May 1's official designation as a public holiday from this year means a day off for the public for the first time in 63 years. The Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Ministry of Personnel ...

Incheon International Airport, Korea's main air hub, offers performances, exhibitions and activities at traditional culture centers located by its terminals and concourse. With the 25th anniversary of ...

2025 K-Pop Cover Dance Festival Australia: Unleash Your Inner Star! Calling all K-Pop warriors in Australia! Ready to ignite the stage and dominate the fiercest K-Pop cover dance showdown in the ...

The Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong hosted the 2022 Quiz-on Korea (Hong Kong) Finals last Sunday, 12th of June. The six finalists, selected from more than a thousand competitors in the primary ...

We explore the foundational elements of Korean culture. By revisiting traditions passed down through generations, we trace the starting point of our heritage. We invite you to the heart of today’s ...

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 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 Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW, Minister Cho KyooHong) has announced its 2025 Action Plan. Guided by the vision of “A Welfare State Where People Are Happy and Healthy,” the ministry will ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The minimum hourly wage for next year has been set at KRW 10,320, up 2.9% from this year's. The Minimum Wage Council on July 10 decided this at its 12th plenary meeting at Government Complex-Sejong in ...