By LeeKyung-sikFormercultural editor of The Korea HeraldIncumbentpublisher-chairman of The Korea PostOvera total of 40 former executives, editors and reporters of the English-languagedaily, The Korea Herald, and theKorean-language business daily, HeraldKyungju, had a reunion mountain-climbing in the

The Mrs. World Pageant Korea OrganizingCommittee and The Korea Post signedan agreement at the Millennium Seoul Hilton Hotel on Aug. 14, 2016 providing forcooperation in the English media coverage of the event. The Pageant isscheduled to be held in Seoul in November this year. Signing the agreement f

Since ithosted the first coffee festival in 2009, the Gangneung City government willhost the 8th Gangneung Coffee Festival for four days from September30th (Friday) to October 3rd (Monday), 2016. More than130 coffee shops and companies will participate in the Festival this year.Major programs of the

The Korea Post, established 31 years ago in 1985, now publishes a total of five English and Korean-language news publications, namely three in the English language and two in Korean.Among them stands out the Korean-language Internet newspaper, The Korea Post (www.koreapost.co.kr). It is updated real

Chairperson Yeo Mung-ju of the Gracia Boutique Hotel in the picturesque Samcheok City on the East Coast is planning to build a brand new hotel named Jangho Santa Maria Pool Villa Hotel with a total floor space of some 4,200 pyeong (approx.14,000 square meters). She plans to erect the classy deluxe r

Ambassador Mohamed Salim Alharthy of Oman and the ambassadors and other senior diplomats of 23 other countries attended with their spouses a tour of the Yonsei Sarang Hospital in southern Seoul on March 4, 2016 at the invitation of President & CEO Koh Yong-gon of the Hospital.The visiting ambassador

Former Sports Editor Lee Byung-dae of the national KBS TV-Radio has been elected the 20th-term chairman of the Korea Journalists Society (KJS) at its 30th Regular General Meeting at the Press Center in Seoul on Jan. 22, 2016. Lee had been the vice chairman of the KJS.A total of 358 regular members o

What part of the body is most frequently used in man’s every-day life? Perhaps it comes in the order of neck, waist, shoulders and legs. Many people complain pain in the neck that comes from the fast-increasing use of smart phones. Then come the patients who complain pain in the neck that comes also

The zodiacal sign for this year (2016) is ‘Red Monkey’ and in the New Year the people in Korea present their comments (normally nice words) on the Animal of the Year. Few people in Korea present a negative view on the animal because they mostly want to wish well for the people they know born in that

The following article was contributed by Public Relations Manager Hannah Jeonof the Shincheonji Church in Gwacheon City, Gyeonggi Province.?Ed.▲Chairman Lee Man-hee of HWPL (left) and Chairperson Kim Nam-hee of IWPG are speaking on the result of their tour of India upon their return at the Incheon I

The management of Korea’s leading English daily, The Korea Herald, and its sister Korean-language business daily, Herald Kyungje, hosted a year-end reception for their ‘Old Boys’ (retirees) at the Press Center in Seoul on Dec. 7, 2015. Over 110 former and incumbent members of the company, including

Since its inauguration in 1985, The Korea Post has been organizing tours for the ambassadors and senior diplomats with their spouses to the industrial, cultural and various other events of the local governments for the promotion of understanding between the diplomats and the Korean society. And in m

The members of the Seoul Diplomatic Corps who missed the 2015 Nakdong River World Peace Culture Festival in Chilgok near Daegu on Oct. 2015, really missed something, especially the military attaches. ▲From left, Myra Gutierre(spouse of Deputy Head of Mission of Guatemala), 3rd Secretary SardorSadiko

The 32nd annual charity bazaar of the Korean Red Cross (KRC) was held at the B1 Hall of COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul on Oct. 13, 2015 with the participation of Mrs. Choi Ji-yeong (wife of the prime minister), Mrs. Sung-joo Kim (president of the KRC), Mrs. Kim Sun-hyang (vice president of the KRC), C

When one is asked what the traditional Korean religions are in Korea, one will answer, “Yu-Bul-Do,” meaning “Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.” Some will even say “Yu-Bul-Seon” but here “Seon” is more or less similar to “Do” (Taoism).The answers are all wrong.The traditional Korean religion is Mugy

The then Special Advisor Kim Deo-gyong to President Lee Myung-bak at Cheong Wa Dae on National Unity in 2009 extoled the 70 ambassadors, spouses and other senior diplomats attending the opening ceremony of the 2009 Goseong Dinosaur World Expo on March 27, 2009 for the invaluable role they played in

Some 50 ambassadors, spouses and other senior members of the Seoul Diplomatic Corps (SDC) attended the opening ceremony of the 3rd Goseong Dinosaur World Expo in Goseong City on March 30-31, 2012, the largest such event of Korea. The tour of the Expo and the Goseong City for the diplomats was arrang

You might have noticed, if you have watched Korean TVs, that almost all the TVs and other print and digital media in Korea are all out in presenting cooking demonstrations, giving tips on what to each and what not to.What to eat and how to have become a popular topic of discussion in Korea today as

The 9th Ansan Seonghwang Folk Religious Rite and Dance Festival is scheduled to be opened at the Dalmaji Theater of the Ansan Cultural Center in Anshan City at 2p.m. on Oct. 23, 2015 co-hosted by President Lee Eun-sook of the Asia Traditional Seonghwang Gut Rite Research Institute and the House of N

The Korea Post expands its coverage of the international students in Korea. It is because the international students are invaluable assets to Korea and the countries where they come from.The students are honest compared with fully grown-up people and can sometimes give frank and even candid views th