SEJONG – The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) announced the ‘2024 Startup Trends’ on February 28. As of 2024, the total number of startups stands at 1,182,905, reflecting a 4.5% decrease (or 55,712 ...

“The resolve of one person can alter the tides of history. Be that person. Be the beginning of change.” ...

The Bukcheong lion dance has been handed down through the generations in the region of Bukcheong in South Hamgyeong Province, in what is now North Korea. Originally, this lion dance was performed as ...

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 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 ...

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.

A new government initiative seeks to develop the core technology for Hypertube trains, or "airplanes on rails." The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on April 9 announced a three-year ...

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched Seoul Tour Map to make finding popular attractions in the capital easy. The digital map offers a one-stop service for checking the city's best tourist ...

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, ...

The story of Kongjwi and Patjwi is a beloved and popular Korean folktale made around the late Joseon period. The folktale is known to exist in 17 variant forms, and the novel version was first ...

Masks of all kinds can be found in every part of the world, but Korean masks contain their own unique shapes and functions. Korean masks are generally divided into ritual and theatrical masks; ritual ...

People going on blind or ordinary dates can now do so with government support. They can get married in public museums or parks, and pay just KRW 10,000 in rent per month for their new home after ...