President Park Geun-hye returned to Korea on May 4, 2016 from her official state visit to Iran reportedly achieving a huge success in her economic diplomacy. According to an article contributed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se to Maeil Kyungje business daily on May 5, 2016, during her vis

The following article was contributed to The Korea Post by Shan Shilei, chief of the Seoul Bureau of the Legal Daily of China, for publication by The Korea Post. Views expressed in the article are the author’s own and in no way represent the views or position of The Korea Post media.?Ed.The relative

Major Korean news media have recently published their estimates of the results of the general elections slated for April 13, 2016. They varied from one another although not very substantially. They figures were 150 seats for the ruling Saenuri Party, 110 seats for the Minjoo Party and 40 seats for t

The Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south, the United States, the People’s Republic of China and almost all the other countries of the world appear to be determined to discourage Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea from continuing nuclear armament and blackmailing. ▲Publisher-Chariman Lee Kyung-sik o

Who is the wealthiest National Assembly member in Korea? The wealthiest lawmaker in Korea is Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party with properties valued at a total of some 162.9 billion won, which represented an increase of abpit 84.17 billion won. This was disclosed by the National Assembly Eth

By Lee Kyung-sik,Publisher, The Korea Post.The National Assembly general elections are only a little over three weeks away and Korea Gallup has recently disclosed an opinion survey on the prospects of the winning parties on the decisive day of April 13, 2016.The results of the polls taken on March 1

By Lee Kyung-sikPublisher of The Korea PostWhat would President Kim Jong-un of North Korea say if hypothetically Presidents Park Geun-hye, Barack Obama and Xi Jinping would propose a four-party summit meeting with President Kim Jong-un of North Korea to save the obviously worsening situation on the

Ambassador Gerhard Sabathil of the European Union Delegation in Seoul hosted an informal luncheon in Seoul yesterday (Feb. 7, 2016) for the 22 ambassadors of the member countriew or the EU as well as Mayor Park Won-sun of the Seoul Metropolitan City.No details of the meeting were immediately availab

This month, The Korea Post covers in its main feature Iran’s abandonment of nuclear weapons development in favor of economic development programs in cooperation with all the countries of the world as well as with the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south. This welcome development comes as a great enc

Rep. Kim Han-gill of the Minjoo Party (formerly, New Politics Alliance for Democracy [NPAD]) declared today (Jan. 3, 2016) at the National Assembly in Seoul that he was leaving the Minjoo Party to start all over again in order to materialize the change of government.“I just could not idly watch the

Korea’s new political party to be formed by Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo won the second place with a 26.9% support in a popularity rating, which represents a very small margin with 29.4% won by the ruling Saenuri Party. ▲Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo The Deobureo (Together) Democratic Party of Moon Jae-in scored only 17

Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo (former co-chairman of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy) declared on Sunday Dec. 27, 2015 that fairness must form the basis of politics, economy and various other areas in Korea and that the educational paradigm of the Republic of Korea must also be changed.Speaking at a pr

Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, former co-chairman of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, has been gaining a momentum in his effort to form a new opposition political party in Korea following his declaration of departure from the New Political Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) on Dec. 20, 2015.

Rep. AhnCheol-soo declared that he will do everything he can in his power to achieve the transfer of the control of government. Speaking at a press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 21, 2015, Ahn pledged that he will fight for the sake of people who are discriminated against in so

Some 54.4% of the Korean people supported the resignation of former Co-Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) from the party while 29% said it was wrong to do so. This was disclosed by Korea’s leading Korean-language daily Joong-Ang Ilbo on Dec. 15,

Former Co-Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD)had an emergency press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 13, 2015, and made a bombshell announcement that he was leaving the NPAD. He said, “I have tried to persuade the leaders of th

By Lee Kyung-sik Publisher, The Korea PostWhich party will win in the 20th-term National Assembly general elections on April 13 next year and in the Presidential elections in December 2017?The answer is whichever party can carry out the ‘economic democratization’ (reform of the Jaebeol business cong

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Independence, Ambassador and Mrs. Pham Huu Chi of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam hosted a reception at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul on Sept. 1, 2015.An estimated 600 guests from Korean society and intenrational community attended the reception. The dignitari

President Park Geun-hye has decided today to postpone her state visit to the United States due to the spread of the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) cases in Korea. This was disclosed by Presidential Chief Secretary Kim Sung-woo at a press briefing at the Presidential Mansion of Cheong Wa Dae

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