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Diplomats visit PyeongChang venues
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and ambassadors and businessmen from 68 nations pose for a photo during their visit to PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on Nov....
President condemns NK for reckless provocations
President Moon Jae-in speaks on North Korea’s latest launch of a long-range ballistic missile at an emergency meeting of the National Security Council at...
President Moon greets Sri Lankan leader at Jogyesa Temple
President Moon Jae-in (center) poses for photos with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Nov. 28 at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong...
Hanbok in Ottomans lands
By Korea.net Honorary Reporters Salwa Elzeny and Esraa Elzeny
Photos = Korea.net DB
Video = KBS World YouTube channel
The famous fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, the head creative director at the...
Education leaders from Asia, Europe agree to boost cooperation
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Kim Sang-kon announces at the sixth ASEM Education Ministerial Meeting that education leaders have agreed to adopt...
San Francisco formally accepts ‘comfort women’ statue
A memorial statue for the 'comfort women' showing three figures, representing young women from Korea, China and the Philippines, was set up on a...
KTX Gyeonggang Line connects Seoul to Olympic cities
The KTX Gyeonggang high-speed train line that takes just 1 hour and 54 minutes to connect Seoul and Gangneung, one of the host cities...
PM holds meeting with Vietnamese leader
Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh (left) shakes hands with Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon, at the Government Complex Seoul on Nov. 21....
Incheon Terminal 2 ready to greet tourists around the globe
Incheon International Airport completed construction on its second passenger terminal at the end of September this year. It officially opens on Jan. 18, 2018,...
Korea, El Salvador work on customs system
KCS Commissioner Kim Yung-moon (fourth from left) poses for a photo with his Salvadoran counterpart Jose Armando Flores Aleman and other senior officers from...
Remains of independence fighters return home
A welcome ceremony marks the arrival of the remains of independence fighter Li Yeosong and Lim Sungsil at Incheon International Airport on Nov. 15.
By Hur...
Korea reaffirms commitment to Paris Agreement
Minister of Environment Kim Eunkyung delivers the keynote speech at the COP23 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, on Nov. 15. (Ministry of...
‘Korea’s reconstruction after the war is truly amazing’
Karl Hauser, an engineer who worked alongside German medical personnel in Busan following the Korean War, visits the Seoul National Cemetery to pay his...
President Moon, Trump visit US military base Camp Humphreys
President Moon Jae-in (right) and U.S. President Donald Trump smile as they talk to soldiers from both countries during a luncheon at the U.S....
Winter Games construction ‘complete’
Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Roh Tae-kang (fifth from right), Governor Choi Moon-soon of Gangwon-do Province and other dignitaries attend a...
We’re in full support of female entrepreneurs: PM
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon (left) presents a Gold Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit Award to the head of Hangsung Foods, Kim Soon-ja, during...
Korea honors French war veteran’s wish to be buried in DMZ
Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affair Pi Woo-jin (right) bows to honor the return of the remains of French Korean War veteran Jean le...
Firefighters are the nation’s first responders: president
President Moon Jae-in (left) delivers words of encouragement to firefighters on the 55th anniversary of Firefighters Day at the Fire Service Academy in Cheonan,...
President Moon meets NATO secretary general
President Moon Jae-in (right) talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at Cheong Wa Dae on Nov. 2.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon...
President Moon welcomes six new foreign envoys
President Moon Jae-in (right) receives credentials from new Tanzanian Ambassador to Korea Matilda Masuka during a ceremony to welcome new foreign envoys to Korea,...