Korea Post

This article is about the postal service of the Republic of Korea. For the postal service of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, see North Korean Postal Service.

Korea Post is the national postal service of South Korea, under the authority of the Ministry of Science and ICT, formerly Ministry of Knowledge Economy until 2013. Korea Post is in charge of postal service, postal banking, E-commerce and Parcel Delivery and insurance services. Its headquarters are in Sejong City of Chungnam.

Korea Post

Headquarters in Sejong City, South Korea (2016)
Company type	Government statutory agency
Industry	Postal services Retail E-Commerce Logistics Printing services Finance Banking distribution Insurance E-Commerce
Founded	March 27, 1884; 141 years ago (1884-03-27) (as Department of Postal Administration) July 1, 1946; 79 years ago (1946-07-01) (as Ministry of Postal Services) July 1, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-07-01) (as Korea Post)
Headquarters	Sejong City, Chungnam, South Korea
Key people	Kang Seong Ju (President of Korea Post)
Products	National and International mail delivery and special handling third-party logistics insurance, banking and postal savings E-commerce Retail Parcel Delivery
Revenue	2,333,583,000,000 KRW (2013)
Parent	Ministry of Science and ICT
Website	koreapost.go.kr Korea Post in English Korea Post Shopping Mall

Korea Post
Hangul	우정사업본부
Hanja	郵政事業本部
Revised Romanization	Ujeong Saeop Bonbu
McCune–Reischauer	Ujŏng Saŏp Ponbu

Functions

Korea Post is charged with providing the following postal and financial services at post offices:

• Basic postal service (handling and delivering mail and parcels)
• Additional postal services (registered mail, customer pickup, P.O. Box, sales of local products by mail order and postal errand service)
• Postal savings, money orders and postal giro
• Postal insurance.
• Postal E-Commerce
• Parcel Delivery

Organisation

• Two divisions with four bureaus
• Affiliated agencies:
  • Korea Post Officials Training Institute
  • Korea Post Information Centre
  • Supply and Construction Office of Korea Post
  • Regional Communications Offices in Seoul, Gyeongin, Busan, Chungcheong, Jeonnam, Gyeongbuk, Jeongbuk, Kangwon, Jeju
  • 3,631 post offices
    • Incheon International Mail Centre
    • Busan International Mail Centre

Investments

Korea Post invests in a wide variety of assets. In 2016, Korea Post invested in its first French property.^[1]

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of South Korea
• List of banks in South Korea