The Geumsan World Ginseng Expo 2017 will be held with a theme of “Ginseng, Root of Life-Soaring Toward the World Through Science and Culture” at the Geumsan County, South Chungcheong Province, starting September 22.The third Geumsan Ginseng Expo will be organized by South Chungcheong Province and Ge

The Ho Chi Minh City-Gyeongju World Culture Expo 2017 will run in the Vietnamese city for 25 days from November 9 and December 3. The culture expo, co-hosted by Ho Chi Minh City and Gyeongju city in Korea ’s Gyeongsangbuk-do province, will feature art performances, exhibitions, movie screenings, and

By Lee Kyung-sik with Choe Nam-suk and Won HwiThe Korea Post mediaThe spacious Crystal Ballroom of the Lotte Hotel in downtown Seoul had ‘another Crystal Ballroom’ last night (Aug 29, 2017) where the Embassy of Viet Nam (Ambassador Nguyen Vu Tu and Mrs. Tran Thi Lan Hinh) hosted a gala fashion parad

Professor Victor Cha of Georgetown University in the United States, 56, has been named next US ambassador to the Republic of Korea (south). This was reported by Reuters yesterday.Quoting a US government official, Reuters reported that the Trump Administration of the US plans to appoint Prof. Cha as

The 2017 Andong International Mask Dance Festival will have its 21st presentation in Andong City from 29 Sept. 29, 2017 to Oct 8 on the theme of “Wish of Homo-Festivus.” The Festival is organized by the Andong City of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, namely the Andong Festival Tourism Foundation and K

Millennium Seoul Hilton offers an enchanted personalized wedding experience called the H Wedding. “H” conjures up words such as heart, harmony, happy, holy, hope, honey and human, which all make up a romantic and memorable experience for the bride and groom.Whether it’s in front of an intimate group

South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered his country's military Tuesday to display its capabilities that can overwhelm North Korea should the communist state decide to attack, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.The order came hours after Pyongyang launched what appeared to be an interm

The Korean daily media headlines and humorTuesday, August 29, 2017 Your Excellency:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 123-story Lotte World Tower in Gangnam where the ambassadors and madams are invited t

North Korea lobbed a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday in a strategic provocation sharply escalating tensions in Northeast Asia.The missile was fired eastward from the vicinity of Sunan in Pyongyang at around 5:57 a.m., according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)."It passed thr

President Moon Jae-in disclosed that South Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) was 45 times that of North Korea and that therefore the South should be able to overwhelm North Korea in defense. Then he asked: “I am wondering our armed forces are confident to do so."President Moon on Monday orde

SK E&C, a global engineering and construction company, has distributed information literature on “The SK Leaders’ View” apartments under construction in Mapo-gu, western Seoul. The View apartments will consist of five tower blocks each with 29 stories above ground and five below.Of the total 472 apa

The Korean daily media headlines and humorMonday, August 28, 2017 Your Excellency:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 123-story Lotte World Tower in Gangnam where the ambassadors and madams are in

Ahn Cheol-soo, former boss of the splinter opposition People’s Party, was elected as new representative of the People’s party voting at the national convention winning 51.09% of the vote and capping a tumultuous two-week campaign marked by rivals' blistering attacks over his candidacy. In a lead

Ahn Cheol-soo, the former presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's Party, regained its leadership Sunday, capping a tumultuous two-week campaign marked by rivals' blistering attacks over his candidacy.In a leadership election, the entrepreneur-turned-politician won 51.09 perce

Samsung Group is expected to prepare for a long-drawn leadership vacuum, with its de facto leader being sentenced to five years in prison for bribery, industry watchers said Sunday.A Seoul court passed the sentence against Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong on Friday, finding him guilty

South Korea has started a feasibility review for the building of a nuclear-powered submarine amid North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats, government sources said Sunday.The Navy has commissioned a private institute to find ways to resolve international restrictions in building a nucl

South Korea's central bank is likely to hold its key rates steady this month as soft economic growth and subdued inflation will allow it to sit on the sidelines, a leading provider of economic analysis said Sunday.The Bank of Korea (BOK) is set to hold its rate-review session Thursday to decide

The worldwide market for mobile phone displays is expected to overtake that of TVs screens for the first time ever this year, brought on by the change in consumer demand, industry trackers said Sunday.According to IHS Markit, growth of mobile panels averaged 17 percent annually in the past seven yea

North Korea launched at least three missiles into the East Sea on Saturday morning, resuming its provocative acts after a monthlong hiatus despite Washington's diplomacy-first approach toward the belligerent regime.The North fired "several unidentified projectiles" from the vicinity of Gitdaer

A heat wave has killed more than 2.67 million chickens and ducks across South Korea since July, an insurance company said Saturday.Temperatures hovered above 33 degrees Celsius for 24 days across the country in the summer. The mercury hit this year's record high of 39.6 degrees Celsius in Yeongc