Korea Post

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Korea Post
Type Government Department
Industry Logistics, Distribution, Finance
Founded July 1, 2000
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Key people Min Nam Gung
Products National/International mail delivery and special handling, 3rd party logistics
Insurance, Banking/Postal savings
Revenue $ 6.2 Billions (2009)
Website www.koreapost.go.kr
Korea Post
Hangul 우정사업본부
Hanja
Revised Romanization Ujeong Sa-eob Bonbu
McCune–Reischauer Ujŏng Saŏp Ponbu

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.

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[edit] Introduction

Korea Post is in charge of postal services and financial services by post offices.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

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