Daegu City held a "Daegu City New Year's Greetings" at Exco on Jan. 2 and declared 2023 as the first year of "Daegu Gulgi (Rise)," where Daegu stands up again vigorously.About 500 people from all walks of life attended the meeting, including Daegu City Mayor Hong Joon-pyo, Daegu City Council Chairma
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 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
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 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
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
On November 29, Ambassador Dmytro Ponomareko of Ukraine in Seoul and Rep. Cho Jeong-sik of the National Assembly (President of the Korea-Ukraine Friendship Association) jointly organized an exhibition with Ukrainian artist Daria Alyoshkina at the National Assembly Hall in Yeouido, Seoul on Nov. 29.T
By Vice Chairpersons Joy Cho and Choe Nam-suk with Editor Kevin Lee President William Ruto of the Republic of Kenya said, “My country is a land of opportunity for Korean businesses and investors and a gateway to Africa.”Speaking with the representatives of the Korean media at the residence of Ambass
In November in Korea we eat Italian. This year as well, we could not miss the celebration in South Korea of the Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World! Created in 2016, as a direct follow-up to Expo 2015 Milan, dedicated to food safety and the themes of healthy and quality nutrition - and organize
On Nov. 1, 2022 at the main auditorium of the Bodyfriend Head Office in Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, the final event of the World Korean Young Leader’s Conference was held for 9 days which began on October 24. The event included an evaluation session, certificate awarding ceremony and a farewell d
More than 149 people have died in a stampede among huge crowds for Halloween festivities in Itaewon, Seoul, government officials said.The first big Halloween celebration since the end of Covid-19 restrictions on people gathering turned to tragedy on Saturday night on Oct. 29, when huge crowds of par
Pernod Ricard Korea, the Korean unit of the global wine and spirits company Pernod Ricard, has signed an MOU with Dongseo University in Busan to expand its professional training on sustainability. This training, known as the “Bar World of Tomorrow,” is available to students aged 19 or above who are
South Korea hosted the 26th Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in Seoul from Oct. 18-21. With 206 countries as members, ANOC is called the "United Nations of the sports world."In a keynote speech at the General Assembly on Oct. 19, President Yoon Suk-yeol said, "The R
By Publisher-Chairman Lee Kyung-sik, Vice Chairman Song Na-raThere are many festivals in Korea and among them one of the most unique ones may be the ‘2022 Itaewon Global Village Festival’ where people from all over the world come together.This year, residents from a total of 31 different countries o