals in the women's visually impaired alpine skiing competition, pose for...
Gangwon-do prepares for post-Olympics
Two days before the Closing Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, Kim Bong Rae talks about the Olympic bidding procedure while showing...
Paralympians transform lives through sport
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jongwhan says on March 17 that the government will do its utmost to support people with disabilities...
Busan to become shipping capital of Asia: president
President Moon Jae-in inspects a replica of an automated container terminal, at Busan New Port on March 16.
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Hyoja-dong Studio
President Moon...
Paralympic Achievement Award
Whang Youn-dai gives the welcome speech during a reception held at Korea House at the Gangneung Olympic Park on March 16. Whang presents the...
Paralympics, safe and secure
Mounted police officers patrol the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza during the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games on March 9.
By Korea.net PyeongChang Special...
Korean para ice hockey team wins first ever medal
After scoring a goal in the bronze medal ice hockey match at the PyeongChang Paralympics on March 17, Jang Dong Shin shares the joy...
‘Enjoy the Paralympics as they are!’
The lead researcher at the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, Kim Kwon-Il, who is also a KBS sports broadcaster for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter...
President Moon calls US, Japan
President Moon Jae-in discusses the expected inter-Korean and U.S.-North Korea summits with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump on March...
Gov’t announces measures to create more youth jobs
President Moon Jae-in speaks during a meeting to discuss government measures to fight high youth unemployment, at Cheong Wa Dae on March 15.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos...
Korea, ILO promote overseas employment
The Ministry of Employment and Labor is cooperating with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to support developing countries in providing employment and skills. From...
First lady Kim Jung-sook boosts Paralympics
First lady Kim Jung-sook cheers for Team Korea during the para ice hockey mixed semifinals match between Korea and Canada at the PyeongChang 2018...
Korea, Vietnam push cooperation, development
Participants speak during the International Conference on Korea-Vietnam Public Diplomacy Dialogue, in Hanoi on March 15. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Kim Tae Won and Hahm Hee-eun
A week...
Visa extension eased for small exporters
The Ministry of Justice reduced visa extension requirements for non-Korean small businesses in Korea starting in March 2018. The photo shows participants in a...
The journey toward peace on the Korean Peninsula
By Kim Young Deok and Yoon Sojung kyd1991@korea.kr
Graphics = Lee Hye Won and Kim Hyun Sook goghd36@korea.kr
Seoul pursues prosperity, peace through New Northern, Southern policies: president
President Moon Jae-in (second from left) and Asia Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao pose for a photo at Cheong Wa Dae on March 14....
Getting it fixed at PyeongChang Paralympics
Twenty-three technicians from 10 countries repair sport equipment for Paralympic athletes at the Ottobock Repair Service Center for Prosthetics, Orthotics and Wheelchairs, in the...