SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The state postal service Korea Post said Thursday it will commercialize advanced information and communication technology-based self-driving unmanned post collection and delivery service from next year. To realize autonomous delivery service on the basis of new technology such as 5G, big data and AI, the agency has invested about [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The delivery workers union struck a deal Friday with the national postal service, ending labor disputes and opening a way for a safer working environment for couriers. The Korea Post accepted the demands by the Parcel Delivery Workers’ Solidarity Union that its couriers will be exempt from sorting parcels [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The postal service is in crisis. Still reeling from the far-reaching digital transformation, the traditional mail service is on the brink of collapse, due to the popularity of non-face-to-face correspondence resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to statistics revealed on Monday by Korea Post, responsible for the nation’s postal [...]
CHANGWON, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Excessive working hours, no overtime pay, lunch breaks lasting less than 30 minutes and other exhausting aspects of the working conditions of mail carriers have recently come into the spotlight. Speaking with 138 mail carriers employed at 13 post offices throughout the Busan Metropolitan Area and South Gyeongsang Province, [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Post said on September 28 that it began selling low-cost phones on the 27th and signed up 660 subscribers for the first day. Of these, 194 were changing their calling plan only while the remaining 427 bought phone devices as well as signing up for the [...]