The parliamentary motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye has been revised to incorporate recent allegations that she dismissed government officials who were opposed to a blacklist of liberal artists, the motion showed Thursday.The original motion, which passed through parliament on Dec. 9, center

Korea’s space construction technologies will join hands with NASA to create a space environment that simulates actual lunar caves and thus provide young students and researchers around the world first-hand experience of various phenomena of lunar sites and space construction technologies. This was r

The Korean daily media headlines and humorThursday, February 2, 2017 Your Excellency: Here areThe Korea Postnoticesandaroundup of important headlines from all major Korean-language dailies, TV and other news media of Korea today: Very Respectfully Yours /s/ Lee Kyung-sikPublisher-ChairmanKorea Post

The following article was contributed by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media in Seoul.—Ed.Turkmenistan and Republic of Korea on February 7, 2017will mark the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Over the two and a half decades, Turkmenistan and Kor

Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong is expected to earn 46.8 billion won (US$40 million) in dividend income this year, slightly higher than that of Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo, data showed Thursday.Lee Kun-hee, father of Jae-yong and who has been hospitalized since May 2014, will also re

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party said Thursday it wishes to join forces with the splinter People's Party so the liberal bloc can grab a clear lead in the upcoming presidential election against conservative rivals."Experts say a change of the government can only be made through

Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung, one of potential presidential candidates from the main opposition Democratic Party, said Thursday the resignation of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon may adversely impact the party's current front-runner.Ban, who had been a leading conservative candidate, w

President Park Geun-hye's birthday a year ago was filled with an air of festivity with her secretaries and Cabinet ministers attending celebratory events at her office, though the mood was slightly dampened by North Korea's nuclear test the previous month.But her 65th birthday on Thursday ap

South Korea's official unemployment and inflation figures belie the grim reality facing most Koreans who feel greater economic pain amid sluggish economic growth, a poll showed Thursday.According to the survey on 1,030 adults, the country's so-called misery index, or the addition of the jobl

South Korea's imports of genetically modified organism (GMO) food products again reached over 2 million tons last year, the government said Thursday.Imports of GMO products for human consumption came to 2.14 million tons last year, according to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.The tally mark

South Korea's consumer prices rose at the fastest clip in more than four years in January on a sharp rise in food prices, government data showed Thursday.The country's consumer price index gained 2 percent last month from a year earlier, accelerating from the previous month's 1.3 percent

Honda Korea, the local importer of the Japanese car brand, will recall over 1,400 cars sold in South Korea for Takata air bags whose metal inflator can fracture and shoot at passengers when the air bag is deployed, the transportation ministry said Thursday.The recall affects 1,407 Honda Accord cars

Hyosung Corp., a leading South Korean synthetic fiber manufacturer, is expected to have an operating income of over 1 trillion won (US$864 million) in 2016, aided by strong sales of spandex and tire cord, industry sources said Thursday.Hyosung, scheduled to report its 2016 earnings this week, logged

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier, said Thursday its operating profit for the fourth quarter of last year jumped 63 percent from a year earlier, helped by a steady rise in mobile phone subscribers.LG Uplus reported an operating profit of 184.4 billion won (US$158.9 milli

The U.S. Senate approved former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state on Wednesday despite concerns that he is too close to Russia and lacks government or diplomacy experience.Tillerson's nomination passed the Senate in a 56-43 vote.That compares with the overwhelming 98-1 approval

Now that former UN Chief Ban Ki-moon is out of the Presidential, who is the runner-up taking Ban’s place? To the surprise of many people, he is incumbent Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn who won 12.1%. Here are the survey results published by the CBS Radio this morning: Former Chairman

Ambassador Hassan Taherian in Seoul said, “The presence of the Tehran Street in the Gangnam District of Seoul, as well as the Seoul Street in the North of Tehran, is the symbol and remainder of long friendship between the two countries.” Speaking at a recent interview with The Korea Post slated for

Former U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday renounced his Presidential ambitions in a surprise decision likely to strengthen the frontrunner position of the current opposition Presidential hopeful and frustrate those yearning for change in feud-laden politics. "I will give up my pure aspirat

President Park Geun-hye's lawyers asked the Constitutional Court Wednesday to summon 15 more witnesses to her impeachment trial, a move critics have denounced as an attempt to stall the proceedings.Lee Joong-hwan, an attorney for Park, requested during the 10th hearing that the court call 15 peo

Former U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday met with key political leaders and spurred efforts to launch a full-fledged campaign team, as he is quickening preparations for a presidential election this year.Ban, a prominent presidential aspirant, paid courtesy calls to the leaders of the ruling Saenur