POSCO Group announced on Dec. 27 that it will promote POSCO President Chung Tak to vice chairman of POSCO International, which will be launched as an integrated corporation of POSCO International and POSCO Energy on January 2 next year.Chung Tak, the new vice chairman, is a leading sales and marketi

President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee attended Christmas Mass and a church worship service on Dec. 25. The Office of the President said that the president and his wife in the morning attended a Christmas Day service at Youngam Presbyterian Church in Seongbuk-dong, Seoul.President Yoon

The 2023 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, which had been suspended due to the Covid-19 pendamic, was resumed in three years.Hwacheon-gun held a lighting ceremony for the 2023 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, on a special stage in Jungang-ro, Hwacheon-eup in Gangwon-do Pro

By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Reporter Lee Ji-hyun “We now at The Herald Business Daily have a total of over 4.5 million readers and I trust that we rank the 6th or 7th among all so many media organizations in Korea!” So assured by Publisher-Chairman Jeon Chang-hyeop of The Korea Herald media at a

By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Vice Chairman Ha Eui-chul, Reporter Ms. Jang Ji-sunMayor Kim Dong-geun of the Uijeongbu City said, “We will try to make Uijeongbu a business hub city in Korea that offers many good jobs!“Speaking at a recent interview with The Korea Post media, Mayor Kim stressed, “Ui

By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Guest Writer Ms. Ji-Young KimThe Global Culture & Economy Link (GCEL) led by Chairperson Ji-young Kim), together with the Ambassadors’ Spouses Association in Seoul (ASAS), visited the Jiji Foundation of Artist Park Seo-Bo (chairman of the Foundation), which is located

Lee Myung-woo, vice chairman of Dongwon Industries’ business and holding division, was appointed as the chairman of the Alumni Association in Korea of the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. Vice-Chairman Lee will serve as the chairman of the UPenn association for two years until December 2024.Le

Korea Specialty Contractors Association (KSCA) announced on Dec. 19 that CEO Yoon Hak-soo of Jangpyeong Construction was elected as the 12th KSCA chairman.The association held an extraordinary general meeting and held an election at the KSCA building in Sindaebang-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul. As a resul

Four Seasons Hotel Seoul – located in city-center Gwanghwamun – has appointed a new director of food & beverage: Marco Riva, who owns more than 30 years of experience, will oversee everything in food and beverage, including the service and kitchen of the hotel. He previously played the same role at

The following article was contributed by the Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news publications since 1985.—Ed.The Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul observed the “International Migrants Day-2022” favor and festivity on

For full-fledged regional diplomacy, the Governors Association of Korea announced that it held the “2022 Meeting with the Envoys of Foreign Diplomatic Missions in Korea” at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Dec. 2.As an annual event celebrating its 13th anniversary this year, the 2022 foreign envoys invitati

Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Busan University of Foreign Studies (BUFS). In recognition of his decades of distinguished contribution to the field of non-proliferation and disarmament and exe

By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Editors Choe Nam-suk, Kevin Lee, Ms. Jenny Jang A very impressive reception was hosted last night at Hotel Shilla in Seoul by Ambassador Khalid E. Al-Hamar of the State of Qatar in Seoul in celebration of the National Day of the counrtry.The spacious Dynasty Ballroom

The “Uttar Pradesh” state tourism road show of India hosted by the Indian Embassy in Seoul was held at the Indian Cultural Center on Dec. 12. Indian Ambassador to Korea Amit Kumar delivered a welcome speech, followed by a keynote speech by Minister Jaiveer Singh of Tourism and Culture of Uttar Prade

The 7th edition of SoftWave-2022, a Korean Software fair, was held on Dec. 7 at COEX, Seoul by Korean Minister of Science and ICT Lee Jong-ho.Ambassador Amit Kumar of India in Seoul was invited for the inaugural ceremony. He also joined the Minister in the tour of the exhibition including the India

By Vice Chairperson Joy ChoMrs. Munazza Zafar, spouse of the Ambassador of Pakistan to Republic of Korea, is a truly wonderful friend of the women and the entire people of the Republic of Korea, She said, “I consider Korea a great nation that has risen from colonization and Korean war in a short tim

Park Jae-kyu, former Unification Minister, has been appointed as the 12th president of Kyungnam University.Hanma Hakwon, a school corporation, held a board meeting on November 29 and appointed current president Park Jae-kyu as the 12th president of Kyungnam University."Local universities are current

The temperature of some parts of Gangwon-do Province have fallen by minus 13 degrees Celsius, and Hwacheon-gun County is preparing for next month's Sancheoneo Ice Festival amid the cold wave.On the morning of December 2, the lowest temperature in Hwacheon is minus 11 degrees, the ice thickness of th

By Deputy Editor Sung Jung wook Bloomberg said in a report, "Korea's education is becoming increasingly distorted. We recognize Koreans’ high enthusiasm for education, but they are providing education with the lowest cost-effectiveness, which does not make any changes to the education system suitabl

The following article was contributed by the Embassy of Angola in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news publications since 1985.—Ed.António Agostinho Neto was born on September 10, 1922, in the village of Kaxicane, in Catete, a region on the