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Lee vows stronger support and voting access for overseas Koreans worldwide

President Lee Jae Myung pledged expanded services, education support and voting reforms for 7 million Koreans living abroad to build an "irreplaceable Republic of Korea."

2026.9.28

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Inaugural World Korean Week to bring thousands of overseas Koreans to Incheon

The five-day event is expected to draw around 2,000 overseas Koreans for a Korean leaders convention, the World Korean Business Convention and other programs.

2026.9.26

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Players nominated by each club at the 2025-2026 Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) Women's Rookie Draft pose for a commemorative photo at the Mayfield Hotel in Gangseo District, western Seoul on Sept. 5. [NEWS1]

Volleyball governing body opens women's league to overseas Koreans, lowers individual salary cap

The V League Women’s Division of the Korean women’s volleyball league will open its rookie draft to overseas Koreans starting in the 2026–27 season. The league will also lower the individual salary cap to prevent salary concentration.

2025.12.10

Ambassador to Indonesia Lee Sang-deok, left, poses for a photo with President Yoon Suk Yeol during a ceremony to receive his consular credentials at the presidential office in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Dec. 26, 2022. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Veteran envoy named new head of Overseas Korean Agency

Korean Ambassador to Indonesia Lee Sang-deok was appointed as the second commissioner of the Overseas Korean Agency on Thursday. A career diplomat, Lee previously served as ambassador to Singapore and counselor at the Korean embassy in Beijing.

2024.7.25

President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee, right, receive flowers from children during a dinner meeting with Koreans residing in France at a hotel in Paris Monday evening. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon calls on Koreans in France to support Busan’s World Expo bid

President Yoon Suk Yeol asked Korean residents in France to support Busan's 2030 World Expo bid on Monday evening in Paris, on the eve of his presentation to the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE).

2023.6.20

President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech at a ceremony commemorating the 15th World Korean Day at the Grand Walkerhill Hotel in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul, Tuesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Moon tries to fan flame of warmer relations with North

President Moon Jae-in said that there is “no reason for confrontation” between the two Koreas Tuesday, a day after the restoring of cross-border hotlines, stressing the importance of co-prosperity with the North.

2021.10.5

A helicopter puts out a fire at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday. [AFP/YONHAP]

No Koreans reported injured in Beirut blast

Seoul’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday there have been no reports of any Korean casualties in Lebanon after a massive explosion in Beirut killed more than 100 people and injured thousands of others.

2020.8.5

The National Guard patrols Koreatown in Los Angeles on Monday to prevent any looting and plundering of Korean-run stores amid violent protests against the brutal murder of George Floyd in the United States. [YONHAP]

79 Korean businesses damaged in U.S. rioting

Protests in the United States over the killing of an unarmed African-American man by a police officer in Minneapolis has led to property damage of 79 Korean-run businesses across the nation.

2020.6.2

The Ministry of Justice announced Monday that the Korean Alien Registration Card will be renamed as the ’Permanent Residence Card,“ as seen in the sample on the right. [JUSTICE MINISTRY]

Gov't exempts some foreign residents from re-entry rules

Following a backlash over requirements that foreign residents obtain re-entry permits and health certificates to return to Korea, the Ministry of Justice on Monday revised its guidelines to allow leeway for foreign journalists and businesspeople.

2020.6.1

Four-year-old Gloria Gandhi from South Sudan, and her father pose for a photo ahead of a chartered flight to Korea with over 130 passengers out of Cairo, Tuesday. Gloria will undergo surgery at a hospital in Seoul to remove a fragment of iron embedded in her chest. [YONHAP]

South Sudanese girl arrives in Seoul for surgery

A young South Sudanese girl and her father, after a monthslong voyage across four countries to search for a way to remove an iron fragment from the child’s chest, finally arrived in Seoul Wednesday with a group of over 130 stranded Koreans

2020.5.6