Korea Post
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Korea Post is the national postage service of South Korea
, and a direct subauthority of Ministry of Knowledge and Economy. Korea Post is in charge of postal service, postal banking & insurance service. Its headquarter is located in Gwanghwamun Post Office, near MIC building in Sejongno.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, and a direct subauthority of Ministry of Knowledge and Economy. Korea Post is in charge of postal service, postal banking & insurance service. Its headquarter is located in Gwanghwamun Post Office, near MIC building in Sejongno.
Introduction
Korea Post is in charge of postal services and financial services by post offices.Major Business
- Provide basic postal services of handling and delivering postal matters (General mails and parcels)
- Provide additional postal services (Registered mails, acceptance of postal matters at the customers' location, sales of local products by mail order, and postal errand service, etc.)
- Handling postal savings, postal money, order and postal giro
- Handling postal insurance
Organization
- Korea Post: 1 Division, 4 Bureaus, 1 Section, 12 Departments (General Affairs Division, Planning Division & Management Bureau, Postal Service Bureau, Postal Savings Bureau, Postal Insurance Bureau, Inspector General, etc.)
- Affiliated Agencies
- Knowledge Economy Officials Training Institute
- Korea Post Information Center
- Supply & Construction of Koreapost
- Regional Communications Office: 8 Offices including Seoul, Pusan, Choongchung Province, Chonnam Pro vince, Kyungbuk Province, Chonbuk Province, Kangwon Province, and Cheju Post Office
- 3,663 office
See also
- South Korean postal codes
- Ministry of Knowledge and Economy
- Post officePost officeA post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...