The Korean daily media headlines and humor

The Korean daily media headlines and humor

Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016

Your Excellency:

Here are The Korea Post news and roundup of important headlines from all major Korean-language dailies, TV and other news media of Korea this morning:

Lee Kyung-sik

Publisher-Chairman

Korea Post Media

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The Korea Post news:

Here is juicy humor from one of the generous former ambassadors to Korea from a Central Asian country:

Four friends (ladies) meet 30 years after school at a reunion...

One goes to take food while the other 3 start to talk about how successful their sons became.

No. 1 says her son studied economics, became a banker and is so rich he gave his best friend a Ferrari.

No. 2 said her son became a pilot, started his own airline, became so rich he gave his best friend a jet.

No. 3 said her son became an engineer, started his own development company, became so rich he built his best friend a castle.

No 4 came back with a plate full of food and asked what the buzz is about.

They told her they were talking about how successful their sons became and asked her about her son.

She said her son is gay and he works in a Gay Bar.

The other 3 said she must be very disappointed with her son for not becoming successful.

"Oh no !" said the lady, "He is doing good."

"Last week on his birthday he got a Ferrari, a jet and a castle from three of his boyfriends!!!"

All the threeladies fainted…

(This joke won an award for the Best Joke in a competition held in Britain.)

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KBS (http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/)

N. Korea Allows Entry and Exit of S. Koreans Freely at Gaeseong

North Korea has agreed to the free entry and exit of South Koreans to and from the inter-Korean Gaeseong Industrial...

S. Korea Vows Safe Evacuation from Gaeseong

S. Korea Starts Clearing Out of Gaeseong

Gaeseong Biz Association Opposes Shutdown

Parties Mixed over Gaeseong Park Shutdown

S. Korea Shuts Down Inter-Korean Factory Park

Foreign Minister Urges UNSC to Produce "Clincher Sanctions"

US Senate Approves Fresh N. Korea Sanctions

S. Korea Vows Safe Evacuation from Gaeseong

Foreign Minister Urges UNSC to Produce "Clincher Sanctions"

US: Shutdown 'Consistent with' Int'l Stance

Gaeseong Biz Association Opposes Shutdown

Finance Ministry: Market Stability Measures Ready Against N. Korean Risks

Consensus Economics: S. Korea's Growth to Remain in 2% Range

N. Korea Allows Entry and Exit of S. Koreans Freely at Gaeseong

S. Korea Starts Clearing Out of Gaeseong

Half of Reunion Applicants Die Before Seeing Family in N. Korea

S. Korea's R&D Spending as Share of GDP Tops OCED List

Japan Reveals Plans to Sanction N. Korea

US Senate Approves Fresh N. Korea Sanctions

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Yonhap (http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr)

China keeps mum on S. Korea's decision on Kaesong complex

China's foreign ministry has kept mum on South Korea's decision to halt operations of its joint industrial park with North Korea, a move by Seoul to punish Pyongyang for its latest rocket launch and nuclear test.

S. Korea to take steps for safe return of its citizens from North

South Korea will take all measures to ensure that its citizens can return home safely from a troubled inter-Korean factory park in North Korea, an official said Thursday.

FAO food price index hits near seven-year low in Jan.

The food price index of the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) tumbled to a near seven-year nadir amid ample supply and sluggish demand, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Thursday.

'A Violent Prosecutor' draws record Lunar New Year's crowd

A local crime comedy film has gathered a record number of viewers over this Lunar New Year's holiday, data by the official market tracker showed Thursday.

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The Korea Herald (http://www.koreaherald.com)

US Senate passes harsher North Korea sanctions

U.S. senators voted unanimously to pass a strong North Korea sanctions bill Wednesday, days after the communist nation s...

Seoul to pull out of Gaeseongpark

South Korea on Wednesday announced the closure of a joint factory park in North Korea in fres...

North Korea has restarted plutonium reactor: U.S.

North Korea has restarted a plutonium reactor that could fuel a nuclear bomb and i...

Concerns rise over volatile exchange rate

The won-dollar exchange rate has shown sharp fluctuations in recent months, raising concerns ov...

North Korea's rocket launch reaffirms evolvi...

North Korea’s long-range rocket launch on Sunday reaffirmed Pyongyang’s evolving missile technology, th...

'One-shot' law

After many twists and turns, the Corporate Vitality Enhancement Act has been finally enacted...

Sanctions with teeth

Ignoring repeated warnings from the global community, North Korea has launched a long-range ...

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The Korea Times ( http://www.koreatimes.co.kr)

Seoul axes Gaeseong Industrial Complex

Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo said Wednesday that South Korea is shutting down the Gaeseong Industrial Complex (GIC) in North Korea as a punitive measure against Pyongyang’s long-range rocket launch and nuclear test.

Parties differ somewhat in accusing N. Korea 

With parliamentary elections two months away, the ruling and opposition parties went all out durin...

NK satellite in stable orbit, not transmitting 

Expert: status of Kwangmyongsong-4 unimportant 

Lotte struggles with deepening quandary 

Lotte Group is being dragged into a dark tunnel with no light visible at the other end. 

Police officers help NK defectors remove physical, mental scars

A 45-year-old North Korean defector, who identified himself as Lee, was once an elite executive of...

[Breaking] North Korea's military chief executed on corruption charges: source 

The chief of North Korea's military was executed this month on corruption and other charges, a source familiar with North Korean affairs said Wednesday.

More than half of leaked technology lands in China 

China is rapidly chasing Korea in the automobile and electronics industries to emerge as a menacing competitor, in part by stealing Korea’s technology, a repo...

Korea, Japan start legal battle over fish imports 

Korea and Japan, embroiled in the so-called fisheries dispute, have started a legal battle within the World Trade Organization, officials said.

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DongAIlbo (http://english.donga.com)

Gov't to suspend operations of Kaesong Industrial Complex

President Park Geun-hye has taken out her ultimate card against North Korea's nuclear provocation by ordering the suspension of t…

Singer InSuni accused of tax evasion

Korean singer In Suni, 57, is facing charges of having evaded taxes worth 6.6 billion won (5.5 billion U.S. dollars). The wife of…

Korean tennis player Chung Hyeon beats world 34th ranking player

Ranked 69th in the world, South Korean teenager Chung Hyeon met 34th ranked Guillermo Garc?aL?pez (Spain) at the men's singles f…

Super Tuesday likely to be watershed in U.S. presidential race

The unexpected results in the primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire have put the U.S. presidential race into thick fogs. The Democr…

Curse of lotto: turning friends into enemies

Due to increasing numbers of people who buy lotto tickets hoping to change their life with six numbers, last year’s lotto sales w…

Unsightly bickering between presidential office, Seoul gov't over preschool program budget

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon told a radio talk show on Friday that Hyun Ki-hwan, President Park Geun-hye's senior secretary for poli…

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ChosunIlbo (http://english.chosun.com)

S.Korea to Shut Down Kaesong Industrial Complex

Seoul has decided to shut down the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in retaliation for North Korea's rocket launch Sunday and its recent nuclear test. The closure of the industrial park just north of the border will cost the regime millions of dollars. >> Full Text

Japan to Take Independent Sanctions Against N.Korea

Japan is closing its borders to all North Koreans after the North tested long-range missile technology by launching a space rocket on Sunday. The measure also applies to members of a massive pro-North Korean association of Korean Japanese called Chongryon who travel to the North and seek to return to Japan. >> Full Text

Hyundai Trumps Super Bowl Ads

Hyundai's commercial for the new Genesis brand was the most popular at this year's National Football League finals on Sunday, according to Super Bowl Ad Meter results. The commercial cost US$5 million per second, but major companies fork out huge sums to compete for the available slots. >> Full Text

S.Korean Firms Protest at Kaesong Closure

China 'Failed to Curb Luxury Imports by N.Korea'

Long-Lived Koreans Take Dim View of Their Own Health

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HankyorehShinmoon (http://english.hani.co.kr)

Stuck in Place: Research report shows declining opportunity for social mobility in Korea

Children increasingly likely to belong to the same social class as their parents; improved public education and fixing the temporary worker problem keys to increasing mobility

The opportunity for social mobility among South Koreans has plummeted in the information age as the passing down of academic, professional, and economic status from parents has become more entrenched, a recent research report shows.Many are now saying the harsher mobility situation compared to the past industrialization and democratization eras requires measures aimed at social integration,

Giving up on existing political parties, citizens moving to create their own

“We want to make a party for the ‘dirt spoons.’”“We’re taking matters into our own hands to address the historical issues between Korea and Japan.”With parliamentary elections looming two months away in April, more and more people are moving to create new political parties. The trend is one where the public is moving to take action directly on issues affecting them rather than relying on existing parties to represent their demands. .

Police announce “big data program” to predict likelihood of future crimes

South Korean police have begun work on a “big data program” in which online information is input into a database to predict the likelihood of future crimes.The plan, which has been likened to a Korean version of the film Minority Report - a futuristic science fiction film about psychics predicting crimes before they happen - is now poised to generate controversy over the lack of public discussion over the potential for illegal gathering of personal information. .

[Cine features] 8 Korean titles to keep an eye out for in 2016

Fresh from recording one of its biggest years ever, which included two new additions to the ten million viewer club (Assassination, Veteran), Korean cinema is gearing up from another big year in 2016, with some of the country’s star directors returning to the fold after working in Hollywood, a few major blockbusters from rising names, and a number of smaller projects poised to make waves internationally.

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JoongAngIlbo(conservative): (http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/)

Seoul pulls plug on Kaesong park

South Korea is completely shutting down the Kaesong Industrial Complex, the unification minister said on Wednesday, to punish North Korea for its fourth nuclear test in January and the launch of a long-range ballistic missile Sunday morning. Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo announced the plan to totally shut the complex…

China remains lukewarm to sanctions for North

Despite North Korea launching a long-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s passive attitude toward Pyongyang has remained unchanged…

U.S. closer to approval of ‘biosimilar’ from Korea

Korean biomedicine company Celltrion’s copy of Johnson & Johnson’s best-selling rheumatoid arthritis treatment Remicade received Tuesday…

LG Group’s founders pioneered industries

“Yonam” Koo In-hwoi, the founder of LG Group, and his eldest son “Sangnam” Koo Ja-kyung are both business tycoons who helped create the foundation…

Jong-un executes top military man

Army Gen. Ri Yong-gil, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army of North Korea, was executed this month on corruption and political factionalism charges…

Sex offender ordered to pay restitution to child

A 29-year-old therapist who was convicted of sexually molesting a young boy suffering from domestic abuse was ordered by a local court to pay 30 million won…

Losing Lotte scion posts video interview

Shin Dong-joo, the older brother and loser in the battle for control of the Lotte Group last year, released a video interview with his father, Shin Kyuk-ho…

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The KyunghyangShinmoon(http://english.khan.co.kr/)

President Park Again Pressures China to Join Sanctions against the North, Military Flaunts Possibility of Intercepting NK Rocket

On February 4, President Park Geun-hye stressed the need for a strong response to North Korean plans of a long-range rocket launch and called for China to join ···

Samsung Partner Company Workers May Go Blind Due to Methyl Alcohol Poisoning

Temporary agency workers in their twenties hired by a tertiary subcontractor that supplies cell phone parts to Samsung Electronics face the threat of losing the···

[North Korea Announces Plan to Launch Long-Range Rocket] NK Accelerates Its Nuclear Program While the U.S. and China Blame Each Other

On February 2, North Korea notified international organizations of their plan to launch a satellite for "Earth observation" purposes, following its fourth nuc···

Incheon Int'l Airport, With Its Security Holes, Outsources 85% of Its Operations: Have They Forgotten the Lessons from the Sewol?

The government is busy preparing a comprehensive plan after a series of recent incidents, which exposed serious holes in the Incheon International Airport secur···

North Korea Can Launch Long-Range Rocket Any Time after Lunar New Year's Day

North Korea seems poised to launch a long-range missile following their fourth nuclear test early this year. The launch seems imminent for Pyongyang has already···

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The Korea Economic Daily ( http://english.hankyung.com/)

South Korea to Halt Kaesong Industrial Complex Operations

In response to North Korea's nuclear test for the fourth time in early January and the latest long-range missile salvo, the South Korean government decided to close the Kaesong Industrial Complex entirely. It is interpreted as a move that the South would tolerate no more provocation while at the sam...

[Market Insight] Police Mutual Aid Assoc. to Create First-ever Blind Fund

The Police Mutual Aid Association, whose balance of assets under management is in excess of 2 trillion won (US$1.68 billion), will create a blind fund for the first time. It will start making investment in earnest from the second half of this year as soon as it comes up with standards to select fund...

[Market Insight] Bidders Line up to Acquire Burger King Korea

Korean franchisees of Burger King will be put out on the market. Since VIG Partners (formerly Vogo Fund) took over the operations, Burger King's financial results have improved markedly, which will make the bidding fiercer than ever. According to investment banking sources on February 9, VIG Partner...

Korea Faces Strong Challenge from China and Japan Even in Electronics and Chemical

The operating profit-to-sales ratio of Korea's flagship companies such as Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor is showing signs of stagnating or worsening. In contrast, their Chinese and Japanese rivals are showing marked improvement in this department, indicating that the Korean companies are lagg...

Korean Economy Faces "Cocktail Crisis"

Since the beginning of this year, the Korean economy has been hit hard by a series of negative domestic and international factors, including the plunge in international oil prices, the sluggish economic indicators of the world's biggest two countries (the United States and China), a slowdown in expo...

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AJU Business Daily(http://eng.ajunews.com/korea)

South Korea shuts down Kaesong industrial park

[Aju News DB] South Korea on Wednesday announced the shutdown of an inter-Korean joint industrial zone near the border in retaliation for North Korea's dauntless push for nuclear and missil…

Doubt over North Korean missile technology

South Korea on Tuesday expressed doubt over North Korea's ability to produce a useful intercontinental ballistic missile after tracking its latest rocket launch. North Ko…

North Korean boat intrudes across disputed sea border

[Courtesy of Republic of Korea Armed Forces] A South Korea naval ship fired warning shots Monday as a North Korea patrol boat intruded across the disputed Yellow Sea border amid high tension ca…

[UPDATES] Rocket launch sparks diplomatic row over US missile defense

[Captured from Pentagon home page] North Korea's defiant rocket launch has sparked a fresh diplomatic row over the suggested deployment of a US missile defense system in South Korea, a sens…

[UPDATES] Pyongyang hails 'successful' rocket launch

[Captured from YTN] North Korea on Sunday announced the "successful" launch of a long-range rocket in an apparent test of its ballistic missile technology, defying international warnings that i…

Inter-Korean 'balloon war' gets nasty

[AJU NEWS CORP DB] The propaganda war across the tensely guarded inter-Korean border is getting nasty with North Korea sending leaflets together with used toilet paper and cigarette butts, poli…

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ETNEWS(http://english.etnews.com/)

Kumho Petrochemical Produces CNT Fiber

South Korean business is going to produce CNT (Carbon Nanotube) fiber that is 100 times stronger than steel. As fiber products are produced followed by powder, ran...

Research Team Led by DGIST and UNIST Present a Concept of Insulato...

Concept of original technology of peta-level (1000 trillion) insulator that is 1 million times faster than speed of giga-level semiconductor has been presented. Professor ...

North Korea Announces Development of Quantum Cryptography Communication ...

North Korea made an announcement that it has finally developed

Apple Entrusts TSMC with All of APs for iPhone7

Taiwan¡?s TSMC has won a battle against Samsung Electronics and is going to produce 10-nano application processors (AP) that will be installed in Apple¡?s iPhone7. Samsung Electronics has entered a state of emergency system to prevent declination of rate of operation of factories. Samsung Electronics is aiming for an all-out-war in 14-nano f...

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MaeilBusinessNewsKorea (http://www.pulsenews.co.kr/ )

FDA’s approval to Celltrion’s biosimilar Remsima just around corner

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s approval decision nears on South Korean biopharmaceutical company Celltrion’sbiosimilarRemsima for treating rheumatoid arthritis.

LG Group sets goal of achieving $7.5 bn in sales in car parts and energy

South Korea’s large conglomerate LG Group set a goal of achieving sales of 9 trillion won ($7.5 billion) this year in the automobile ...

Samsung Electronics moves to be separated from Google

South Korea’s consumer electronics behemoth Samsung Electronics has moved to be separated from Google after strengthening its ...

North Korea gets closer to firing nuclear missile

North Korea launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite on Sunday, right before the Lunar New Year’s day, ...

Former Shinhan Investment Vice Chairperson Lee Dong-geol nominated as KDB

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) on Thursday nominated Lee Dong-geol, former vice chairperson of Shinhan

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The Korea Post news:

3D customized total replacement and stem cell treatment

YonseiSarang Hospital stands out in specialized treatment of joint patients

What part of the body is most frequently used in man’s every-day life?

Perhaps it comes in the order of neck, waist, shoulders and legs. Many people complain pain in the neck that comes from the fast-increasing use of smart phones. Then come the patients who complain pain in the neck that comes also from excessive use of smart phones.

Also on the fast increase are people suffering from obesity from lack of exercise who complain pain in the waist and knee joints. People who spend much time on computers also complain pain in the shoulders.

(The Korea Post is organizing a tour of for the ambassadors and madams to this Hospital on Friday March 4, 2106 where the diplomats are offered a free medical check-up. Please scroll down to the end of this article for a detailed itinerary. Please scroll down to the end for a detailed article and more photos on the Hospital?Ed.)

Dr. Koh Yong-gon, CEO and president of YonseiSarang Hospital

These working people are treated at the neurosurgery and orthopedic departments of the hospitals.

There are so many hospitals in Korea that treat patients suffering from joint and spine problems and naturally competition among them is very keen.

Among them is the YonseiSarang Hospital in Seoul. This hospital was established by the graduates of Yonsei University in Seoul, a most prestigious private university in Korea, and has been growing very fast in spite of the keen competition among hospitals. YonseiSarang specializes in the treatment of patients suffering from joint and spine problems. The Hospital is one of the largest in Korea that specialize in the treatment of patients suffering from joints and spine.

Established in 2003, the Hospital has a motto and slogan reading, “We provide the best treatment and give hopes to the patients!” Thus the Hospital tries to free the patients from the pains and worries of their spine and joint.

The YonseiSarang Hospital is well known not only among the Seoulites but also the people in the countryside. This is why a large number of patients visit the Hospital also from all parts of the country.

PresidentKoh Yong-gon (M.D.) of the Hospital makes it a rule to visit the patients in the countryside once or twice each month, who have undergone treatment at his hospital, to see how they are faring after their treatment at his hospital as well as providing the local people with medical consultation.

The Hospital has doctors specializing in the many different fields such as knees, shoulders, feet, spine and various other parts of the human body and this is why the Hospital is so widely known among the patients for fast recovery from their problems.

The YonseiSarang Hospital is located in the Gangnam District south of the Han River in Seoul, and has a staff of a total of over 300 persons, including 20 doctors.

Two main buildings of the YonseiSarang Hospital in Gangnam District in Seoul

The Hospital makes substantial investments in R&D, which makes distinction from otherhospitals covering spine and joints.

President Dr. Koh says: “We have developed a ‘3D customized total replacement system’ which has substantially improved the existing system--solving various problems in the existing system.” He said, “Furthermore, the YonseiSarang Hospital is known for the largest number of papers published overseas on the subject of ‘autologous adipose stem cell’ which is a system where cell is extracted from the patient’s buttocks, abdomen and thighs (where there is much fat) and injecting them into the knee joint.”

“Thus,” says Dr. Koh, “We have successfully differentiated ourselves from other hospitals in terms of superiority of the doctors’ competence and skills.”

Furthermore, the YonseiSarang Hospital has an International Medical Treatment Team making itself an internationalized hospital and public relations efforts are being made for a wider dissemination of this information.

Dr. Francesco Perdisa from Bologna University in Italy (fourth from right) poses with the doctors of the YonseiSarang Hospital at the time of his visit to the Hospital for a joint research on stem cell.

As a result of this development, an increasing number of patients are visiting from various countries of the world, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and the United States. The Hospital is also preparing to establish in various countries of the world rehabilitationcenters and cell treatment centers for the treatment of the local patients.

At present, the Hospital has coordinators who speak fluent foreign languagessuch as Russian and Mongolian as well as English, which greatly helps in eliminating languages barriers faced at the time of treating patients of different nationalities.

CEO Dr. Koh (right) poses with Dr. Allan Mishra from Stanford University during a joint research

Also, doctors come to the Yonsei Hospital from various countries of the world, including Indonesia, Germany and Mongolia to learn the advanced medical skills from Yonsei. The YonseiSarang Hospital also concluded a medical cooperation agreement with various hospitals in Italy, Japan, China and Malaysia.

The YonseiSarang Hospital plans to establish for the first time among the joint-spine hospitals in Korea a Stem Cell Institute to free the knee-joint patients from their pain and anxiety and to help them have new hopes. At this hospital, cell is extracted from the fatty part of the human body such as buttocks and abdomen and injected into the joints of the patients, especially the senior citizens, who suffer much pain due to aged and over-taxed cartilage. The injected cells cause regeneration of the cartilage. Extensive studies and researches are being conducted at the Hospital in that area.

At present, the new method is being used for the patients suffering from knee bone problems but the range of its use is expected to be expanded to the shoulders, spine and other parts of the human body.

A researcherofStemCellInstituteisdoinganexperiment.

Another epochal development of treatment method is through the use of ‘tailor-made’ 3D man-made joint, which was developed for the first time in Korea. The artificial joint enhances the accuracy of operation as it is done after completely checking the state of the patient.

In contrast with the existing man-made joint where the ready-made joints are used, the newly developed 3D order-made joints are created through the use of a new method where the joint of the patient is ‘reconstructed’ based on MRI photography where the patient’s knee bone is reconstructed through 3D printing. This helps the creation of an artificial knee bone that is best fit to the patient.

The new method reduces the possible complication to the minimum compared with the existing method, and substantially reduces the operation time. The life span of the man-made joint, too, is more than 25 years compared with the 15 years of the existing ones. This is why the new artificial joints at the YoniseiSarangHospitalare very popular among the knee patients.

Patients from Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan at the entrance of the YonseiSarang Hospital

Too, the YonseiSarang Hospital is equipped with special rehabilitation center facilities where the patients experience much shorter period of rehabilitation compared with other hospitals. This greatly helps the patients shorten the period of rehabilitation as well as the recovery period of the patents after operation. The patents greatly appreciate this and many of them have written letters of appreciation to the doctors who have treated them.

The RehabilitationCenterof the YonseiSarang Hospital is making preparations to enter Ulan Baatar, the capital city of Mongolia, in 2016 and this will be extended to Kazakhstan and Russia.

Mongolian staff members at the YonseiSarang Hospital booth at the 2015 Mongolian International Health Fair.

The Hospital has been selected by the Ministry of Health and Welfare as a Joint-specializing Hospital and a Globalized Hospital for Overseas Operations.

The Hospital has also won a Grand Prize in the field of joints for three consecutive years in the Medical Korea program organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare from 2009 to 2011.

The YonseiSarang Hospital continues to make extended efforts to maintain the status of the most qualified hospital in the treatment of joints and spine.

Rehabilitation Center at the YonseiSarang Hospital

A doctors from Siloamal Int'l Hospital in Indonesia visited the YonseiSarang Hospital to discuss the possibility of a joint research with the YonseiSarang Hospital.

Invitation to the Ambassadors and Spouses to the Tour of YonseiSarang Hospital

CEO & Doctor Koh Yong-gon of YonseiSarang Hospital in Kangnam District south of the Hann river cordially invites

the Ambassadors and their Spouses to a tour of various facilities of his Hospital on Friday March 4, 2026. Itinerary follows:

10:00-1200 Hours: Arrive at Hospital, introduction between the host and guests, presentation of a memorable gift to each

Ambassador, video showing on Hospital, tour of hospital facilities, medical check-up for diplomats,

question and answer session and various other interesting programs for the ambassadors and madams.

10:10-1330 Hours: Luncheon hosted by the CEO-President for the ambassadors and madams

1330-1700 Hours:Tour of various facilities of the Hospital and medical consultations.

For questions on the Tour, please call Ms. Kim Jung-mi at 2298-1740/2, 010-3388-1682, or Chairman Lee Kyung-sik at 010-5201-1740 (English)