Bilateral cooperation needs to be expanded: president (Ministry of Culture,...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) President Park Geun-hye attended a business forum in Bogota, Colombia, during her visit to South America, on April 17. "Now it...
View ArticleResolving history issues is key to a better relationship: president (Ministry...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) President Park Geun-hye said that the Japanese government should clearly express its recognition of history and that doing so...
View ArticleIdentity complex dogs Japan, South Korea
By Brad Glosserman and Scott Snyder The announcement that China has cooperated with South Korea to open a memorial hall in Harbin in honor of Ahn Jung-geun, the independence activist who in 1909...
View ArticleKorean, Thai leaders discuss cooperation (Ministry of Culture, Sports And...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) President Park Geun-hye and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha held a summit and talked about bilateral cooperation on the...
View ArticlePresident meets Int'l Democratic Union leaders (Ministry of Culture, Sports...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) President Park Geun-hye met with representatives from around the world who were in Seoul to attend the International...
View ArticlePhoto exhibit narrates beauty of Korea in Mexico City subway (Ministry of...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) A photo exhibition of ancient Korean palaces and modern Korean arts is being held in a most unlikely place: subway stations...
View ArticleChina Opens Memorial for Korean Independence Fighter
China has opened a memorial in Harbin honoring Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun, who assassinated the first Japanese resident-general of Korea, Hirobumi Ito, in 1909. The assassination took...
View ArticlePresident to attend Asia-Europe meeting, visit Italy (Ministry of Culture,...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) President Park Geun-hye will pay an official visit to Italy from October 14 to 17 and attend the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting...
View ArticlePresident meets MIKTA foreign minister delegation (Ministry of Culture,...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) President Park Geun-hye met with foreign affairs officials who came to Korea to attend the fifth MIKTA Foreign Ministers'...
View ArticleCity of ice, Harbin, into the heat of K-FOOD (MAFRA – Ministry of...
(Source: MAFRA – Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the Republic of Korea) The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA, Minister Lee Dong-phil) announced that it held a...
View ArticlePresident calls for new Korea-Japan relations next year (Ministry of Culture,...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) President Park Geun-hye met with the a delegation from the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) which arrived in Seoul on...
View ArticleDutch king meets 350-year-old compatriot (Ministry of Culture, Sports And...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) With the visit to Korea of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, there has been a reenactment of a 17th...
View ArticleDoes Park intend to improve S. Korea’s relations with Japan?
The Yomiuri ShimbunConsidering South Korean President Park Geun Hye’s recent statements, we cannot help doubting whether she intends to improve relations with Japan. In her talks with U.S. Defense...
View ArticlePresident meets Corning CEO, World Bank president (Ministry of Culture,...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) President Park Geun-hye met with Wendell P. Weeks, chief executive officer and president of Corning, a U.S. maker of glass,...
View ArticlePresident stresses duty to achieve hopes, dreams (Ministry of Culture, Sports...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) President Park Geun-hye said she will make every effort so that in 30 years the Korean people will be able to celebrate the...
View ArticlePresident Park meets with Swiss foreign minister (Ministry of Culture, Sports...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) President Park Geun-hye met with Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter at Cheong Wa Dae on June 1. "Switzerland has...
View ArticleVisitors flock to China memorial to Japanese official's assassin
BEIJING (Reuters) - A memorial to a Korean who assassinated a Japanese official more than a century ago has drawn a flood of visitors since it opened in China in January despite Japanese criticism. In...
View ArticleMemorial for Korean who fought Japanese colonization
HARBIN - A memorial opened on Sunday in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, to commemorate a Korean patriot who killed a top Japanese official over a century ago. Ahn Jung Geun...
View ArticleKorean mountains via stamps: Seoraksan (Ministry of Culture, Sports And...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) Seoraksan Mountain (설악산, 雪嶽山) covers almost 400 square kilometers and is the third highest mountain in South Korea, behind...
View ArticleChina-South Korea summit clearly shows ‘united front against Japan’
The Yomiuri ShimbunIt seems fair to say that China and South Korea have demonstrated clearly their “united front against Japan” on history-related issues. Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean...
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