President Park Geun-hye made a special address to the nation on May 19, 2014 on the Sewol Ferry Case with tears in her eyes out of sorrow and sympathy for the victims of the Case. Here is the full text of the address:Fellow Koreans,Today is the 34th day since the sinking of the Sewol occurred. All K

President Park Geun-hye made an address to the nation on May 19, 2014 concerning the Sewol Ferry that sank on April 16 killing 288 passengers, including many students, and sending 16 others still missing.▲President Park Geun-hye speaks to the nation apologizing in tears for the Korean Coast Guard an

There are times when ambassadors in Korea hesitate as they are not sure if their attendance at a Korean social function is appropriate or not. Sometimes they attend such a party and find themselves in a very awkward situation when the host turns out to be someone like Sewol Ferry Owner-Chairman Yoo

The belligerent North Korean regime, led by unpredictable young Chairman Kim Jong-Un, continues to threaten the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the South with a nuclear attack and it is almost a foregone conclusion that Kim might carry out the fourth nuclear bomb test at any time now.The Six-Party Talks

Now a growing number of people in the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the South want the country to develop and possess nuclear weapons to cope with the threat and intimidations by the nuclear-armed North Korean regime. However, there also are opponents to this demand who are by no means so small even if

Not long ago, Korea Gallup surveyed the opinions of a total of 1,006 persons in the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the South above the age of 19 if they wanted to have nuclear weapons. Sixty four percent of the respondents said they did while only 28% said no with the rest saying they were undecided.Nor

It is widely known in Korea that President Park Chung- Hee (1917-1979) took very strong interest in attaining two major goals of his life: One was to free the Korean people from the shackles of abject poverty of 5,000 years and the other was to develop nuclear weapons for a self-reliant national def

President Barack Obama of the United States of America is scheduled to make an official visit to Korea on April 25-26, 2014 at the invitation of President Park Geun-hye. President Obama’s visit this time is of great significance in that it will be his first visit to Korea since the inauguration of t

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In the current April 2014 issue of The Korea Post, we have an unprecedented 15-page special in-depth feature report on South Korea’s independent development a self-defense-purpose nuclear armament with important views from noted specialists on nuclear weapons and foreign relations. We have been rope

By Lee Kyung-sikPublisher of The Korea PostChairman Ahn Cheol-soo of the New Politics Committee (NPC) and Chairman Kim Han-gil of the opposition Democratic Party (DP) formed a united new opposition party named “New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) and have agreed to formally inaugurate the NPA

President Park Geun-hye disclosed on Feb. 25, 2014 a package of ambitious measures to boost the Korean economy, and resolve various problems in the way in the development and growth of the Korean economy. Published on the occasion of the beginning the second year of her office, the three-year econom

Mayor Park Won-soon and other hopefuls for the Seoul mayoral election next June, including one of the new party of Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo, now have a formidable competitor. The man in point is Rep. Chung Mong-joon, former chairman of the ruling Saenuri Party and actual owner of the multi-trillion Hyunda

The gubernatorial and mayoral elections are slated for June 4 this year and all major political parties in Korea are looking for eligible candidates to compete with their rival parties.The election results are expected to be greatly influenced by the candidates of a third party to be formed in March

A latest movie, Byeonhoin (literally, 'Defense Lawyer'), drew 5 million viewers in 12 days. It features national security cases where innocent students and professors were tortured by the law enforcement officers of the general-turned dicta...torial President Chun Do-Hwan during his 7-year rule. Chu

Finally, the Korail strikers agreed to come back to work 11 am tomorrow (Dec 31) as a result of match-making lawmakers of the ruling-opposition parties. It came as a result of compromise from both the labor and management.It is good news to many people in Korea who have wanted to go to the East Coas

According to an opinion survey conducted by Korea Gallup on Dec. 16-19, 2013 and published by Korean-language Internet newspaper, NEWSIS, on Dec. 20, 2013, Ahn Cheol-soo narrowed his gaps with the ruling Saenuri Party to mere 3% winning a 32% approval rating vis-a-vis 35% won by Saenuri. This showed

Latest opinion poll resultSaenuri 35%, Ahn party 32%,DP 10%, UPP 1% and JP 0.4%According to an opinion survey conducted by Korea Gallup on Dec. 16-19, 2013 and published by Korean-language Internet newspaper, NEWSIS, on Dec. 20, 2013, Ahn Cheol-soo narrowed his gaps with the ruling Saenuri Party to

POLITICSSeoul mayoral election to decide on Ahn's fate Ahn's approval rating fallsafter inauguration of NPCThe lineup of people of the New Politics Committee (NPC) of Rep. Ahn Cheol- soo (Ind.), a preparatory organization for an Ahn party, does not seem to appeal to the people in South Korea at this

If he falls off, he might be eaten up by the tigerIs Chairman Kim Jong-Un riding on the back a tiger?The Korean people have a time-honored wise-saying: “Riding on the back of a tiger.” This popular proverb seems to come pat to the on-going situation in North Korea. Chairman Kim Jong-Un of the Milita