Korea.net
{{Short description|South Korean government portal}}
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| caption = Gateway to Korea
| url = [//www.korea.net/ korea.net]
| commercial = No
| type = e-Government
| language = Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese
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| current_status = Online
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Korea.net or KOREA.net is the official web portal of the South Korean government.{{citation |url=https://guides.library.duke.edu/koreanstudies/eresources_general |title=E-resources: Online Resources - General |work=Research Guide: Korean Studies |publisher=Duke University Libraries |location=US |archiveurl=https://perma-archives.org/warc/20190723080748/https://guides.library.duke.edu/koreanstudies/eresources_general |archivedate=23 July 2019 |access-date=23 July 2019 |url-status=live }}
Description
The predecessor to the service was called "Korea Window" ({{Korean|hangul=코리아윈도우|labels=no}}), which was established in 1995.{{Cite web |last=Yoon |first=Min-sik |date=2019-04-04 |title=Government revamps Korea promotional website |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190404000570 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=The Korea Herald |language=en}} Korea.net was established in September 1999.{{Cite web |last=이 |first=종화 |date=2019-04-03 |title=코리아넷, 디자인 개선·콘텐츠 확대해 해외 독자 만난다 |url=https://www.fieldnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=34556 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Field News |language=ko}}
Korea.net is operated by the Korean Culture and Information Service.{{cite web|title=South Korea in the Yahoo! Directory|url=http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Korea__South/Government/|publisher=Yahoo!|accessdate=22 November 2012|archive-date=23 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141123183654/https://dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries/korea__south/government/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |last=Zwetsloot |first=Jacco |date=2018-12-23 |title=My life at a Korean law firm (part 43) |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2024/07/727_260820.html |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=The Korea Times |language=en}} As of 2021, it is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. The website's information is sourced from honorary journalists, eight of whom won an award at the K Wave Festival 2023.{{cite web|author=Hwang Joo-young|title=35 foreign individuals to be awarded for promoting Korean culture|date=3 November 2023 |url=https://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231103000442|publisher=The Korea Herald|accessdate=16 April 2024}} It had 539 honorary reporters from 73 countries in April 2019. In 2020, it had 2,154 reporters from 104 countries, its largest ever cohort.{{Cite web |last=Song |first=Seung-hyun |date=2020-03-09 |title=Korea.net's honorary reporters report on coronavirus in Korea |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200309000672&ACE_SEARCH=1 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=The Korea Herald}} The website was redesigned in 2019. It had 18.25 million visitors in 2013 and 22.78 million in 2018.
The website is meant to share information about Korea internationally, in other languages.
See also
- VisitKorea.or.kr – website of the Korea Tourism Organization
- GOV.UK
- USA.gov
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References
External links
{{commons category|Files from Korea.net Flickr stream}}
- {{Official website|http://www.korea.net/}}
Category:Government services portals
Category:South Korean websites
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