of the World Heritage Committee to be held in Busan in July 2026 - The Republic of Korea has been officially designated as the host country for the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, ...

President Lee Jae Myung in phone talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has discussed the situation in the Middle East and energy supply and demand. Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung in a ...

Gabi, a humanoid robot monk, on May 6 puts its hands together at a robot ordination ceremony at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul's Jongno-gu District.

Revision of subsidy guidelines to encourage the distribution of high-performance hydrogen buses and expansion of maintenance centers Distribution of over 1,000 hydrogen buses in 2024, a 277% growth ...

The Republic of Korea Navy this year will oversee and lead operations in this year's multilateral Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise. The U.S. Navy's 3rd Fleet on April 17 said this in releasing ...

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW, Minister Jeong Eun Kyeong) and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI, President Cha Soon-do) announced that BIO KOREA 2026 will be held over ...

SEJONG – The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) announced the ‘2024 Startup Trends’ on February 28. As of 2024, the total number of startups stands at 1,182,905, reflecting a 4.5% decrease (or 55,712 ...

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 ...

The flame holder for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics was in the shape of a moon jar (dalhangari). In light of the longstanding roots of ceramics in Korean culture, the piece aptly integrates ...

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 ...

The Korean people’s love for drinking being punctuated by singing and dancing has deep roots, reaching back to the nation’s earliest beginnings. People would drink, sing and dance at harvest ...

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.