The Korean daily media headlines and humorThursday May 11, 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 M
“Add some visual fun with dry ice plating to enjoy the mystical Bingsoo cloud aura and enjoy the best flavors of 37 Bingsoo until the very last drop at 37 Grill and Bar,” says Ms. Any Hyun at Conrad Seoul.According to Ms. Hyun, the public relations manager at the hotel, Conrad Seoul is offering two
Korea Yakult (CEO Jung-wan Ko) announced that sales of their ‘Frozen Yakult’, since its launch in April 2016, have reached the mark of 50 million pieces. On average 130 thousand pieces are sold daily.'Frozen Yakult’ is packaged in upside-down containers twice as big as the existing Yakult packag
South Jeolla Province Gov. Lee Nak-yon, who was nominated Wednesday as President Moon Jae-in's first prime minister, is expected to contribute to the new leader's goal of national unity with his extensive network in political circles and regional base in the southwest region.The 64-year-old
President Moon Jae-in's pick for chief of staff is a former student activist reputed to have wide personal connections and good coordination skills.Im Jong-seok, 51, was at the forefront of the student-led pro-democracy movement in the 1980s and headed the country's university student organi
Moon Jae-in's term as South Korea's new head of state was officially launched early Wednesday, only one day after the nation held an unprecedented presidential by-election.Moon's presidency began even before an inauguration ceremony as his election was a result of the rare by-election th
The Korean daily media headlines and humorWednesday May 10, 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
Moon Jae-in, who is sure to be South Korea's next president, is expected to focus on the country's four biggest conglomerates as he pushes for a broad corporate reform drive, his economic aides said Wednesday.The new Moon government has two major goals in reforming the business giants: one i
Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic Party was elected South Korea's new president early Wednesday, with his five-year term set to begin shortly after confirmation of his victory by the election watchdog. The 64-year-old won some 11.7 million, or 40.3 percent, of all votes counted as of
President-elect Moon Jae-in is an activist-turned-politician who is widely expected to stress integration between different political parties, as well as the two Koreas throughout his five-year term that will begin later Wednesday.The 64-year-old candidate of the liberal Democratic Party is sure to
More than 60 percent of South Korea's voters have cast their ballots with five hours remaining in the presidential election on Tuesday, the National Election Commission (NEC) said, indicating high public interest in a poll following the first impeachment of a president.Turnout reached 63.7 perce
North Korean officials began informal talks Monday with a group of American experts in Oslo, Norway, amid speculation that Washington may seek dialogue with Pyongyang, diplomatic sources said.It's their first Track II meeting in half a year. The previous session was held in Geneva, Switzerland.
PyeongChang, the South Korean home of the 2018 Winter Olympics, will co-host an annual meeting of international sports journalists this week, a chance to showcase its readiness to stage the first Winter Games in the country. The 80th Congress of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) will
Tens of millions of South Koreans began casting their votes Tuesday to elect a candidate to lead the country for the next five years.Voting in the country's presidential election began at 6 a.m. at 13,964 polling stations throughout the country, the National Election Commission (NEC) said. As of
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
A total of 851 people have so far been investigated for suspected election law violations related to this week's presidential polls, police said Monday.South Korean voters will go to the polls Tuesday to pick a successor for ousted President Park Geun-hye.Among the suspected violators booked in
Ambassador Jorge Roballo of Argetnina in Seoul said, “After the successful visit to Korea of Argentine Vice President Mrs. Gabriela Michetti to Seoul in May 2016, a new chapter on the bilateral agenda was launched and, as a result of it, the two countries started a fruitful process of rapprochement
The Korean daily media headlines and humorMonday May 8, 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 Med
The deployment of the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea could raise cost-sharing questions in the United States despite Washington's agreement to pay for it, a congressional report has said.The Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, dated April 4, came a few weeks before U.S. Pre
South Korea's leading presidential candidates continued to remain vigilant Monday, crisscrossing the country in last minute efforts to rally support.Their official 22-day campaigning period was set to end at midnight, and the top five candidates seemed intent on living the last day of their camp