President Moon Jae-in presides over a national report session on the Korean New Deal at Cheong Wa Dae on July 14. (Photo on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)The government came up with a master plan for a “Korean New Deal,” which will channel 160 trillion won into the economy and create 1.9 m…

Rep. Park Byung-seug of the ruling Democratic Party elected speaker of the National Assembly for the first half of the 21st National Assembly delivers a speech at the first plenary session in the National Assembly in Yeoido, Seoul on June 5. (Photos: Democratic Party) Rep. Park Byung-seug of the rul…

Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki gives a speech at the 2nd Meeting of the Central Economic Response Headquarters at the Seoul Government Complex on May 5. (Photo: MOEF)The government has drawn up a blueprint of the Korean version of the “New Deal” Program to create…

Lee Nak-yeon, co-chairman of the ruling Democratic Party's campaign committee, delivers a speech at the party's vote counting room. He beat Hwang Kyo-ahn, chairman of the opposition party,in Seoul’s Jong-no electorate race, dubbed as a pre-match of two presidential hopefuls ahead of an upcoming pre…

President Moon Jae-in speaks at a meeting at Seoul City Hall on March 16 to discuss ways of containing the spread of COVID-19 as Minister Park Neung-hoo of Health and Welfare, Minister of Interior and Safety Chin Young, and Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon look on. COVID-19, which started in China late las…

Filmmaker Bong Joon-ho acknowledges audiences at as his feature film “Parasite” won four Oscar awards at the 92nd Academy awards ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Feb. 2. CJ Vice Chairman Lee Mi-kyung takes the microphone following Bong’s acceptance speech. (Photos: CJ Group)Korean …

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun is sworn in as the nation's 46th prime minister at his inauguration ceremony at Seoul Government Complex on Jan. 14. (Photo: Prime Minister’s Office)Former National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun took office as the nation’s 46th prime minister and the second of Presi…

President Moon Jae-in, center, poses with heads of ASEAN member states during the ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit at BEXCO in Busan, Nov. 26. (Photos on the courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae website)The ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit brought together ASEAN leaders in Busan from No…

Key visual for the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit (Credit: ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit Organizing Committee)A view of the convention center BEXCO in Busan. (Photo: BEXCO)The ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit is taking place from November 25 to 26 in Busan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of sectora…