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 ...

Minister for Trade Inkyo Cheong of the Republic of Korea and European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maroš Šefčovič co-chaired the 12th Korea-EU FTA Trade Committee (“Committee”) meeting ...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) has been implementing a pilot project of providing food product information with the ‘Smart Food QR’* since ...

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 ...

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 ...

A newly enacted law on artificial intelligence (AI) has formed the basis for the national development of AI. The Ministry of Science and ICT on Dec. 26 said the National Assembly in a plenary session ...

Seventy photographs that describe historical moments between Korean independence in 1945 and the establishment of the Korean government in 1948 have now been disclosed to the public. In celebration of ...

New measures this year will seek to help expats better adjust to life in Korea. The following are policy changes for foreign nationals who either plan to visit Korea or live there. First, a system to ...

Cosmetics exports set a record high last year. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Jan. 6 said such shipments in 2024 reached USD 10.2 billion. Such products surpassed USD 1 billion in exports for ...

The first Korean Catholic priest, St. Andrew Kim Dae-geon, sent a letter before he was martyred. "Believers," he said, "should be one in heart and mind though they are all different. They should not ...

Content exports in 2021 set a record-high of USD 12.4 billion. According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's study released on Jan. 4 on domestic cultural content in 2021, the sector's ...

The launch of the K-Humanoid Alliance seeks to make the nation a global superpower in humanoid robots by 2030 through active government support. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on April 10 ...