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Olympic mascots symbolize protection, harmony
By Hur SomEe and Kim Young Shin
The two official mascots of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are Soohorang the white tiger and Bandabi the...
PyeongChang beyond sports
A taekwondo team from the First Republic of Korea Army (FROKA) performs as it waves a sign saying, 'It’s you, PyeongChang,' and the Taegeukgi...
Korea records 3.1 percent GDP growth in 2017: central bank
The Bank of Korea announced on Jan. 25 that Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 3.1 percent in 2017, compared to that of...
President Moon vows to strengthen public childcare
President Moon Jae-in enjoys a magic show with young audience members at a childcare center in Dobong-gu District, Seoul, on Jan. 24. (Cheong Wa...
‘Team Korea’s success is PyeongChang’s victory’
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (center) poses for a picture with members of Team Korea during its launch ceremony for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter...
President Moon holds phone call with Uzbekistani leader
President Moon Jae-in held a telephone conversation with Uzbekistani President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Jan. 24 to discuss measures to boost the bilateral cooperative relationship...
Korea opens cultural center in Hong Kong
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) delivers his congratulatory remarks during the opening ceremony for the Korean Cultural Center...
Korea.net Honorary Reporters promote PyeongChang 2018
The seventh team of Korea.net honorary reporters poses for a photo after its launch ceremony at the Foreign Press Center Korea in Seoul on...
A history written in sweat, the past and present of Korean sports
Korean athletes enter the stadium for the Opening Ceremony at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. This photo is just one of...
Inter-Korean team to make sporting history: president
President Moon Jae-in poses for a group photo with Team Korea's ice hockey players, wearing a uniform signed by members of both the men's...
Korean cultural centers hold annual meeting
Director Kim Tae-hoon of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) delivers the opening address to kick start the annual meeting of directors from...
Two Koreas to enter PyeongChang under one flag
Vice Minister of Unification Chun Hae-Sung (second from left) and North Korea’s Vice Chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country...
Second terminal makes Incheon airport ‘smart’: president
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) and Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mee (right) insert tickets into machines, alongside some airline employees,...
NK to send orchestra to PyeongChang: unification ministry
Director Kwon Hyok Bong (left) of North Korea’s Performing Arts Bureau, part of the North Korean culture ministry, and Deputy Minister for Culture and...
President Moon meets Mongolian PM
President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh following their meeting at Cheong Wa Dae on Jan. 15. (Cheong Wa...
Gwanghwamun Square torch relay shows 600 years of history
The torch for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games is delivered by Lee Hong Bae (left), the chair of Dae Han Imperial House, who...
PM invites Facebook friends to watch movie ‘1987: When the Day Comes’
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (center) poses with some of his Facebook acquaintances at the Piccadilly 1958 CGV theater in Jongno-gu District, Seoul, on Jan....
10 countries qualify for PyeongChang figure skating team event
The list of 10 teams, including Korea, that will participate in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games figure skating team event is finalized on...
Researchers explore Korean dog DNA
Recent research conducted by the Rural Development Administration reveals that dog breeds that originate in Korea, such as the Jindo (진돗개), the Pungsan (풍산개)...
‘See you in PyeongChang, hand-in-hand’
Henna Puumala, a Finnish volunteer that will serve as an interpreter at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, holds up plush toys of the...