By Lee Kyung-sikPublisher, The Korea Post Korean government officials, journalists, school teachers and other people in public services are in a state of Jeon-jeon Geung-geung (“fear-stricken and trebling”). This is because the so-called Kim Young-ran anti-graft law came in effect on Sept. 28, 2016.

Ambassador Milan Lajciak of the Slovak Republic in Seoul said that the European Union will seek a strong Europe, modern single market, sustainable migration and asylum policy during the presidency of the EU by his country.Speaking on at a meeting with the representatives of the media at the Slovak E

On January 22, 2013, the Philippines, as a member of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), filed a lawsuit against China to the Arbitral Tribunal, constituted under Annex VII to the UNCLOS. According to the lawsuit, China’s claims and activities in the South China Sea ar

Ahn Cheol-soo quit the second opposition People’s Party as its co-chairman yesterday (June 30). What is he really up to? Does he really mean to quit politics altogether?It appears that he won’t.In the eyes of many objective political observers in Korea, Ahn did well when he gave up the chairmanship

Co-Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo and Chun Jung-bae of the second opposition People’s Party announced today (June 29) that they were quitting the party’s co-chairmanship in assumption of the recent scandal involving some of the party lawmakers.According to a Korean-language daily Chosun Ilbo report this mor

In many latest public opinion polls on the Presidential hopefuls in Korea, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations leads the race as the possible Presidential candidate of the ruling Saenuri Party. However, the margin is not that large these days compared with the past polls where Ban ha

President Park Geun-hye returned to Korea on May 4, 2016 from her official state visit to Iran reportedly achieving a huge success in her economic diplomacy. According to an article contributed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se to Maeil Kyungje business daily on May 5, 2016, during her vis

The following article was contributed to The Korea Post by Shan Shilei, chief of the Seoul Bureau of the Legal Daily of China, for publication by The Korea Post. Views expressed in the article are the author’s own and in no way represent the views or position of The Korea Post media.?Ed.The relative

Major Korean news media have recently published their estimates of the results of the general elections slated for April 13, 2016. They varied from one another although not very substantially. They figures were 150 seats for the ruling Saenuri Party, 110 seats for the Minjoo Party and 40 seats for t

The Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south, the United States, the People’s Republic of China and almost all the other countries of the world appear to be determined to discourage Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea from continuing nuclear armament and blackmailing. ▲Publisher-Chariman Lee Kyung-sik o

The following article was contributed by Ambassador Dionisios Sourvanos of Greece in Seoul on the occasion of the 195th anniversary of the Independence War of Greece.?Ed.On March 25th 1821, the Greek War of Independence started and later, in 1830, the independence of the Modern Greek State was recog

By Gulnoza Ismailova, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, “Legal Basis of Management” Department, the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of UzbekistanDecentralization and development of a modern system of citizens’ self-governance bodies became major components of transition

Who is the wealthiest National Assembly member in Korea? The wealthiest lawmaker in Korea is Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the People’s Party with properties valued at a total of some 162.9 billion won, which represented an increase of abpit 84.17 billion won. This was disclosed by the National Assembly Eth

By Lee Kyung-sik,Publisher, The Korea Post.The National Assembly general elections are only a little over three weeks away and Korea Gallup has recently disclosed an opinion survey on the prospects of the winning parties on the decisive day of April 13, 2016.The results of the polls taken on March 1

The following article was contributed by the Seoul Bureau of the People’s Daily for publication by The Korea Post, publisher of three English and two Korean-language media outlets in Seoul.?Ed.By Zhao Cheng from People’s DailyChinese President Xi Jinping on March 8, 2016 called for supply-side struc

By Lee Kyung-sikPublisher of The Korea PostWhat would President Kim Jong-un of North Korea say if hypothetically Presidents Park Geun-hye, Barack Obama and Xi Jinping would propose a four-party summit meeting with President Kim Jong-un of North Korea to save the obviously worsening situation on the

Ambassador Gerhard Sabathil of the European Union Delegation in Seoul hosted an informal luncheon in Seoul yesterday (Feb. 7, 2016) for the 22 ambassadors of the member countriew or the EU as well as Mayor Park Won-sun of the Seoul Metropolitan City.No details of the meeting were immediately availab

This month, The Korea Post covers in its main feature Iran’s abandonment of nuclear weapons development in favor of economic development programs in cooperation with all the countries of the world as well as with the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south. This welcome development comes as a great enc

Many Korean-language newspapers and other forms of mass communications media in the Republic of Korea (ROK) regretted that the ROK had neglected in properly dealing with North Korea with the result that the North had continued to develop the dangerous nuclear weapons.North Korea announced on Jan. 6,

North Korea announced on Jan. 6, 2016 that they successfully tested a hydrogen bomb at 10:30 in “complete safety.” The (North Korean) Central News Agency made the announcement in a ‘Special Report’ published to the North Korean people and the outside world through the use of its media, including its