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
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal sy ...
,
postal banking,
E-commerce
E-commerce (electronic commerce) refers to commercial activities including the electronic buying or selling products and services which are conducted on online platforms or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile co ...
and
Parcel Delivery and insurance services. Its headquarters are in
Sejong City
Sejong or Sejong City (; ), officially Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a List of special cities of South Korea, special self-governing city and the ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the ...
.
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
Registered mail is a postal service in many countries which allows the sender proof of mailing via a receipt and, upon request, electronic verification that an article was delivered or that a delivery attempt was made. Depending on the country, ...
, customer pickup,
P.O. Box, sales of local products by
mail order
Mail order is the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote methods such as:
* Sending an order form in the mail
* Placing an order by telephone call
...
and postal errand service)
* Postal savings,
money order
A money order is a directive to pay a pre-specified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a cheque.
History
Systems similar to modern money orders can be traced back centuries. Paper documents known ...
s and postal
giro
* Postal insurance.
* Postal
E-Commerce
E-commerce (electronic commerce) refers to commercial activities including the electronic buying or selling products and services which are conducted on online platforms or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile co ...
*
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
This is a list of South Korean banks and the parenthesized number is the bank number.
Central bank
*Bank of Korea (001)
Specialized banks
Specialized banks are financial institutions established under a special act, not the Korean Banking Act. T ...
References
External links
Korea PostePostKorea Post Shopping MallKorea Post Parcel Service
Government agencies of South Korea
Postal system of South Korea
Korea, South
South Korean companies established in 2000
South Korean brands
Logistics companies of South Korea
Retail companies established in 2010
Internet properties established in 2000
Online marketplaces of South Korea
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