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Weather plane takes flight in Korea
A launch ceremony for Korea's first official government weather plane was held at Gimpo International Airport on Dec. 20. The plane will carry out...
[Peace in PyeongChang] ‘Counter-Terrorism and Safety Measures HQ’ is ready for PyeongChang
Chief of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Counter-Terrorism and Safety Measures Headquarters (CTSM HQ) Mun Yeong Gi explains the wide network of counter-terrorism and...
Foreign Minister Kang meets Japanese PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (left) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in...
President Moon boards KTX with PyeongChang supporters
President Moon Jae-in talks with winners of the PyeongChang Idea Olympics onboard the presidential train heading to Gangneung, Gangwon-do Province, on Dec. 19. (Cheong...
Traditional papers from Egypt, Korea
Park Jae Yang, director of the Korean Cultural Center in Egypt, Professor Seo Jin Yong and other participants pose for a photo at a...
President Moon requests diplomacy ‘at people’s eye-level’
President Moon Jae-in toasts with some makgeolli rice beer (막걸리) during a dinner with heads of diplomatic missions, in the Yeongbingwan Guest House at Cheong Wa...
President Moon meets Chongqing governor
President Moon Jae-in (left) holds a meeting with Chen Miner, the governor and Communist Party secretary of Chongqing, in Chongqing, China, on Dec. 16
By Yoon...
President speaks at Peking University
President Moon Jae-in gives the keynote address at Peking University, in Beijing on Dec. 15.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon Jae-in visited Peking...
Korea, Cambodia share firefighting knowhow
A special delegation from Korea’s National Fire Agency demonstrates for local firefighters how to put out a fire, in Phnom Penh on Dec. 13.
By Kim...
First lady Kim, Chinese first lady build friendship
First lady Kim Jung-sook (center, in red) and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan attend an official welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the...
BTS promotes capital city through song ‘With Seoul’
The Seoul Metropolitan Government releases the music video of pop sensation BTS’s promotional song 'With Seoul' on Dec. 13. ('With Seoul' music video)
By Kim Young...
‘Just like erhu strings, I hope for Korea and China to join in harmony’:...
First lady Kim Jung-sook learns how to play the erhu, a two-stringed bowed instrument, at a music store in the Xinjiekou neighborhood of Beijing on...
Olympic-themed subway commutes arrive in Seoul
A PyeongChang Winter Olympics-themed subway car operates along subway line No. 2 six times a day until Jan. 23. (PyeongChang Olympic Organizing Committee)
By Kang Gahui and Kim...
Gov’t creates fund for small ecofriendly companies
The Ministry of Environment and private investors jointly created a fund worth some KRW 42 billion to support small green-focused companies. The photo above...
President Moon attends Korea-China Business Forum
President Moon Jae-in delivers the keynote speech at the Korea-China Business Forum, at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on Dec. 13.
By Sohn JiAe
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President holds interview with CCTV before state visit to China
President Moon Jae-in (right) holds an interview with CCTV news anchor Shui Junyi, at Cheong Wa Dae on Dec. 8.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa...
Medals for PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics revealed
Medals for the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games are revealed on Dec. 11. The horizontal, grooved lines represent equality, one of the core...
Presidential Chief of Staff encourages Korean soldiers in UAE, Lebanon
Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok presents a wall clock with the signature of President Moon Jae-in to an officer at the U.N. Peacekeeping...
100 photos reveal beauty of Korean parks
Photographer Lim Hong-bin is the winner of the 16th National Park Photo Contest with his picture of clouds and mist at the Gongryong Ridge...
New presidential committee launches
Chairman Song Young-gil of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation (fourth from left) and other dignitaries unveil the new signboard for the committee,...