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PM holds meeting with Greek foreign minister
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (left) and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon pose for a photo before their meeting at the Government Complex Seoul on...
Moon administration launches Ministry of SMEs and Startups
Following a launch ceremony for the new Ministry of SMEs and Startups, held at the COEX convention center on Nov. 30, President Moon Jae-in...
Korea, US hold two calls to discuss NK missiles
President Moon Jae-in holds two phone calls with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, first on Nov. 29 immediately following North Korea’s latest long-range ballistic...
Tanzanian hospital opens with Korean support
Funded by the Korean government, the MUHAS Medical Center opens in Dar es Salaam on Nov. 25. (Minister of Strategy and Finance)
By Kim Eun-young and Yoon Sojung
The...
Financial bodies emphasize Korea-ASEAN cooperation
Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Choi Jong-ku addresses the third annual ASEAN Ambassadors & Korean Bank CEOs dinner in Myeong-dong, Seoul, on Nov. 27....
Sri Lanka to be wonderful partner for New Southern Policy: president
President Moon Jae-in (right) and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena pose for a photo prior to a summit meeting in Seoul, at Cheong Wa...
100 days to PyeongChang Paralympic Games
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Jongwhan, President Lee Hee-beom of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee and other representatives unveil a clock tower that...
OECD upgrades Korean economic growth to 3.2 percent
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) lifted Korea’s economic growth outlook for 2017 to 3.2 percent, on Nov. 28. The photo above...
Korea, Sri Lanka hold business forum, strengthen trade
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (fifth from left), on an official state visit to Korea, poses for a group photo with attendants at a...
PM meets Myanmar parliamentary speaker
Myanmar's Parliamentary Speaker Mahn Winn Khaing Thann (left) and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon shake hands before their meeting at the Government Complex Seoul on...
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...