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 ...

Across East Asia and elsewhere in the world, most families' main staple is rice, and in Korea it's joined with the triumvirate of the Korean kitchen: soy sauce, hot pepper paste and brown bean paste.

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 Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) has been implementing a pilot project of providing food product information with the ‘Smart Food QR’* since ...

Asan Medical Center, Samsung Medical Center and Seoul National University Hospital are among the world's top 10 specialized hospitals for cancer treatment. The U.S. magazine Newsweek on Sept. 18 said ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hanbok is traditional Korean costumes with vibrant and eye-catching colors. In the past, the clothing was worn daily and the colors indicated social class, age or even the marital status of a woman.

Traditional Korean medicine (hanyak) dates back to ancient times. A myth says a tiger and a bear, wanting to reincarnate as humans, decided to eat garlic and absinthe, which were described as ...

The Presidential Fourth Industrial Revolution Committee was officially launched on Oct. 11. The committee consists of 20 civilians and five government officials, under the leadership of its head, ...

March 1, 1919, was when the Korean people led a non-violent movement to demand liberation from Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula and announce to the world the nation's desire for ...

The Oscar-winning film "Parasite" depicts the lives of two families – the Parks and the Kims – in a society teeming with inequality, life issues and daily struggle. The rich Parks are shown as a ...