Hong Yong-Sik, the postmaster general, took the lead
in modernizing the postal system. Thanks to the efforts of the
enlightenment group Ujongsa, the public department responsible for
postal service, was set up in 1882 and Woo-jong-chong-guk (우정총국), or the countryˊs
Post Office, was established in 1884 to supervise and control the new
postal system. On October 1 in lunar calendar the same year (November
18 in solar calendar) Munwi stamps (mun was the then monetary unit)
were issued for the first time in the country, signalling the start of
the modern postal service.
The Korean Postal Bureau (Woo-jong-chong-guk, 우정총국), which started
the nation’s first modern postal service in 1884, is located in
Gyeonji-dong, Jung-gu, central Seoul.
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