LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. aims to connect more products to the Internet this year, company officials said Wednesday, bolstering its push for the next major evolution of the Internet that could change how people live and work.Samsung unveiled i
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The floor leader of South Korea's minor opposition People's Party on Thursday invited former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to join in the party's in-house competition to pick its presidential candidate.In an interview with Yonhap News Agency, Rep. Joo Seung
BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- China's top diplomat called Wednesday for South Korea to halt the planned deployment of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system when he met with a group of South Korean opposition lawmakers, according to the legislators.Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the appeal, saying C
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Yoo Seong-min, a presidential hopeful from the proposed New Conservative Party for Reform, condemned the visit by opposition lawmakers to China on Thursday, stressing that talks with Beijing on the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system is tantamount to
(ATTN: CHANGES deployment timing in 3rd para)SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- A group of seven South Korean opposition lawmakers on Wednesday embarked on a three-day trip to Beijing to discuss diplomatic tension between the two countries over Seoul's plan to deploy a U.S. missile shield.The delegation
By Chang Jae-soonWASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. is fully capable of defending against North Korean missiles, the White House said Tuesday, after the communist nation said it's in the final stage of preparations to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile."For years, the United S
(ATTN: ADDS more in 4-5th para, photo)SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government has ordered the daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the woman at the center of a massive presidential scandal, to turn in her passport in a bid to pressure her to return home and face an investigation, diplomatic sour
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's parliamentary committee looking into the influence-peddling scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye and her confidante Choi Soon-sil on Tuesday accused the incumbent and former cultural ministers of perjury during hearing sessions.The committee decided
(ATTN: ADDS first female vice commanders of airlift squadrons in 2015 in last para)SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Air Force said Tuesday it appointed three female pilots as vice commanders of operational squadrons for the first time in its history.Last month, the three were promoted as
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- The number of North Koreans escaping to South Korea rose 11 percent on-year in 2016, government data showed Tuesday, as more elites and overseas workers fled the country amid tough international sanctions.A total of 1,414 North Koreans came to South Korea last year, compare
The period of dention of Ms. Chung Yu-ra, daughter of the suspected woman influence peddler Ms. Choi Soon-sil, has been extended to January 30, 2017 by the Danish police authorities in Denmark. This was reported by the Korean-language daily in Seoul, Chosun Ilbo, this morning.The Danish Court studie
“The relations between Egypt and Korea witnessed a historically outstanding shift in 2016 with the visit of H.E. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, to Seoul last March, giving a great momentum to the cooperation between the two countries and paving the way for major d
The following are excerpts from an interview with Ambassador Andrei Popkov of Belarus in Seoul conducted by The Korea Post on the occasion of publication of A New Year Special Issue in January this year.—Ed.Question: Based on your experience what are the most promising areas of bilateral econo
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's submarine-launched ballistic missile could strike the entirety of South Korea when armed with a 1-ton nuclear warhead, foreign missile experts said recently.The claim was made in a report released in the December edition of the Institute of Korean Studies
Ambassador Mohamed Gello of the Republic of Kenya in Seoul said that his country was hopeful that Korean businesses will increase their investment in Kenya following the exchange of visits by the Heads of Government of the two countries. Excerpts from the interview follow: Question: W
President-elect Shavkat Mirziyoev wins with 87.73% support of votersThe Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan announced the preliminary results of the Presidential elections on Dec. 4, 2016. A total of 88.61 percent of the total number of voters voted for the candidate for the Pr
This article was contributed by Ambassador Mohammad Saleem Sayeb of Afghanistan in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean-language news media.—Ed.Five months ago exactly on July 5th, Embassy of Afghanistan together with the National Museum of Korea inaugur
The Korean daily media headlines and humorMonday, November 21, 2016 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 P
Sultanate of Oman is nowadays celebrating its 46th National Day, the 18th of November anniversary. The National Day represents an opportunity for the Omani people to express their deep thanks and gratitude to the builder of modern Oman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said. It is also an opportunity t
Mayor Suh Byung-Soo of the Metropolitan City of Busan and his delegation visited Panama on Sept. 27, 2016 in an official visit. According to sources at the Panamanian Embassy in Seoul, Mayor Sur and his delegation, upon their arrival at the International Airport of Tocumen, were received by Ambassad