The Korean daily media headlines and humorTuesday, August 22, 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

Guam, a U.S. territory in the western Pacific, continues to be safe despite North Korea's threats to launch ballistic missiles towards it, the island's No. 2 official said Monday.Lt. Gov. Ray Tenorio met with media in Tokyo to reassure people there that Guam remains unaffected by the communi

A Democratic lawmaker urged the Pentagon Monday to boost its missile defense system before North Korea develops the capability to strike the U.S. mainland with nuclear weapons.In a contribution to The Hill, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) underscored the urgency of tackling North Korea's missile and nuclea

The Korean daily media headlines and humorMonday, August 21, 2017 Your Excellency:‘Korea can reply on Morocco as an opening to Africa’‘Korea can reply on Morocco as an opening to Africa’ Ambassador Chafik Rachadi of the Kingdom of Morocco in Seoul said, “Today, despite the geographic divide between

Ambassador Chafik Rachadi of the Kingdom of Morocco in Seoul said, “Today, despite the geographic divide between our two countries, the Republic of Korea can rely on the Kingdom of Morocco as an opening to the African space, just as Morocco can rely on the Republic of Korea as an opening for it to t

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday that this week's joint exercises with South Korea will involve fewer American troops than last year because of the current emphasis on integration, not because of recent tensions with North Korea.The Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise is set to run from

Four workers were killed in an explosion on an oil tanker under construction at an STX Offshore & Shipbuilding plant in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, the national fire agency said Sunday.The accident occurred at 11:37 a.m. at the plant in the city located some 450 kilometers southeast of Seou

President Moon Jae-in has appointed an incumbent assistant deputy governor of the Bank of Korea as the new vice chief of the central bank, it said Sunday.Yoon Myun-shik, who entered the central bank in 1983 and served in various posts, was chosen to succeed Jang Byung-wha as BOK deputy governor, acc

A Seoul court has recognized a Jordanian man as a refugee in a suit filed against the Seoul Immigration Office, citing there is a high possibility of political persecution if he goes back home, judiciary sources said Sunday. The man, whose identity has been withheld, is believed to have taken part i

South Korea's top 30 conglomerates increased their investment 28 percent on-year in the first half of this year on the back of strong performances by chip and display makers, a market tracker said Sunday.The total amount of investment came to 37.14 trillion won (US$32.5 billion) in the January-J

POSCO Engineering & Construction Co. said Sunday it has won a 950 billion-won (US$832 million) deal to construct a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh. The construction arm of steelmaker POSCO will build a 1,200 megawatt plant and related facilities on Matarbari Island, Chittagong, some 280

South Korean Marines have started their largest-ever training to defend the eastern island of Ulleung, the Marine Corps said Sunday.Ulleung Island, some 120 kilometers off the eastern coast, is located near Dokdo, a set of rocky islets owned by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo. It is the country's eig

South Korean health authorities said Saturday they will announce the outcome of the inspection into eggs tainted with the insecticide fipronil later this week amid an unfolding egg contamination scandal in Europe.Details such as how the contaminated eggs could harm human organs when ingested, and ho

A key measure of oil refining companies' profitability has risen in recent months due to rising crude prices, raising speculation that South Korean refiners' third-quarter earnings will improve sharply, industry sources said Sunday.The benchmark Singapore complex gross refining margin (GRM)

A Chinese sign that read "Hanguocheng," meaning South Korean food court, on the building of a restaurant mall in Wangjing, the once prosperous Koreatown in northeastern Beijing, has been replaced by "Meishijie," or Gourmet food street.The change reflects an ever-rising anti-South Korean sentimen

The chief of the United States armed forces responsible for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region will visit South Korea to discuss various security issues surrounding the area, a Japanese newspaper reported Saturday.Japan's Asahi Shimbun said Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command,

North Korea said Saturday that its archaeologists have discovered a royal tomb of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) in its border city of Kaesong.According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the mausoleum of Suk Jong, the 15th king of Goryeo who was born in 1054 and died in 1105, was found recent

South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Saturday said local authorities should deal strictly with egg producers who are not complying with the government's food safety standards as he conducted on-site inspections to handle an insecticide-contaminated egg crisis in the country."I strongly th

A South Korean soldier injured in an explosion during an artillery firing drill in Cheorwon on Friday has died, South Korea's military said Saturday, raising the death toll to two.Military officials said a private first class solider who was receiving treatment at Armed Forces Capital Hospital i

North Korea said Saturday that any countries in the world will not come under threat of its nuclear attack, as long as they don't side with the United States' military action against the North.The Rodong Sinmun, the official mouthpiece of the North's ruling Workers' Party, said that