A total of 35,230,000 million people visited their hometowns from Seoul and other major cities in Korea to their hometowns in the countryside to celebrate the Chuseok Full Moon Festival with their parents, relatives and old friends during the three-day Chuseok Holidays. This year employees of the go

Il Ponte, Millennium Seoul Hilton’s Italian restaurant, is hosting a Pizza and Beer promotion throughout the month of November! You can choose from a variety of toppings, type of dough, type of cheese, etc. to make the perfect premium handmade pizza that suits your tastes! Your pizza, along with two

The opposition camp now no longer wants the withdrawal of President Park Geun-hye from active duty to the ‘second line’ but to step down altogether as President.According to the Korean-language daily, Chosun Ilbo, on Nov. 7, 2016, now the opposition leaders want President Park ‘out of the office.’ F

“I will use my power 100% and form an all-party cabinet,” disclosed newly appointed Prime Minister Kim Byong-joon at an informal meeting with reporters yesterday. According to Korean-language newspapers this morning (Nov. 4, 2016), including Hankyoreh, Kim stated that he will wield to the fullest po

Ambassador Mohammed El Amine Derragui of Algeria said, “The history of the Algerian Revolution, not so far away, reminds us of the price of freedom and the significance of the struggle for justice and equality, values that are still, in different forms, relevant nowadays in our current world.” Speak

1 November 2016, Seoul, Korea… Seasons, Millennium Seoul Hilton’s elegant French fine dining restaurant, is pleased to showcase a highly acclaimed local variety of pork, Jeju Black Pork, at its restaurant throughout the month of November. During that time, diners will be able to enjoy the del

Newly appointed Prime Kim Byong-joon served as a policy secretary to the late President Roh Mu-hyeon's, a liberal figure who is still admired by many people in the opposition camp. The 62-year-old new prime minister graduated from Yeungnam University in southern Korea and served as a professor a

President Park Geun-hye appointed yesterday Prof. Kim Byong-joon of Kook University as new prime minister to succeed former PM Hwang Kyo-ahn.President Park also reshuffled the deputy prime minister for economic affairs appointing former Chairman Yim Jong-yong of the Financial Commission as new DPM.

The Korean-language newspapers editorially questioned the existence of merit in the statements made by President Park Geun-hye following the news on the inappropriate behaviors of Mrs. Choi Sun-sil.The mass-circulated Korean-language daily newspaper, Dong-A Ilbo, questioned on Oct. 26, 2016: “Is the

President Park Geun-hye made an apology on Oct. 25, 2016 concerning the leaking of confidential documents including key Presidential speeches to Mrs. Choi Soon-sil. Excerpts from her apology follow:Since the last National Assembly elections, Mrs. Choi has offered me her opinion on how my election sp

Turkmenistan is going to meet the 25th Independence and steadily increases pace of development, continues the intensification of the national economy, reaching new horizons of prosperity and well-being. Our country in accordance with the constitutional level indicates that the person is declared as

Ambassador Derragui Mohammed Elamine of Algeria said that his country warmly welcomed Korean investments in his country and that Algeria assuredgovernment to accompany their investments and facilitate their implementation in the Algerian market.Speaking at a recent interview on the occasion of the N

In the current year of 2016, Turkmenistan celebrates the 25th Anniversary of its independence. Independence is the sacred value for all the people of Turkmenistan.25 years to historical measures is small term, but for our country, on scale of transformations, this period became equal to an era. On t

Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia and is primarily covered by desert. Not yet over-run by tourists, Turkmenistan is renowned for its hospitality and rich oriental country. Visit sleepy desert cities along the Great Silk Road, experience vibrant bazaars filled with delicious local food and in

The diplomatic ties between Turkmenistan and Republic of Korea were established in February 1992. For the past 24 years Turkmenistan and Republic of Korea have been developing their fruitful cooperation. Since then agreements and arrangements have been successfully realized in many spheres.On the in

Summing up the socio-economic development of the country for the first half of the year, President of Turkmenistan informs that for the past year it is made next firm steps in conducting extremely important reforms. Thanks to thoughtful actions of the government, the sufficient internal and external

Turkmenistan is located in a favorable geographical situation at the crossroads of the main routes of the continent providing the countries of the Region the rapidly forming in our state the multimodal transport infrastructure to ensure strategic transit corridors of Euroasia. This fact and the cons

By Ms. Linda YounEditor, Korean-language edition of The Korea PostAmbassador Tomas Husak of the Czech Republic in Seoul said, “We expect that the President of the Czech Republic will visit Korea next year followed by the visit of the Speaker of Czech Senate.” Speaking at a recent interview with The

Leveraging clean natural environment and cultural heritages, the City will invigorate regional economy by promoting eco-friendly cosmetics industry and tourism industry as it has been concentrating resources on that direction,” said Mayor Lee Hwan-joo of Namwon City in a recent interview with The Ko

Ambassador and Mrs. Ting Joseph Shih of the Republic of China (Taiwan) hosted a reception at the Grand Ballroom of the Lotte Hotel in Seoul on Oct. 6, 2016 to celebrate the 105th anniversary of the Double Tenth Day.The venue was literally filled to the brims with the distinguished guests from Korean