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President Moon kicks off Olympic diplomacy at IOC session
President Moon Jae-in delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the 132nd session of the International Olympic Committee, at the Gangneung Arts Center...
Korea, US hold second round of FTA negotiations
Korean negotiators headed by Deputy Minister for FTA Negotiations Yoo Myung-hee from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and U.S. negotiators led by...
Seoul to offer public transport support for Olympic visitors
Free shuttle buses will operate between Seoul and PyeongChang and Gangneung during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The above photo shows...
President Moon meets leader of Latin American development bank
President Moon Jae-in (right) holds talks with President Luis Alberto Moreno of the Inter-American Development Bank, at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 5.
By Lee Kyoung...
Winter Olympics enshrined in literature
By Jeon Han and Sohn JiAe
Photos = Jeon Han
Video = Kim Sunjoo
A special event is underway in Seoul to spotlight written works about winter and winter leisure activities in...
Time for a walk across Gangwon
Woljeongsa Temple, founded in 643, is one of the representative Buddhist temples in Gangwon-do Province and a must-visit for tourists to Pyeongchang-gun County. The...
Foreign Minister meets with Italian, Vatican counterparts
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (left) and her Italian counterpart, Angelino Alfano, hold up plush toys of the PyeongChang mascots Soohorang and Bandabi,...
President Moon test-drives self-driving car
President Moon Jae-in waves from one of Hyundai Motor’s hydrogen-fueled self-driving Nexo cars before a test drive at the northern tip of the Seoul-Busan...
Athletes to watch for 2018 Winter Olympics
Korean skeleton athlete Yun Sung-bin (Korea.net DB)
By Yoon Sojung
In all Olympic Games, many star athletes are born and then are sometimes gone. An unknown athlete...
There’s still chance to get PyeongChang tickets
On Feb. 1 the PyeongChang Organizing Committee announced that it has sold 75 percent of the tickets for the Olympic Games and 83 percent...
Enjoy the Korean winter outdoors
Winter in Korea gets extremely cold and windy. The photo above shows Deogyusan Mountain in Gyeongsangnam-do Province covered in snow. (Korea Tourism Organization)
By Lee Kyoung...
Travel Korea with special discounts
The Korea Tour Card offers tourists a variety of discounts on accommodations and entrance fees at tourist site.
By Kim Tae Won and Son Gina
The cheaper, the better....
President Moon welcomes 5 new ambassadors
PresidentMoon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Kyrgyz Ambassador to Korea KylychbekSultan at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 31.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon...
PyeongChang Olympics to showcase automated robots
KAIST chair professor Oh Jun Ho, head of the robot support team for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, poses beside his...
IOC chief says, ‘Pyeongchang stage is set’
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (second from right) greets the press and holds up a plush toy of Soohorang, the PyeongChang Olympic...
See future of tech at Seoul’s Igloo Festival
By Jeon Han and Yoon Sojung
Photos = Jeon Han
Video = Kim Sunjoo
Seoul | Jan. 30
An igloo has been built in Seoul Plaza in central Seoul.
This is not...
Gangwon-do invites you to its winter festivals
Snow sculptures of Soohorang and Bandabi, the official mascots for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, stand in a snowy field during...
[Peace in PyeongChang] We will have the safest Olympics ever: Gangwon fire department
Director Nam Heung-woo of the Fire Safety Planning Division for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games vows to take care of safety...
Gangwon-do ready to greet visitors from around the globe
The Ministry of Environment announced on Jan. 29 that it will waive all electric car charging fees during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic...
Welcome to PyeongChang: Korea.net honorary reporters
Emilia Kircheva of Bulgaria (left) and Sadykova Aigerim of Kazakhstan, both Korea.net honorary reporters, pose for a selfie at the base of the Alpensia...