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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...
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...