A staff member on Dec. 8 examines items at a media preview of the exhibition "Cookie Run: In Search of Korea's Lost Heritage" at Dondeokjeon Hall of Deoksugung Palace in Seoul's Jung-gu District.

The growing popularity of the Korean language has led to over 550,000 people taking this year the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK), with the number of domestic test centers and countries offering ...

The country's small modular reactors (SMRs) under development have received high marks for global competitiveness in an evaluation by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the Organisation for Economic ...

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 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 ...

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) has launched pilot operations of "smart patrols" using high-tech devices. Through June 30, the SMPA will use cutting-edge equipment like drones, wearable ...

The newly launched National Center for Digital Sexual Crime Response, which runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, is part of the country's upgrade of its support system for the victims of such crimes ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced Culture Korea 2035, a mid- to long-term vision for cultural policy. The plan emphasized a fundamental policy shift based on economic and ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF; Minister Kang Do-hyung) announced that Korea’s trade ports handled a record-breaking container volume of 31.73 million TEUs. The figure represents a 5.3% ...

The annual list of the country's top 100 tourist attractions includes the five royal palaces of Seoul, Purple Island in Jeollanam-do Province and Udo Island near Jeju Island. The Ministry of Culture, ...