Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Mahayana Buddhism.According to Wikipedia and various Korean reference materials, early Korean monks believed that the traditions they received from foreign countries were intern
Millennium Seoul Hilton is offering a special room package for families seeking a winter staycation. The parents can enjoy the comfort and luxury of a deluxe guestroom plus all the hotel amenities while children aged 7 to 13 can take part in a cooking class at Il Ponte, the hotel’s popular Italian r
A total of 35,230,000 million people visited their hometowns from Seoul and other major cities in Korea to their hometowns in the countryside to celebrate the Chuseok Full Moon Festival with their parents, relatives and old friends during the three-day Chuseok Holidays. This year employees of the go
The Daehan News and The Korea Post media co-host the 6th Annual Hanbok Festival on the theme of “Faithfulness to the Nation, the Family and the World” at the Diamond Hall on the 22nd floor of the Seoul Plaza Hotel in front of the Seoul City Government building on Dec. 7, 2017.This year, unlike in th
The Olympic flame for the first Winter Games to take place in South Korea arrived in the host country Wednesday, as the countdown to the quadrennial competition reached 100 days.A 16-member South Korean delegation arrived at Incheon International Airport with the flame after a handover ceremony in A
Hadong in Gyeongsangnam-do is a hub of green tea culture in Korea. It has environments that are favorable to green tea production. Hadong has a richer history and tradition of green tea. Hadong is the first area in the nation where green tea trees were planted. Hadong’s wild green tea fields grow wi
Spouses and other family members of the ambassadors (and other senior diplomats on behalf of the ambassadors) are invited to show off the culinary wonders of their countries at the World Cooking Festival at the Gwanghwamun Gate Plaza in Seoul in front of the Central Government Building on Tuesday Ma
Tottenham Hotspur attacker Son Heung-min on Saturday drew level with football legend Cha Bum-kun as the highest-scoring South Korean in Europe in a single season with his goal against Bournemouth. Son scored a goal in Tottenham's 4-0 win over Bournemouth in their English Premier League (EPL) mat
Visitors to the Korean-language Internet edition (www.koreapost.co.kr) of The Korea Post are rapidly increasing as the news and other stories there are updated real time—as frequently as any leading Korean-language dailies such as Dong-A, Chosun and Joong-Ang.Embassies and other segments of th
Graben Clinic was established on Dec. 15, 2016 by Dr. Kim Jeong-min, a plastic surgery & skin care specialist, and Dr. Kim Beom-soo, a posture correction doctor, for the purpose of providing the “right medical treatment for the right face and right body type." According to Doctor Kim
In many battles in Korea during the Korean War (1950-53), soldiers of the Turkish Brigade proved their chivalry and made great contributions to the defense of freedom and democracy through sacrifices.The Turkish Brigade, according to Wikipedia, served in Korea with the United Nations Command during
By Lee Kyung-sikPublisher, The Korea Post mediaThis year again, Mayor and Mrs. Jeon Dong-pyung of Yeongam County of Jeollanam-do Province are hosting the impressive Yeongam Wangin Culture Festival on April 6-7, 2017, and invite ambassadors and madams to attend the opening ceremony and enjoy various
Julian Eberhard of Austria won the men's sprint at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup here on Friday.Eberhard finished first among 103 biathletes with a time of 23 minutes, 11.1 seconds at the IBU Biathlon World Cup in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province, some 180 kilometers east of Seou
South Korea's media content production grew at a pace faster than the growth rate recorded in the global market in 2015, securing the country a status as the world's seventh largest content creator, a state agency said Sunday.South Korea's media content market stood at US$52 billion as o
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- Major Seoul-bound expressways across South Korea were congested Sunday as people returned from the Lunar New Year's holiday.Rain or snow in many areas worsened traffic jams.Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans spent a few days in their hometowns for Lunar New Year
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Wang Jeung-hun earned his third career European Tour victory in Qatar on Sunday.Wang captured the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters at Doha Golf Club in Doha in a playoff. He ended the regulation tied at 16-under with Joakim Lagergren of Sweden and Jaco Van
BUCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean comic book "Bad Friend" received an award at a global comics festival, Korea Manhwa Contents Agency (KOMACON) said Sunday.The book by a South Korean cartoonist, who goes by her pen name Ancco, was awarded the Prix Revelation at the 44th An
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors have appealed to the world's top sports tribunal over a ban from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League.The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) released a statement on Saturday (Korean time) that the r
Governor Kim Kwan-yong of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Province and Mayor Choi Yang-sik of the Gyeongju City are making an all-out effort to attain another great success of the Gyeongju Culture Expo--this time in Vietnam. This was disclosed at a recent interview with Chief Director Young Lee of the Internat
Luxury boutique hotel THE PLAZA Seoul, Autograph Collection (www.mariott.com/selak), operated by the hotel division of Hanwha Hotels & Resorts (CEO Yeongcheol Kim) holds , a donation campaign for sharing goodness with others from December 9th 2016 to January 31st 2017. The