The North Korean women's hockey team arrived in South Korea Saturday for an international competition.The delegation of 20 players and 10 coaches and officials landed at Incheon International Airport via Beijing. Starting Sunday, they will participate in the International Ice Hockey Federation (
Employees at South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. are the highest paid in the industry here, data showed Saturday. According to a regulatory filing, the average annual pay of employees at SK Telecom came to 102 million won (US$91,193) last year. The figure exceeds the 76 milli
A South Korean cargo ship with eight South Korean and 16 Filipino sailors went missing in the South Atlantic earlier this week after making a distress call, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday.The Marshal Islands-flagged ship, Stella Daisy, was sailing in waters near Uruguay after departing B
Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party won the latest round of a party primary Saturday, further closing in on the party's nomination for the upcoming presidential election.The co-founder and former chief of the left-leaning centrist party took 77.44 percent of all votes in the latest round hel
South Korea's exports rose for the fifth straight month in March on the back of brisk sales of chips, displays and cosmetics, the trade ministry said Saturday.Outbound shipments came to a more-than-two-year high of US$48.9 billion last month, up 13.7 percent from $43 billion tallied a year earli
South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Hong Joon-pyo on Friday clinched the presidential nomination of the conservative Liberty Korea Party for the May 9 election, bracing for an uphill battle against powerful liberal rivals.The former ruling party announced its flag-bearer during a national convention in S
A semisubmersible ship carrying the ill-fated Sewol ferry arrived at South Korea's southwestern port of Mokpo on Friday.The ship -- escorted by five Coast Guard vessels -- sailed into port around 1 p.m. after a six-hour journey from the waters where it stayed for nearly a week after being raised
The Korean daily media headlines and humorFriday March 31, 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
Second opposition People’s Party Presaidential Candidate Ahn Cheol-soo is in a close pursuit with 39.3% support after main opposition Minjoo Party Presidential Candidate Moon Jae-in with 41.7% in polls.According to a latest poll result conducted by Korea’s leading daily, Dong-A Ilbo, published this
Former President Park Geun-hye was arrested on Friday in connection with a corruption scandal that led to her removal from office.The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to detain Park on charges of bribery, abuse of authority, coercion and leaking government secrets, after a marathon hear
By Lee Kyung-sikPublisher-Chairman, The Korea Post mediaIt appears that the contest for the Presidential elections on the upcoming May 9 this year is going to be among Presidential Candidate Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Minjoo Party, second opposition People’s Party Presidential Candidate Ahn
Salvage operators are making final preparations to transport the 6,800-ton ferry Sewol to port following improved weather conditions, the government said Thursday."We are trying to speed up the process of preparations for departure," the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said. "The captain of the
The Korean daily media headlines and humorThursday March 30, 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-ChairmanK
A Seoul court will hold a hearing Thursday to decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for former President Park Geun-hye over a string of corruption allegations that removed her from office.The former president will attend the review at the Seoul Central District Court around 10:30 a.m. The result
Korean Air Lines Co. and Delta Air Lines on Wednesday agreed to set up a joint venture on trans-Pacific routes in an expanded partnership to enhance customer convenience.The companies said in a joint statement that the initial agreement reached near Incheon International Airport in South Korea will
Moon Jae-in of the liberal Democratic Party remained the front-runner in South Korea's presidential race as his longtime rival climbed one notch to rank second, a poll showed Wednesday.Moon, a former leader of the largest party in parliament, garnered 33 percent from Monday to Tuesday, down 0.3
The top Russian envoy in South Korea called on all relevant countries on Wednesday to exercise restraint from any action that could heighten tensions on the Korean Peninsula amid growing anxiety that North Korea's additional nuclear test is imminent.In a forum held in central Seoul, Russian Amba
Efforts to transport the ill-fated ferry Sewol to shore are entering their final phase, the government said Wednesday, despite bad weather temporarily interrupting operations."We will finish fixing the Sewol to the semisubmersible transportation ship and other preparations by tomorrow," said Lee C
Among six traditional markets in the Yangpyeong County of the Gyeonggi-do Province, three are selected as eligible ones for fostering as cultural tourism-oriented markets where consumers can enjoy ample generosity and share warm minds.Like other local traditional markets, each of these markets is ch
The Korean daily media headlines and humorWednesday March 29, 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-Chairman