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.

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.

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of South Korea

• List of banks in South Korea

References

External links

• Korea Post

• ePost

• Korea Post Shopping Mall

• Korea Post Parcel Service