President Lee Jae Myung on Nov. 17 departed for visits to four countries in the Middle East and Africa on the occasion of the G20 summit of leading economies. Over 10 days, he will conduct summit ...

People going on blind or ordinary dates can now do so with government support. They can get married in public museums or parks, and pay just KRW 10,000 in rent per month for their new home after ...

One of the Jeju treasures is the traditional figure of the haenyeo female divers of the island (해녀). For centuries, female divers played a key role in the economy of the island by harvesting shellfish ...

Ask a Korean to mention a unique element of Korean culture, and the answer might be jeong, an abstract term loosely defined as someone's feelings for another person. This word often appears in Korean ...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched Seoul Tour Map to make finding popular attractions in the capital easy. The digital map offers a one-stop service for checking the city's best tourist ...

Across East Asia and elsewhere in the world, most families' main staple is rice, and in Korea it's joined with the triumvirate of the Korean kitchen: soy sauce, hot pepper paste and brown bean paste.

N Seoul Tower is one of the iconic symbols of Seoul. This place has now become a popular date spot for couples. Like the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris, couples head to the tower to lock their "padlock of ...

The number of immigrants to Korea last year saw the second-highest rise among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). An increase of seasonal short-term ...

As we approach the 71st anniversary of the Korean War this year, it has come to my attention that 2021 is also the 70th anniversary of a major event in Utah history. The state sent an artillery ...

Osong, 1 May 2025 — The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) will undergo its second Joint External Evaluation (JEE)* conducted by the WHO in August 2025. The evaluation aims to assess ...

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea announced today that foreign direct investment (FDI) pledged to Korea in 2024 reached a total of USD 34.6 billion (up 5.7 ...

Darcy Paquet, an American movie critic who has lived in Korea for close to 20 years, wears many hats in the Korean film industry: critic, lecturer, author, translator, artistic director and part-time ...