Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Yoon visits dad's hometown after return from New York

Yoon Suk Yeol traveled to Gongju on a helicopter that was waiting at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, where Air Force One landed to attend the opening ceremony of the Great Baekje Festival. He had bilateral meetings with nearly 50 countries.

2023-09-24

[WHY] Why do young people keep flocking to overcrowded Seoul?

Many people, especially younger people, eagerly move to the capital city in the hopes of having a better job and lifestyle. But many others say this is not a choice, but the only path for survival.

2023-09-09

[RURAL FOOD REIMAGINED] Couple sheds light on Korea's heirloom grains in Gongju

GONGJU, South Chungcheong — How much beans and barley would you be willing to allow into your cup of iced americano or a piece of brownie? Korean cuisine is heavily reliant on grains. An average Korean consumes 66 kilograms (145.5 pounds) of ...

2023-08-08

Posco Chemical, OCI begin construction of pitch production plant

Posco Chemical, together with chemical company OCI, began the construction of a plant to produce pitch, a key coating material used in secondary batteries. P&O Chemical, the joint venture between Posco Chemical and OCI, held a groundbreaking...

2022-09-21

Gongju drink night

Gongju, South Chungcheong, holds the Gongju Sanseong Market Drink Night in the Gongju Sanseong Market Cultural Park until Oct. 29, the city announced Wednesday.

2022-06-08

Entire contents of King Muryeong's tomb on display for first time

On July 5, 1971, a worker was digging at the site of the royal tombs in Songsan-ri in Gongju to install a water drainage system near tombs No. 5 and 6. He felt the end of his shovel hit something hard. Feeling “instant goosebumps that it’s ...

2021-09-27

Korea's lesser-known Baekje era finally comes into focus

Baekje (18 B.C. to A.D. 660) is one of the lesser-known eras from Korea's Three Kingdoms Period (57 B.C. to A.D. 668). Compared to Goguryeo that secured a vast territory and Silla, which left behind a large volume of documents as a result ...

2021-08-17