The Korean daily media headlines and humorFriday, February 3, 2017 Your Excellency: Here areThe Korea Postnoticesandaroundup 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 Post Me

The number of large tourist groups from China to South Korea is expected to drop, a local tourism agency said Friday, amid growing diplomatic tension over Seoul's plan to deploy a U.S. missile defense system.According to the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), the number of Chinese visit

South Korea's special investigators appeared at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday to execute a search warrant to gather evidence on the influence-peddling scandal centered on President Park Geun-hye.The investigation team looking into the scandal visited Cheon Wa Dae to secure more

South Korea's antitrust watchdog will make public a set of data on price comparison regarding price-fixing cases to help customers take legal action, government officials said Friday.The information contains data on prices before and after suspected companies engage in price collusion collected

South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu will compete with three other candidates for a seat on FIFA's main decision-making body.The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) released a statement on Friday that Chung, who heads the Korea Football Association (KFA), is one of the four male candidates

A growing number of South Koreans are seeking help from the state financial watchdog for damages caused by loan sharks amid a prolonged economic slump, official data showed Friday.A total of 2,306 relevant cases were reported to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) last year, up 89 percent from a

South Korea's current account surplus narrowed 6.8 percent in 2016 from a year earlier due mainly to a decline in oil prices, central bank data showed Friday.The country's current account surplus reached US$98.68 billion in 2016, compared with a surplus of $105.94 billion a year earlier, acc

South Korea's special investigators are poised to conduct a raid on the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday, as a local court issued a search warrant to gather evidence on the influence-peddling scandal centered on President Park Geun-hye a day earlier.The investigation team looking into

U.S. President Donald Trump praised Samsung Electronics on Thursday for considering building a home appliances factory in the U.S."Thank you, @Samsung! We would love to have you!" Trump said in a Twitter message.Samsung said last month it will consider building a new plant for home appliances in t

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that none other than North Korea needs to worry about the planned deployment of the U.S. THAAD missile defense system in South Korea.Mattis, who arrived in Seoul on his first overseas trip since taking office, made the remark to reporters traveling together wit

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will speed up renegotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), slamming the deal as a "catastrophe" for the U.S."I have very serious concerns about NAFTA. NAFTA has been a catastrophe for our country. It's been a catastrophe for our

South Korea will host Syria in an upcoming World Cup qualifying match in the capital city, the national football federation said Thursday.The Korea Football Association (KFA) said South Korea and Syria will clash at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on March 28. It will be South Korea's seventh

South Korea condemned North Korea on Thursday for threatening pre-emptive nuclear strikes in response to a joint military exercise by Seoul and Washington scheduled for next month.North Korea's agency handling inter-Korean affairs said Wednesday that the upcoming military drill will lead to "sh

The parliamentary motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye has been revised to incorporate recent allegations that she dismissed government officials who were opposed to a blacklist of liberal artists, the motion showed Thursday.The original motion, which passed through parliament on Dec. 9, center

Korea’s space construction technologies will join hands with NASA to create a space environment that simulates actual lunar caves and thus provide young students and researchers around the world first-hand experience of various phenomena of lunar sites and space construction technologies. This was r

The Korean daily media headlines and humorThursday, February 2, 2017 Your Excellency: Here areThe Korea Postnoticesandaroundup 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 Post

The following article was contributed by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Seoul for publication by The Korea Post media in Seoul.—Ed.Turkmenistan and Republic of Korea on February 7, 2017will mark the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Over the two and a half decades, Turkmenistan and Kor

Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong is expected to earn 46.8 billion won (US$40 million) in dividend income this year, slightly higher than that of Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo, data showed Thursday.Lee Kun-hee, father of Jae-yong and who has been hospitalized since May 2014, will also re

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party said Thursday it wishes to join forces with the splinter People's Party so the liberal bloc can grab a clear lead in the upcoming presidential election against conservative rivals."Experts say a change of the government can only be made through

Seongnam Mayor Lee Jae-myung, one of potential presidential candidates from the main opposition Democratic Party, said Thursday the resignation of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon may adversely impact the party's current front-runner.Ban, who had been a leading conservative candidate, w