Apr 20, 2018

[Photo News] Back to the Joseon era

While time machines are the stuff of movies and fairy tales, it is possible to get a taste of what life was like in the Joseon era (1392-1910) at the Korean Folk Village in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province,...

Apr 20, 2018

[Photo News] Line concludes global developer’s conference in Seoul

LINE DEVELOPER CONFERENCE -- Park Eui-vin (left), Chief Technology Officer at Line, delivers a keynote speech concluding the “2018 Dev Week Global Workshop” hosted by Line Plus, the Korean unit of Li...

Apr 18, 2018

[Photo News] Coming inter-Korean summit draws foreign interest

A crowd of foreign visitors were spotted Wednesday at the historical site of Imjingak in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, ahead of the two Koreas’ summit scheduled for April 27. Imjingak is the 20,000-squar...

Apr 16, 2018

[Photo News] Koreans remember Sewol

Koreans around the country are mourning the fourth anniversary of the Sewol Ferry sinking, which claimed the lives of over 300 passengers, many of them high school students, on April 16, 2014. Offic...

Apr 15, 2018

[Photo News] Ways to show regret

(Samsung Securities) Samsung Securities CEO Koo Sung-hoon (front row, second from left), along with the company’s executive members and senior employees, write a letter of apology during an emergenc...

Apr 11, 2018

[Photo News] The end of spring cold spell

After the brief cold spell Korea meets every year in spring, temperatures have turned mildly warm once more. Cherry blossoms were in full bloom on Wednesday afternoon, which saw highs of 18 degrees ...

Apr 4, 2018

[Photo News] Future of digital currency

FUTURE OF DIGITAL CURRENCY -- Participants discuss the future of central bank digital currencies in a session at Deconomy 2018, held in Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul on Wednesday. From left are: Jeff Pai...

Apr 4, 2018

[Photo News] Cherry blossom season has arrived

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom near the Yeouido area in Seoul, as of Wednesday. The cherry blossom festival of Yeouido, a popular event in early spring, begins Saturday and runs until April 12. ...

Apr 1, 2018

[Photo News] Samsung opens Galaxy S9 experience zones worldwide

GALAXY S9 IN RUSSIA -- Samsung Electronics features its latest Galaxy S9 smartphone series at the “Galaxy Studio” experience zone inside a shopping mall in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday. The space will r...

Mar 30, 2018

[Photo News] Anatomy of string instruments

Approaching the violin studio, visitors can smell a mix of scents lingering in the alley. Maple, spruce and the varnish applied to them that fill the air inside of the workshop spill out over into th...

Mar 27, 2018

[Photo News] Mural painting in bloom

(Hanwha Galleria) Hanwha Galleria officials on Tuesday paint a cherry blossom mural in Daerim-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, where Galleria Duty Free 63 is located. The company said 20 employees and ...

Mar 27, 2018

[Photo News] Spring blossoms covered in fine dust

Spring blossoms at Sky Park in Sangnam-dong, Seoul, have fought their way out to shine in a city covered in a veil of fine dust. The extreme levels of fine dust in the country are expected to contin...

Mar 25, 2018

[Photo News] Seoul switches off lights for Earth Hour

Lights dimmed across the city of Seoul on Saturday in celebration of Earth Hour, a one-hour event that involves switching off unnecessary electricity to conserve energy and take action against climat...

Mar 23, 2018

[Photo News] Abandoned theme park finds ‘second life’ as photo venue

Yongma Land, a closed down theme park in the northern corner of Seoul, has lately seen an influx of visitors coming around to take photos with the battered vintage amusement rides in the background. ...