South Korea's liberal Democratic Party on Monday renewed its call for a parliamentary inspection of the ongoing deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, raising suspicion that the government may have pressured a local company to agree to offer land to host the missile shield unit.The largest

South Korea, the United States and Japan on Monday began a combined naval exercise against North Korea's growing submarine threats, Seoul's defense ministry announced.The three-day training was kicked off in the waters between South Korea and Japan near Jeju Island, involving an Aegis system

Some 50 items presumed to belong to those that were on the ill-fated ferry Sewol have been retrieved from the wreck that has been brought to the port of Mokpo after being raised from the bottom of the sea, the government said Monday.Salvage operators raised the 6,800-ton Sewol ferry and placed it on

Genji, Millennium Seoul Hilton’s Japanese restaurant will showcase bigeye tuna in a delectable special multi-course meal during the month of April. The exquisite meal will commence with an appetizer combination of diced tuna and avocado, tuna, natto and steamed egg custard with sea urchin. Five kind

How to deal with North Korea will be "the most important conversation" when U.S. President Donald Trump holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday."No longer take the excuses from China that they're concerned to

The presidential nominee of the leading conservative party on Sunday rejected the notion of forming a political alliance with a centrist party to challenge liberal front-runner Moon Jae-in.Hong Joon-pyo, governor of South Gyeongsang Province and presidential nominee of the Liberty Korea Party, made

South Korea's presidential race is set to begin in earnest this week after all parties nominate their standard-bearers. The nominations scheduled for this week are those of the largest Democratic Party and the minor People's Party, the two liberal parties that have arguably drawn the most in

The average earnings forecast for Samsung Electronics Co., one of the world's largest makers of smartphones and computer chips, rose 20 percent in the past three months on strong global demand for its semiconductors and prospects of sustained growth, industry sources said Sunday.According to dat

The North Korean women's hockey team arrived in South Korea Saturday for an international competition.The delegation of 20 players and 10 coaches and officials landed at Incheon International Airport via Beijing. Starting Sunday, they will participate in the International Ice Hockey Federation (

Employees at South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. are the highest paid in the industry here, data showed Saturday. According to a regulatory filing, the average annual pay of employees at SK Telecom came to 102 million won (US$91,193) last year. The figure exceeds the 76 milli

A South Korean cargo ship with eight South Korean and 16 Filipino sailors went missing in the South Atlantic earlier this week after making a distress call, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday.The Marshal Islands-flagged ship, Stella Daisy, was sailing in waters near Uruguay after departing B

Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party won the latest round of a party primary Saturday, further closing in on the party's nomination for the upcoming presidential election.The co-founder and former chief of the left-leaning centrist party took 77.44 percent of all votes in the latest round hel

South Korea's exports rose for the fifth straight month in March on the back of brisk sales of chips, displays and cosmetics, the trade ministry said Saturday.Outbound shipments came to a more-than-two-year high of US$48.9 billion last month, up 13.7 percent from $43 billion tallied a year earli

South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Hong Joon-pyo on Friday clinched the presidential nomination of the conservative Liberty Korea Party for the May 9 election, bracing for an uphill battle against powerful liberal rivals.The former ruling party announced its flag-bearer during a national convention in S

A semisubmersible ship carrying the ill-fated Sewol ferry arrived at South Korea's southwestern port of Mokpo on Friday.The ship -- escorted by five Coast Guard vessels -- sailed into port around 1 p.m. after a six-hour journey from the waters where it stayed for nearly a week after being raised

The Korean daily media headlines and humorFriday March 31, 2017 Your Excellency: Here are The Korea Post notices and a roundup 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

Second opposition People’s Party Presaidential Candidate Ahn Cheol-soo is in a close pursuit with 39.3% support after main opposition Minjoo Party Presidential Candidate Moon Jae-in with 41.7% in polls.According to a latest poll result conducted by Korea’s leading daily, Dong-A Ilbo, published this

Former President Park Geun-hye was arrested on Friday in connection with a corruption scandal that led to her removal from office.The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to detain Park on charges of bribery, abuse of authority, coercion and leaking government secrets, after a marathon hear

By Lee Kyung-sikPublisher-Chairman, The Korea Post mediaIt appears that the contest for the Presidential elections on the upcoming May 9 this year is going to be among Presidential Candidate Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Minjoo Party, second opposition People’s Party Presidential Candidate Ahn

Salvage operators are making final preparations to transport the 6,800-ton ferry Sewol to port following improved weather conditions, the government said Thursday."We are trying to speed up the process of preparations for departure," the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said. "The captain of the