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Postal Service
Korea Post is in charge of postal services and financial services by its 3,663 offices.
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

Letters
The letters are letter post items that sealed the Correspondence with the stated post items. However, literature for the blind, received at the window, and large sending printed papers or small package are excepted from letters, which are approved from the receipt post office chief, and sent sealed.
Generally, letters mean documents that have the quality of correspondence. But for global mail, it also includes the following. "Mail that doesn't meet the other conditions except those of letters. Namely, mail affiliated with other categories." Letters with a perishable biological substances and radioactive substances are included.

Printed papers
A reproduction that produced as many same copies on paper, cardboard or other general materials for copying by a method acknowledged by the recipient postal administration.

Small packet
A small, light products or gifts. In terms of quality, the contents are the same as regular parcels, but it is classified as a type of letter-post item to for easy handling under definite conditions, and a special mail item of international mail.

Literature for the blind
The letters of Braille and a printed edition with Braille marks. Special conditions are not required for the small parcel, however, to verify the content, it should be easy to open. (It shouldn't be sealed by glue or tape) Recording items or Braille papers from the acknowledged blind institute or to the same institute is handled as literature for the blind.

Aerogramme
As one of the airmail systems, the aerogramme enables shipping the mail to anywhere in the world at the same rate.
Because it just uses a letter size paper folded as an envelope, and at the same time serves as a letter, it's quite simple and convenient to use, and the cost reasonable. That is why it is widely used.

M Bag
The M bag is to send large quantity of newspaper, periodicals, books, and magazines to the addressee. One full mailbag will be considered as one mail item, and the weight limit will be 10kg to 30kg. So it's easy to package and allows sender to ship a larger quantity.
Mailbag service is offered by all the post offices. (except the postal agency)
Only accepts mail items over 10kgs and the rate will be counted in kilograms.
Normally it can be sent to most countries, but not all the countries handle registered mail.
Special services are possible. (Registered, Urgent, delivery confirmation)

Registered mail
Each registered mail will be given the receipt number and the service process will be recorded from the time the mail is received till delivered. This is an accountable way to guarantee delivery, and in case of loss or damage of the mail items, compensation will be issued.

Advise of Delivery
Upon request, the advice of delivery service will get the confirmation of delivery from the addressee and notify the outcome to recipient

Express
International express mail is the special type of mail to send fast mail items to the recipient by the request of sender, whose country must have a pre-existing express mail system.

Insured Letters
In the case of loss or damage of postal items such as the bank checks, bearer's bond, valuable documents and the letter note with valuables in it, can be insured within the reported amount by the request of sender.

Recorded Delivery
As the middle-class type of the service between registered and general mailing services, the recorded delivery service presents a receipt to the sender and records contents of the mail as in registered mailing service, but the process up to reaching destination and addressee is the same as it is in ordinary service. In case the mail item is lost, the cost will be reimbursed.

Prohibited Items
Prohibited items means that those are not allowed for international mailing service. The reason to setup the prohibited items is firstly to avoid the harm to post officers and postal installations and secondly for the policy of each country. The treaty, mail service regulations, and other internal laws define internationally prohibited items.

Ordinary Postal Matters
Drugs and other psychotropic substances
Explosive, inflammable or dangerous items. But, perishables, biological and radioactive items are not allowed.
Indecent or pornographic material
Unacceptable items by receiving country
No live-animals. But on the purpose of prevention of the breeding and extermination Spiders, bees, silkworms are allowed by ordinary mailing service, not by insured mailing service.

Parcel service
Follows are not allowed in any case.
Items that are harmful to the staff, other parcel or postal equipment.
Narcotic drugs and other psychotropic substances
No realistic and personal messages to the public besides sender, receiver and their family.
Alive animals. Only exceptional by the postal regulations.
Explosive, inflammable or dangerous items.
Radioactive items
Indecent or pornographic material
Unacceptable items by receiving country
No valuables, bearer's bonds, checks, cash and traveler's check for non-insured mails as they are shipped to the countries that service the insured parcels. In such a case, according to the agreements, the two post offices must consider the stipulations in order for insurance to be applied.
Firing agents

Explosive Materials
Firing agents : Firing agent, flash agent, discharge printing agent and thermals
Explosives
Ammunition
Pyrotechnical articles
Ignitability material
Inflammable material
Toxics
Strong acid
Poisons
Bacteria
Radioactive items

EMS
An international postal service which brings letters, documents and parcels to their destinations abroad the fastest and safest through a special agreement between the Ministry of Information and Communication and the postal services of 143 countries.

Delivery Inquires through Internet
EMS sent to major countries including the Republic of Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong, and gradually expanding are possible to track and confirm through a global computer network, the delivery status being available upon inquiry. In case, a computer inquiry is not possible, a quick inquiry by fax or post is available for reference upon the user's request.

EMS TCS (Time Certain Service)
The main traits of this service is that it is the fastest among international mail services, delivery standards are well complied to and delivery results are automatically informed to sender.
All tariffs are reimbursed to sender if mail does not reach destination in previewed time.