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Korea, China, Japan emphasize culture and arts educatio...
May 23, 2013
Government officials in charge of culture and arts education, scholars, and artists from Korea, China, and Japan shared an understanding of the importance of culture and arts education and looked for ways to boost future cooperation. (From left) Li Shao Peng of the Chinese Mi...

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President marks deployment of Korea’s 1st military chop...
May 23, 2013
President Park Geun-hye praised the development of the Surion, Korea’s first indigenous military helicopter, by saying that the development has made Korea the world’s 11th country to develop its own helicopter, at a ceremony to deploy the Surion at the Army Aviation School in Non...

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President urges diplomats to promote policies, consular...
May 23, 2013
President Park Geun-hye stressed the role of Korean ambassadors who introduce Korea and government policies and provide consular services to Koreans living in overseas. President Park Geun-hye (center) makes an address during a meeting with Korean diplomats held at Cheong Wa...

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Prime Minister visits Thailand for Asia-Pacific Water S...
May 21, 2013
Prime Minister Chung Hongwon held a series of meetings with his Thai, Myanmarese, and Bangladeshi counterparts during a visit to Thailand for the Asia-Pacific Water Summit. Prime Minister Chung Hongwon addresses at the Asia-Pacific Water Summit held in Chiang Mai, northern T...

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President Park holds 1st finance strategy meeting
May 21, 2013
The first national meeting on finance strategy since the Park Geun-hye administration took office was held on May 16 at Cheong Wa Dae. President Park Geun-hye (center) speaks at the national meeting on finance strategy at Cheong Wa Dae on May 16 (photo: Cheong Wa Dae).The si...

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Korea gains permanent observer status on Arctic Council
May 21, 2013
Korea has gained permanent observer status on the Arctic Council, allowing Seoul to secure a bridgehead in the increasingly influential forum that sets the rules for development of the polar region. At the eighth council meeting in Kiruna in northern Sweden on May 15, its eight m...

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President pays respects to democracy activists on May 1...
May 20, 2013
President Park Geun-hye said that the whole nation needs to cooperate to achieve “dynamic advancement of the country.” President Park Geun-hye examines a tomb at the May 18th National Cemetery in Gwangju on May 18 (photo: Cheong Wa Dae).“The ultimate goal of democracy is to ...

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President visits May 18th National Cemetery
May 19, 2013
President Park Geun-hye lays a wreath at the May 18th National Cemetery in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province), on May 18 (photo: Cheong Wa Dae).

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President vows to create jobs by mixing industries, cul...
May 16, 2013
President Park Geun-hye gave shape to her creative economy initiative, one of the main administrative visions of the government. “The government will make new added value and generate more jobs by combining science and ICT and mixing industries and culture with human creativity a...

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President Park’s U.S. trip upgrades Korea-U.S. economic...
May 16, 2013
Korea and the United States are expected to upgrade bilateral economic cooperation thanks to President Park Geun-hye’s U.S. trip earlier this May. President Park Geun-hye (second from right) is welcomed by U.S. business leaders at a lunch meeting held by the American Chamber...