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Delicacies of highway rest stops
At the Hoengseong Rest Stop along the Yeongdong Expressway, you can taste some delicious hwangtae pollack soup with chodang soft tofu (left) and a beef steak minced with...
Celebrate Lunar New Year at Seoul’s museums, palaces
The National Folk Museum of Korea will entertain museum-goers with traditional programs during the Seollal Lunar New Year’s holiday. Pictured is a group of...
Korea launches sport exchanges with 14 countries
French Minister of Sports Laura Flessel (left) and Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jongwhan pose for a photo after signing a memorandum...
Korea, Latvia discuss Peace Olympics, economic cooperation
President Moon Jae-in (right) and Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis shake hands after holding bilateral talks at Cheong Wa Dae on Feb. 13. (Cheong Wa...
PM Lee expresses hope for South-North talks
Kim Yong-nam (left), president of North Korea’s Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, and Kim Yo-jong (third from left), deputy director for North Korea's...
North visit an opportunity to accelerate inter-Korea ties: unification ministry
Spokesperson Baik Tae Hyun of the Ministry of Unification delivers the daily briefing at the Government Complex Seoul on Feb. 12. (Ministry of Unification)
By Kim...
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...