[Photo News] Children's Day

IT'S YOUR BIG DAY -- President Moon Jae-in on Saturday celebrates Children's Day at Cheong Wa Dae with children invited from isolated regions. (Yonhap)

PoliticsMay 5, 2018

[Photo News] Posing like the two Koreas’ leaders

Interest in North Korea has heightened following the inter-Korean summit that took place last Friday. In subsequent days, tourists have been flocking to a replica set of Panmunjeom, the border village where the talks took place and which received international media exposure for the entire day, located in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. Though the original Panmunjeom and the surrounding Joint Security Area, located in Paju, have long been the target of global attention, access to the area is large

North KoreaMay 2, 2018

[Photo News] Package deliveries continue on Labor Day

DELIVERIES ON LABOR DAY -- A deliveryman unloads packages from a truck at an apartment complex in Seoul on Tuesday, Korea’s official Labor Day. Under Korean labor laws, deliverymen are categorized as “special employment workers” and therefore are not legally obligated to refrain from working on Labor Day. (Yonhap)DELIVERIES ON LABOR DAY -- A deliveryman unloads packages from a truck at an apartment complex in Seoul on Tuesday, Korea’s official Labor Day. Under Korean labor laws, deliverymen are

IndustryMay 1, 2018

[Photo News] Inter-Korean summit: Behind the scenes

South Korea’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae Sunday released some behind-the-scenes photos taken during the banquet at the Peace House in the truce village of Panmunjeom after the inter-Korean summit on Friday.Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, fills the glass of South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in during the banquet at the Peace House in the truce village of Panmunjeom. Cheong Wa Dae.North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un fills the glasses of South Korea’s Defense

North KoreaApril 29, 2018

[Photo News] Hyundai Oilbank operates 'Dream team'

(Hyundai Oilbank)A customer plays a “wheel of fortune” game with the members of Hyundai Oilbank’s “Dream team” at a gas station, as part of a customer service program run by the company. The refinery has been dispatching the Dream team to gas stations every day to offer entertainment for customers and help managers and employees. The company is the only refinery firm in South Korea with “market designers” to provide consultations in services as part of the company’s aim to expand and maintain it

IndustryApril 29, 2018

[Photo News] Kim Jong-un's message at Panmunjeom guestbook

"A new history begins now. At the starting point of history and the era of peace." (Cheong Wa Dae)(Cheong Wa Dae)(KTV)By Yeo Jun-suk (jasonyeo@heraldcorp.com)

North KoreaApril 27, 2018

[Photo News] Moon, Kim shake hands in historic meeting at border

President Moon Jae-in greeted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as he crossed the border into South Korea at 9:30 a.m. for their day-long summit talks at Panmunjeom. This is the first time a North Korean leader has set foot south of the border since the end of the Korean War.The two leaders were all smiles as they shared a historic handshake, engaged in brief conversation and walked together toward the Peace House, where the summit is to take place. (Cheong Wa Dae) (Cheong Wa Dae) (Cheong Wa Dae)

North KoreaApril 27, 2018

[Photo News] Graffiti on fashion

Fashion laden with a youthful culture of graffiti was showcased at the second Seoul 365 Fashion Show on Wednesday at Seoullo 7017, Jung-gu. The Seoul 365 Fashion Show links Korean fashion with Seoul City’s iconic locations where foot traffic can give more exposure to the fashion show. This show’s dominating concept was graffiti, a form of art that often represents youth culture and spirit. Graffiti-inspired apparels by designer man.G were put up on stage accompanied on the sides by colorful draw

Arts & DesignApril 25, 2018

[Photo News] AIA Group head meets FSC Chairman

AIA GROUP HEAD MEETS FSC CHAIRMAN -- Visiting AIA Group Chief Executive Ng Keng Hooi (left) and South Korea‘s Financial Services Commission Chairman Choi Jong-ku hold a meeting at the FSC headquarters in Seoul on Monday. The two discussed current issues regarding the life insurance industry in Korea, according to AIA Korea. (AIA Korea)

MarketApril 23, 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, this spring.The living history museum is holding the “Welcome to Joseon” festival until June 24, under the pitch “Would you time travel to Joseon Dynasty with us?” vThe Korean Folk Village, which was once most commonly associated with school field trips, found a new lease of life in 2013 when it sta

CultureApril 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 Line, in Seoul on Friday. The annual event invites developers from Line’s offices worldwide to discuss the latest IT trends and issues. This year, the conference invited more than 1,000 of Line’s developers from seven countries to partake in various workshops. The four-day conference took place from Ap

TechnologyApril 20, 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-square-meter area about 50 kilometers northwest from Seoul. In vicinity of the border with the North, Imjingak represents the grief of the 1950-53 Korean War that tore the country in half. In 1972, cultural spaces were prepared in the area to honor those who had lost their hometowns due to the division of t

Social AffairsApril 18, 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. Officials enter the conference room at the Korea Coast Guard headquarters, located at the Central Government Complex in Sejong on Monday. Korean expats hold a memorial for victims of the ferry incident, which capsized four years ago, at a village near Munich, Germany on Sunday, local time. Funeral offician

Social AffairsApril 16, 2018

[Photo News] Ways to show regret

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 emergency workshop held Saturday in Seoul. The country’s top brokerage company came under fire recently for a dividend error in which non-existent shares worth 110 trillion won ($103 billion) were issued and some of the employees sold them off, causing the company’s shares to drop by double digits during th

MarketApril 15, 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 Celsius, at the Seokchon Lake Park in Songpa, southern Seoul. Nearby residents and passersby were seen strolling along the park amid the flowery trees, welcoming the return of spring. Written by Rumy Doo (doo@heraldcorp.com) Photos by Park Hyun-koo (phko@heraldcorp.com) 

CultureApril 11, 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 Paik, chief executive at Finector; Clark Thompson, solution architect at Consensys; Ian Grigg, partner at Block.one; Antony Lewis, director of research, CBDC strategy at R3; and Stanley Yong, global lead for CBDC at IBM. Yonhap

MarketApril 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. There is a flower-filled road located around Yunjung-ro, near the National Assembly Station on Subway Line No. 9. People usually stroll along the road prior to the festival, amid the flourishing trees. Written by Rumy Doo (doo@heraldcorp.com)  Photos by Park Hyun-koo (phko@heraldcorp.com)

CultureApril 4, 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 remain open until mid-April. In addition to Russia, Samsung has opened Galaxy S9 experience zones in other cities around the world including Guangzhou, New York and London throughout this month and early May. (Yonhap)

TechnologyApril 1, 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 the alley through the front door. Located in central Seoul, the workshop run by master violinmaker Kim Dong-in, offers an unusual atmosphere.　Hung on the walls by the necks, the violins wait to be diagnosed by a “geigenbaumeister” -- or master violinmaker -- with notes that include the owners’ names an

CultureMarch 30, 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 six artists from Mullae Creative Village, an art village in Mullae-dong, worked together on the project. Galleria Duty Free 63 has been conducting its 63 Plan community outreach program since November 2015 to give back to the area. The 63 Plan includes projects targeting education, welfare and the envi

IndustryMarch 27, 2018