The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Oct. 13 announced its joint hosting of the World Webtoon Festival from Oct. 19-22 at Lotte Town in Seoul's Songpa-gu District with the Korea Creative ...

Director Park Chan-wook's new film "No Other Choice" on the evening of Sept. 17 opened this year's Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). A news conference for the movie on Sept. 17 was held at the ...

Chinese travelers on group tours from Sept. 29 can visit Korea without a visa for up to 15 days under a temporary visa-waiver program ending next year on June 30. This was reported on Sept. 7 under a ...

The Ministry of Education and the National Institute for International Education on Sept. 4 announced the application period for the 2026 Global Korea Scholarship for undergraduates from Sept. 15 to ...

An exhibition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of liberation features landscape paintings focused on hometowns in the country from the Japanese colonial period (1910-45) to the present, showcasing ...

Netflix's hit animated musical "KPop Demon Hunters" (2025) is a global sensation, strongly resonating with fans of Korean entertainment thanks to its high production quality, narrative and of course ...

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 ...

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 ...

A newly launched project seeks the development of on-device artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors in four key sectors: cars, the internet of things, machinery and robots, and the defense ...

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 ...

Minister for Trade Inkyo Cheong of the Republic of Korea and European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maroš Šefčovič co-chaired the 12th Korea-EU FTA Trade Committee (“Committee”) meeting ...

The total fertility rate, or the average number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime, rose for the first time in nine years in reaching 0.75. According to 2024 data on births and ...