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Actor Song Hye-kyo and university professor donate 10,000 guidebooks to Korean historic site in Mongolia

Actor Song Hye-kyo and Sungshin Women’s University professor Seo Kyoung-duk donated 10,000 guidebooks to the Dr. Lee Tae Joon Memorial Park in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in celebration of Korea’s Liberation Day on Thursday.

2024-08-15

Three cultural artifacts related to independence struggle come home

The Korea Heritage Service announced Wednesday that it has successfully repatriated three sets of cultural artifacts tied to the nation’s struggle for independence from Japan and the United States.

2024-08-14

Finland Independence Day

Finnish Ambassador to Korea Pekka Metso, left, toasts guests at his diplomatic residence in Seoul on Wednesday during a celebration of the 106th Independence Day of Finland and the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Finland and...

2023-12-07

Cambodian Independence Day

From right, actor Lee Sang-yun, the honorary ambassador of Cambodia to Korea, Cambodian Ambassador to Korea Chring Botumrangsay, Cho Koo-rae, deputy minister for foreign ministry and Ryu Jong-su, senior advisor at Seoul Clinical...

2023-11-03

Celebrating 78 years of freedom

Members of the Indonesian Embassy in Seoul pose for a photo to celebrate the 78th anniversary of Indonesian independence at Seoul City Hall on Thursday. Indonesia's Independence Day commemorates the country's proclamation of…

2023-08-21

Celebrating the Philippines

Ambassador of the Philippines to Korea Maria Theresa Dizon-De Vega, second from right; Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Young-sam, third from right; Jasmine Lee, the first Philippine-born naturalized Korean to serve as a lawmaker in Korea...

2023-06-09

Independence Day

Adrian Garcia, charge d'affaires of the Mexican Embassy in Seoul, 12th from right, Kim Wan-joong, deputy minister for consular and overseas Korean affairs, 11th from right, and members of the diplomatic corps in Seoul celebrate Mexico's...

2022-09-16

Independence Day

Ambassador of Brazil to Korea Marcia Donner Abreu, center, Second Vice Foreign Minister Lee Do-hoon, eighth from right, and members of the diplomatic corps in Seoul celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Brazil...

2022-09-04

[INTERVIEW] India's envoy looks back on 75 years of independence

Exactly two years after Koreans were liberated from decades of occupation by Japan in 1945, Indians gained their independence from Britain. “This year’s celebration is particularly important because it is the 75th year of our independence,” said...

2022-08-17

Actor Song Hye-ko, professor Seo Kyoung-duk donate artwork of freedom fighter

Actor Song Hye-ko and Professor Seo Kyoung-duk of Sungshin Women's University donated a carved artwork of Kim Kyu-sik (1881-1950), a vice president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, in memory of National Liberation Day. ...

2022-08-15