Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun on April 15 hosted talks at his ministry's compound in Seoul's Jongno-gu District with Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency ...

President Lee Jae Myung and visiting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the morning of April 13 at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul agreed to elevate bilateral relations to a "comprehensive strategic ...

It's wonderful to hear about the exciting event that took place at the Korean Cultural Center's preliminary for the '2023 K-Pop Cover Dance Festival' in Bangkok, Thailand. In his opening remarks, Cho ...

Described as the son of the heavens, Jumong was the founding king of Goguryeo, which eventually became the largest dynasty in Korean history. Also known as the Holy King of the East, mythological ...

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 ...

This year's tourism budget of 1.31 trillion won is up 6.6% from last year's. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Jan. 3 said this in announcing its 2024 tourism budget execution plan under ...

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on July 2 unanimously raised Korea's status from a developing economy to a developed one, reclassifying the nation from Group A (Asian ...

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.

The labor market next year will accept around 191,000 foreign workers designated non-professional. The Office for Government Policy Coordination on Dec. 22 in a meeting of the Foreign Workforce Policy ...

The total fertility rate, or the average number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime, rose for the first time in nine years in reaching 0.75. According to 2024 data on births and ...

The five-year strategy for national governance of the Lee administration has been released. This large-scale blueprint is focused on constitutional amendments, reform of power organizations, ...

Soju, the clear traditional liquor that comes in the iconic green bottle, is widely known to soothe the sorrows of Koreans as shown in many films and TV dramas. The drink has recently received global ...