SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry said Friday the pledges made by presidential hopefuls to reduce the mandatory service period in the military and abolishing the conscription system lack viability.As South Korea is still technically at war with the North, all able-bodied

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho said Tuesday that the government will double the supply of fresh vegetables and promote discounts of agricultural produce to ease household burdens ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.During a meeting with the ruling Saenuri Party, Yoo pledged to

SEOUL, Jan. 9 - South Korea's parliamentary committee on the influence-peddling scandal of President Park Geun-hye and her confidante is set to hold its last hearing Monday, Yonhap and other Korean-language news media reported Monday.The committee has been holding a series of sessions to find de

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has emphasized the need to improve its trade structure by expanding the exports of processed goods and services in an apparent bid to circumvent U.N. sanctions on its mineral resources exports."The export ratio of processed goods, technology and services to tot

SEOUL, Jan .4 (Yonhap) -- Two key witnesses in President Park Geun-hye's impeachment trial have yet to respond to an order to appear before the Constitutional Court, adding uncertainty to the high-profile case, sources said Wednesday.Lee Jae-man and Ahn Bong-geun, two of Park's closest aides

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's acting president on Wednesday instructed top policymakers to ensure Seoul's efforts to pressure North Korea to denuclearize see tangible results this year, which he said would mark an "inflexion point" in the nuclear conundrum.During the New Year'

The main opposition Minjoo Party leader, Madam Choo Mi-ae, wants President Park Geun-hye to resign by the end of January next year while Kim Moo-sung, leader of the non-mainstream group of the ruling Saenuri Party, says President Park should not be impeached if she decides to step down by the end of

Stemming from the good existing relations between the Sultanate of Oman and South Korea and as part of their endeavors to promote the existing relations of cooperation between them, the 5th session of the Omani-Korean Joint Committee was held on Seoul, Korea in Nov1-4. The Omani side was headed by D

By Ms. Linda YounEditor, Korean-language edition of The Korea PostAmbassador Tomas Husak of the Czech Republic in Seoul said, “We expect that the President of the Czech Republic will visit Korea next year followed by the visit of the Speaker of Czech Senate.” Speaking at a recent interview with The

Ambassador Milan Lajciak of the Slovak Republic in Seoul said that the European Union will seek a strong Europe, modern single market, sustainable migration and asylum policy during the presidency of the EU by his country.Speaking on at a meeting with the representatives of the media at the Slovak E

The following article was contributed by Ambassador Dionisios Sourvanos of Greece in Seoul on the occasion of the 195th anniversary of the Independence War of Greece.?Ed.On March 25th 1821, the Greek War of Independence started and later, in 1830, the independence of the Modern Greek State was recog

By Gulnoza Ismailova, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, “Legal Basis of Management” Department, the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of UzbekistanDecentralization and development of a modern system of citizens’ self-governance bodies became major components of transition

The following article was contributed by the Seoul Bureau of the People’s Daily for publication by The Korea Post, publisher of three English and two Korean-language media outlets in Seoul.?Ed.By Zhao Cheng from People’s DailyChinese President Xi Jinping on March 8, 2016 called for supply-side struc

Many Korean-language newspapers and other forms of mass communications media in the Republic of Korea (ROK) regretted that the ROK had neglected in properly dealing with North Korea with the result that the North had continued to develop the dangerous nuclear weapons.North Korea announced on Jan. 6,

North Korea announced on Jan. 6, 2016 that they successfully tested a hydrogen bomb at 10:30 in “complete safety.” The (North Korean) Central News Agency made the announcement in a ‘Special Report’ published to the North Korean people and the outside world through the use of its media, including its

Former President Kim Young-sam died of old age at his home in Seoul on Nov. 22 in the presence of his son, Kim Hyun-chul, and other members of his family. He was 87. ▲President Kim Young-sam delivers an address while in office.Together with the late former President Kim Dae-jung, who died six years

If you have flirted with another woman or been unfaithful to your wife, you cannot file a divorce with her.This judgment was passed at the Supreme Court today (Sept. 15, 2015).The Supreme Court, which was presided over by Supreme Court Judge Kim Yong-deok ruled that Hong Gil-dong (not his real name)

Real Meter, an opinion surveyor, predicted that the popularity rating of President Park Geun-hye will rise to over 50% soon surpassing the 51.6% she won during the 2012 Presidential elections. According a Korean-language CBS report this morning (Aug. 26), approval rating of the people for President

President Park Geun-hye attends the military parade of the Chinese Armed Forces in Beijing on the 70th Victory Day on Sept. 3, 2015. Meanwhile, North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong-un of the Military Affairs Comission is not attending the Chinese celebration and instead is sending Secretary Choi Ryong-ha

President Park Geun-hye commented this morning (Aug. 25) on the result of the high-level inter-Korean contacts and said, “The agreement reached with North Korea is the result of our consistent adherence to the principle of the government that we resolutely deal with North Korean provocations on one