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EXO song added to Dubai Fountain
The song 'Power' by the Korean pop group EXO has become the first Korean pop song to be played at the Dubai Fountain. (Sara...
President Moon, NK delegation enjoy Samjiyon performance
President Moon Jae-in (second from left) talks to President Kim Yong-nam of North Korea’s Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly (third from left) and...
President Moon, NK delegation watch inter-Korean ice hockey game
President Moon Jae-in (fourth from left, third row), President Thomas Bach of the International Olympic Committee (fifth from left, third row), President Kim Yong-nam...
Supporters become one for Team Korea
Excited supporters raise the unified Korea flag and shout, ‘We are one!’ while watching a televised screening of the first Olympic match for the...
PyeongChang VIP reception serves up Olympic Spirit
A pre-Opening Ceremony reception for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games is held at the Yongpyong Resort Bliss Hill Stay on Feb. 9. The...
President Moon gets invitation from North leader
Kim Yo-jong (left), the leader of the North Korean high-level delegation currently in South Korea, shakes hands with President Moon Jae-in after delivering a...
PyeongChang VIPs enjoy Korean tourism
Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis visits the Ojukheon House in Gangneung on Feb. 9 and gets a tour of the Mongryong-sil building that houses a...
Countdown to PyeongChang Opening Ceremony
By Korea.net PyeongChang Olympics Team
Video = Kim Sunjoo
Photos = Jeon Han
Pyeongchang | Feb. 9, 2018
The much-anticipated PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony has officially begun.
On Feb....
Korea-US alliance led to inter-Korean talks, Pyongyang at Olympics: president
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in a meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 8. (Cheong Wa...
President Moon, UN secretary-general emphasize peace
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (left) and President Moon Jae-in shake hands at the Seamarq hotel in Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 9. Guterres...
President Moon meets Chinese special envoy
Han Zheng (left), a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China who is visiting Korea as a special envoy for...
Korea, Japan, Netherlands support ’Peace Olympics’
President Moon Jae-in (right) holds a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Yongpyeong, Gangwon-do Province, on Feb. 9.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos Cheong Wa Dae
President...
Swiss, German, Polish leaders support Korea’s ‘Peace Olympics’
President Moon Jae-in (right) holds a summit meeting with Swiss President Alain Berset at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 8.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa...
Explore Gangwon: winter wonderland, hiking heaven
Stretching all across Gangwon-do Province, there's a special network of walking paths called the Olympic Aribaugil. It connects all three host cities of the...
Cheong Wa Dae thanks pope for PyeongChang message
Cheong Wa Dae expressed its gratitude for Pope Francis on Feb. 8, who praised North Korean athletes’ participation in the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic...
Korea, Lithuania emphasize peace for Winter Games
President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania (left) and President Moon Jae-in shake hands at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 7.
By Hur SomEe and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Cheong...
President Moon meets Canadian governor general
President Moon Jae-in (right) smiles as he holds talks with Governor General of Canada Julie Payette, at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 7.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos...
Korea-Estonia summit to help launch peace through Olympics
President Kersti Kaljulaid of Estonia (left) and President Moon Jae-in discuss cooperation between the two countries during their bilateral meeting at Cheong Wa Dae...
8-language Olympic call center now open at “1330”
A new call center -- the phone number is 1330 -- provides Olympic information in eight languages: Korean, English, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Vietnamese, Thai...
Royal rite honors Olympic Games
By Min Yea-Ji and Yoon Jihye
Photos = Kim Sunjoo
Video = Kim Sunjoo
Seoul | Feb. 2, 2018
"The Joseon-era Jongmyo Jeryeak royal ceremony used to ring out whenever the nation had a grand...