SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that letter carriers in South Korea work 693 hours more than other wage laborers every year, raising concerns that they are more susceptible to chronic diseases and accidents. Staff and union representatives from Korea Post and other experts held a press conference on Monday [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Energy and Korea Post have agreed to work together on future joint projects that would involve the sharing of resources. At SK Energy’s head office in Jongno-gu, Seoul, the two parties signed an MOU yesterday that would allow both sides to share each other’s assets to create further [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of post offices in South Korea will provide coding courses for free. Korea Post said on Tuesday that select post offices across the country will participate in its ‘Small University’ scheme, including Sangam Digital Post Office, Anyang Mail Center, Jochiwon Post Office, Gwangju Chungjangno Post Office, Busan Gupo-dong [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Postal workers in South Korea will work no more than five days a week from March of this year. Korea Post said on Thursday postal workers at a number of post offices will only work five days per week on two different shifts for a trial period between March and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Post will acquire some 10,000 single-seat electric vehicles (EVs) by 2020 to enhance the efficiency of its delivery system, the national postal service president said Thursday. “Korea Post plans to deploy small battery powered vehicles,” Korea Post President Kang Seong-ju said during a meeting of officials. He added [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Post said Wednesday it will begin selling commemorative stamps for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics later this week. A total of 800,000 copies of 10 stamps will be sold with the PyeongChang Paralympics mascot Bandabi, an Asiatic black bear, appearing on the stamps doing alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A new survey has found that most South Korean postal workers believe Saturday delivery should be abolished. According to the Korean Postal Workers Union, over 93 percent of the 3,500 respondents surveyed said they support the abolishment of Saturday delivery. “When Saturday delivery was brought back after 13 months of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Post is toying with the idea of replacing motorcycles with one-person electric cars as part of efforts to tackle the prevalent issue of ‘overwork death’ among postal workers. According to Kang Seong-joo, the newly-elected director of the headquarters of Korea Post on Thursday, the introduction of single-seater electric cars [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Postal stamps in celebration of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games are set to be released on Wednesday, Korea Post has said. According to the national postal service, 1.4 million stamps, which come in 20 designs, will be printed and go on sale today, exactly 100 days before the start [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Postage stamps in celebration of South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s 100th day in office were released today, seeing hundreds of people waiting in line for hours in what could be the one and only opportunity to get ahold of the rare collectibles. According to Korea Post, over 300 people [...]