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Candlelight began with pro-democracy in 1960s: president
President Moon Jae-in delivers his speech at a ceremony to mark the 58th anniversary of the 1960 pro-democracy movement, at the Daegu Concert House...
Ministry of Unification, North Korea agree on Paralympics
South Korea's Lee Joo-tae (right), director general of the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Bureau, and North Korea's Hwang Chung-song, a senior official on the...
Foreign minister emphasizes PyeongChang spirit for peace, prosperity
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha delivers the keynote speech at the 37th UNHCR Session in Geneva on Feb. 26. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
By Lee...
PyeongChang is complete with Paralympic Games: PM
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon speaks during the ninth Cabinet meeting, at the Government Complex Seoul on Feb. 27. (Prime Minister’s Office)
By Sohn JiAe
Prime Minister Lee...
PyeongChang ends on high note
The Closing Ceremony for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games is held at the PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on Feb. 25. Pictured is the LED...
Time for PyeongChang Paralympics
The PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games run from March 9 to 18. Bandabi the Asian black bear is the official mascot for the Games....
Pyongyang willing to hold talks with US
President Moon Jae-in (third from left) shakes hands with Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the North Korean Central Committee of the Workers' Party of...
‘Great success’ says Team Korea
Sarah Murray, coach of the unified women's ice hockey team, and the team itself that embodied the ’Peace Olympics’ has a chat with big...
Foreign media dub PyeongChang Games as ‘most high-tech Olympics ever’
Media outlets are praising the state-of-the-art tech that was showcased at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The above photo shows a drone delivering the Olympic...
Driving force behind successful PyeongChang Games
Song Hyeon-jun drives the free shuttle bus No. TS22 that runs between Gangneung Station and the Olympic Park during the PyeongChang Winter Games, in...
PyeongChang success seen at national pavilions
Visitors to the House of Switzerland in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do Province, take pictures of themselves while an Olympic event is live-streamed on Feb. 24
By Korea.net PyeongChang...
‘I fell in love with the flavor of Korea’
German visitors Isabella Kohlmus (left) and Manuela Bohm stop by the K-food Plaza near the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza for a bite to eat and...
PyeongChang Games ‘free of crime’
The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, which are approaching their end, have so far been free of any major crime committed against a non-Korean...
Seoul, Washington move forward together forever: President Moon
Ivanka Trump (left), assistant to U.S. President Donald Trump, poses for a photo with President Moon Jae-in at the entrance to the Sangchunjae Hall...
North Korean cheering squad bids farewell to Inje County
Members of the North Korean marching band and cheering squad put on a special show for residents of Inje County, at the Inje Multipurpose...
Tokyo 2020 Olympics learn from PyeongChang success
The executive director of communications and engagement for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Maki Kobayashi-Terada, talks about the PyeongChang Olympics at the...
Korea signs FTA with 5 Central American countries
Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong (third from left) joins hands with ministers from five Central American countries at the Korea-Central America Free Trade Agreements (FTA)...
Olympic host city reenacts royal funeral
Participants in a street parade perform a reenactment of the royal funeral for Joseon’s sixth monarch, King Danjong (단종, 端宗) (r. 1452-1455). They carry...
Olympic tourists, athletes forge unforgettable memories with Korea
German athletes have fun taking photos with the Olympic rings at an outdoor square in front of Gyeongpo Beach in Gangwon-do Province on Feb....
Culture Olympiad promotes heritage to winter sports fans
The theatrical performance ‘Scent of Thousand's year’ (천년향), one of the programs at the 2018 PyeongChang Cultural Olympiad, takes place at the Haeram Culture...