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President, Romania pledge better defense, nuclear power ties President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 23 (second from left) and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis (third from right) hold their bilateral summit at the Office of the President in Seoul's Yongsan-gu Distric... 2024-04-24
President Yoon, Japan PM pledge better trilateral ties with US President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 17 held a phone summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on close bilateral cooperation for regional peace. Shown is President Yoon (right) on May 7, 2023, sh... 2024-04-18
Gov't blasts claim to Dokdo in Japan's Diplomatic Bluebook The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 16 blasted Japan's false territorial claim to Korea's easternmost island of Dokdo through Tokyo's Diplomatic Bluebook, urging an immediate ... 2024-04-17
Envoy urges Ivory Coast, Egypt to back Korea-Africa Summit Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Chun Byong-keuk (right) from April 12-17 visited Ivory Coast and Egypt as a presidential envoy, urging both countries to actively take part in the upcoming... 2024-04-17
Officials from 5 nations start anti-corruption course in Seoul The Anti-Corruption Training Institute of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) from April 15 hosts a 10-day course on boosting anti-corruption capacity. Shown are part... 2024-04-16
Official development aid last year jumped 11.4% to KRW 4.4T The scale of the nation's official development assistance (ODA) last year jumped 11.4% from 2022 to a tentative figure of USD 3.13 billion (4.4 trillion won). Seen is an inspection of rice seeds produ... 2024-04-15
President pledges KRW 9.4T investment in AI, chips by 2027 President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 9 speaks at a meeting on the domestic semiconductor industry at the Office of the President in Seoul. (Yonhap News) By Kim HyelinPresident Yoon Suk Yeol o... 2024-04-11
Gov't to transform sports sector into future growth engine Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In Chon on April 8 (center) speaks at Sports 360 Play, an interactive exhibition facility for the sports industry, at a meeting with related figures on his m... 2024-04-09
PM cites big progress in cutting CO2 levels, pledges KRW 450T Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on April 5 speaks at a policy coordination meeting held at Government Complex-Seoul in the capital's Jongno-gu District. (Office of the Prime Minister) By Park Hye Ri ... 2024-04-08
Applications started for foreign staff at restaurants, lodging Korean restaurants, hotels and condominiums from this year can hire foreign staff with the E-9 (non-professional work) visa. Shown is a poster for this year's second round of appli... 2024-04-03
Opening of new GTX-A express subway slashes commute time Commuters on the morning of April 1 ride the newly opened GTX-A express subway line on the first weekday since the opening of the line's Suseo-Dongtan section. (Yonhap News) By Lee Kyoung Mi Th... 2024-04-01
Simpler names of official documents raise public convenience By Park Hye Ri Video = Seoul Foreign Resident Center's official YouTube channel The long and often complicated names of applications used by the country's administrative agencies will be simplifie... 2024-03-29
Group begins annual drive to correct inaccuracies about Korea Members of Friends of Korea, a volunteer group that looks for and corrects misinformation about the country abroad, on March 29 pose for a group photo at the organization's 16th induction ceremony hel... 2024-03-29
First results seen in K-Ricebelt Project's 6 nations in Africa A farm in Uganda shows the harvesting of high-quality Korean rice varieties with high yield. (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) By Wu Jinhua The K-Ricebelt Project of the Ministry... 2024-03-26
'Korea's newly formed relations with Cuba is surprise gift' The descendants of the first Korean immigrants to Cuba on Aug. 12, 2023, held an event to celebrate the 78th anniversary of Korean independence from Japan at the Christian Center for Reflection and Di... 2024-03-26
Local gov'ts help build 'world of coexistence with animals' KB Financial Group Research Institute in June last year released a report on animal companions in the country saying 5.52 million households comprising 12.62 million pet owners in late 2022. (iclickar... 2024-03-25
Ministry hits Japan's approval of history-distorting textbooks The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 22 expressed "deep regret" over the Japanese government's approval of middle school textbooks claiming Japan's sovereignty over Dokdo Island. (Korea.net DB) ... 2024-03-25
WHO hails 4 of nation's responses to COVID-19 pandemic The World Health Organization has hailed four of the nation's measures against the COVID-19 pandemic in the agency's recent report on lessons learned from responses to the coronavirus. Shown is a medi... 2024-03-20
'Expansion of youth role precedes development of democracy' U.S. Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya on March 19 gives a congratulatory speech at the Civic Society and Youth Event of the third Summit for Democracy at COEX Mall in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. ... 2024-03-19
Interpretation service for 112 police hotline expanded to 24/7 The Korean National Police Agency has expanded operation of its foreign-language interpretation center for the 112 police hotline to 24 hours per day, allowing quick responses to foreign nationals lik... 2024-03-19