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Korea.net

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Korea.net
Type of site
e-Government
Available inArabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese
URLkorea.net
CommercialNo
Current statusOnline

Korea.net or KOREA.net is the official web portal of the South Korean government.[1]

Description

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The predecessor to the service was called "Korea Window" (코리아윈도우), which was established in 1995.[2][3] Korea.net was established in September 1999.[3]

Korea.net is operated by the Korean Culture and Information Service.[4][5] As of 2021, it is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.[6][2] The website's information is sourced from honorary journalists, eight of whom won an award at the K Wave Festival 2023.[6] It had 539 honorary reporters from 73 countries in April 2019.[3] In 2020, it had 2,154 reporters from 104 countries, its largest ever cohort.[7] The website was redesigned in 2019.[3][2] It had 18.25 million visitors in 2013 and 22.78 million in 2018.[3]

The website is meant to share information about Korea internationally, in other languages.[3][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "E-resources: Online Resources - General", Research Guide: Korean Studies, US: Duke University Libraries, archived from the original on 23 July 2019, retrieved 23 July 2019
  2. ^ a b c Yoon, Min-sik (2019-04-04). "Government revamps Korea promotional website". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  3. ^ a b c d e f 이, 종화 (2019-04-03). "코리아넷, 디자인 개선·콘텐츠 확대해 해외 독자 만난다". Field News (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  4. ^ "South Korea in the Yahoo! Directory". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 23 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  5. ^ Zwetsloot, Jacco (2018-12-23). "My life at a Korean law firm (part 43)". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  6. ^ a b Hwang Joo-young. "35 foreign individuals to be awarded for promoting Korean culture". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  7. ^ a b Song, Seung-hyun (2020-03-09). "Korea.net's honorary reporters report on coronavirus in Korea". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
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