South Korea has opened the men's hockey world championship in Ukraine with a victory. Four different players scored for South Korea in the 4-2 win over Poland on Saturday (local time) at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship Division I Group A at Palace of Sports in K

The World Culinary Culture Exchange Association is-hosting a ‘World Cooking Festival’ at the Gwanghwamun Gate Plaza in Seoul on Tuesday May 30, 2017, where the spouses of the ambassadors and their family members are invited to participate. A total of 85 different countries are invited to par

Tottenham Hotspur attacker Son Heung-min on Saturday drew level with football legend Cha Bum-kun as the highest-scoring South Korean in Europe in a single season with his goal against Bournemouth. Son scored a goal in Tottenham's 4-0 win over Bournemouth in their English Premier League (EPL) mat

Visitors to the Korean-language Internet edition (www.koreapost.co.kr) of The Korea Post are rapidly increasing as the news and other stories there are updated real time—as frequently as any leading Korean-language dailies such as Dong-A, Chosun and Joong-Ang.Embassies and other segments of th

South Korean director Park Chan-wook will receive an award from Italy's Florence city government in recognition of his contribution to the development of culture-arts, film industry officials said Thursday.Park will be given the Key of the City by Florence Mayor Dario Nardella in a ceremony to b

Graben Clinic was established on Dec. 15, 2016 by Dr. Kim Jeong-min, a plastic surgery & skin care specialist, and Dr. Kim Beom-soo, a posture correction doctor, for the purpose of providing the “right medical treatment for the right face and right body type." According to Doctor Kim

South Korean snowboarder Lee Sang-ho took fifth place in the men's parallel giant slalom (PGS) competition at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships.Lee, 21, reached the quarterfinals in the men's PGS at the worlds in Sierra Nevada, Spain, on Thu

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Tuesday received an honorary doctorate from South Korea's only national sports university.Korea National Sport University (KNSU) conferred the doctoral degree in physical education on Bach in a ceremony at its Seoul campus, recognizi

Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Tuesday turned down senior presidential aides' resignation offers, citing the need to address urgent security and economic issues facing the nation.On Monday, Chief of Staff Han Kwang-ok, chief national security adviser Kim Kwan-jin, the presi

After suffering a lethargic 2-1 loss to Israel to start the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Monday, South Korea is faced with a distinct number-crunching reality just to survive the first round.South Korea will next face the Netherlands later Tuesday and Chinese Taipei on Thursday in Pool A play at Goc

In many battles in Korea during the Korean War (1950-53), soldiers of the Turkish Brigade proved their chivalry and made great contributions to the defense of freedom and democracy through sacrifices.The Turkish Brigade, according to Wikipedia, served in Korea with the United Nations Command during

By Lee Kyung-sikPublisher, The Korea Post mediaThis year again, Mayor and Mrs. Jeon Dong-pyung of Yeongam County of Jeollanam-do Province are hosting the impressive Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival on April 6-7, 2017, and invite ambassadors and madams to attend the opening ceremony and enjoy various

Julian Eberhard of Austria won the men's sprint at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup here on Friday.Eberhard finished first among 103 biathletes with a time of 23 minutes, 11.1 seconds at the IBU Biathlon World Cup in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, some 180 kilometers east of Seou

There was no rest for the ice-cold South Korean bats Friday, with the World Baseball Classic (WBC) just three days away in the nation's capital.South Korea will host the first round action for Pool A at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul and will open the competition against Israel at 6:30 p.m. Monday. T

South Korea claimed the silver medal in men's hockey at the Asian Winter Games on Sunday, following a 10-0 win over China in its final game.Forward Shin Sang-hoon scored a hat trick and assisted on two goals at Tsukisamu Gymnasium, as South Korea finished the four-nation round robin competition

The government of North Chungcheong Province, central South Korea, said Sunday it will bid for the hosting of the 2018 World Firefighters Games (WFG), a major international sporting event for firefighters.The games also known as the "mini-Olympics for firefighters," in which full-time, volunteers,

South Korea defeated Cuba 6-1 in an exhibition game ahead of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in Seoul.Starter Chang Won-jun tossed four shutout innings, and the once-maligned lineup pounded out 11 hits at Gocheok Sky Dome in the nation's capital.The two nations will meet again at 2 p.m. Sunday

Alpine skier Jung Dong-hyun captured gold in the men's slalom at the Asian Winter Games on Saturday.Jung led all skiers with the combined time of 1:37.10 after two runs at Sapporo Teine, finishing 2.08 seconds ahead of teammate Kim Hyeon-tae.Hideyuki Narita of Japan won the bronze in 1:39.38.Jun

Choi Da-bin will try to become the first South Korean figure skater to win an Asian Winter Games gold medal Saturday, the penultimate day of the Sapporo, Japan, competition.Choi won the short program on Thursday with 61.30 points, leaving Rika Hongo of Japan in second place with 60.98 points. Zhao Z

The Korea Post media now operate a video window on its English Internet site (www.koreapost.com). The video outlet is intended to introduce various aspects of the countries of the world represented by the 111 different embassies of the world in Seoul, which might be interesting to the Korean audienc