2026 is the Year of Byeongoh (Fire Horse) under the East Asian zodiac. As the seventh of the 12 animals in the zodiac representing cardinal directions and time, the horse represents due south and ...

Everyone's Card, a new service of the mass transit discount K-Pass, from next year will offer full reimbursement of public transportation fees that exceed a monthly threshold. The Metropolitan ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety as the world's first WHO Collaborating Centre for FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)/ WHO INFOSAN ...

An exhibition of impressive Islamic art in Seoul features intricate early manuscripts of the Quran to lavish royal carpets, ceramics and delicate jade crafts. The National Museum of Korea on Nov. 22 ...

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced today that Korea’s retail industry gained 7.8 percent year-on-year in the first half (H1) of 2025, with offline sales declining 0.1 percent ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) on July 27 said they will jointly host a "new space seminar" with three Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, ...

The soundtrack to "KPop Demon Hunters," a hit Netflix animated film about K-pop, has made a huge splash on major music charts worldwide. Billboard on July 15 said the track "Golden" sung by the ...

President Lee Jae Myung on June 4 at 6:21 a.m. officially began his term as the country's 21st president. The National Election Commission (NEC) that morning held a plenary meeting to officially ...

Domestic output and exports of cosmetics last year both set record highs. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on May 27 said its analysis of national cosmetics production, exports and imports last ...

Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced that Korea, as chair of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Crisis Response Network (CRN), is holding a virtual ...

Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that the hydrogen power bidding market for 2025 opens today. The hydrogen power bidding market is a system for purchasing and supplying ...

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on May 7 announced its launch of a research and development project to test hydrogen-powered electric vehicles under the goal of commercializing ...