SEOUL, Korea, Oct 31 (Korea Bizwire) – There are many clichés about change: “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, but the one most responsive to change” or “The only thing constant in life is change.” It seems some Korean companies are taking these lessons to heart and indeed try hard to change. [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A study said the biggest headache for working moms who have to juggle work and family is character education for their children. According to a survey conducted by job portal career.com on 266 working moms, the respondents found instilling social and moral lessons to their children hardest to do [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Statistical Office said on October 30 it would hold a three-day academic camp “Love Sharing Classroom for Numbers” for 35 children from 12 elementary schools near Daejeon and surrounding area in the youth camp in Mt. Bohyeon. The camp was organized as part of the government agency’s [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul has been selected as the world’s sixth best city in terms of international competitiveness rankings whose evaluation categories included economy, research and development, cultural interaction, livability, environment, and accessibility. According to the “Global Power City Index” announced every October by the Institute for Urban Strategies of the Mori [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Wingko Story, a website providing travel information to those visiting Korea including public transportation, lodging, restaurants, and tourism attractions, has recently added a new section on “themed tours” for those coming to Korea for medical treatment or plastic surgery. In addition, the website offers community service pages on which [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Muhayu Inc., a software company specializing in plagiarism detection, said on October 28 that its “Copykiller” program has added a new feature searching for identical phrases in graphic files. The new Copykiller edition can compare footnotes, references, scanned images, and Xeroxed copies, as well as text files with its [...]
GYEONBUK, Korea, Oct 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Provincial Government of North Gyeongsang said that it has organized a 27-member medical volunteer group to dispatch to Vietnam. They will be sent to Quang Ninh Province in the northeast and the adjacent city of Haiphong for eight days from October 24 and 31, to administer medical [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 25 (Korea Bizwire) – An international trade show on foods, food processing equipment, and food additives will be held for four days between December 5 and 8 at Ilsan’s Kintex. Organized by World Expo Co., the 2013 World Food Expo will be a marketplace for farm produce, fishery, and dairy foods, as [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Hana Tour, the package tour operator, has launched a new tour package “Eco-friendly Jeju Tour” under which customers can rent an electric car. The offer includes an all-electric car and lodging in a luxury recreational vehicle or a resort hotel. The company offers this jointly with SK Networks [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Emergency Management Agency and the National Disaster Relief Association will begin on October 24 taking recommendations from the general public for those unsung heroes who saved lives from disaster or accident situations but refused to publicize it. The recommendations will be received until November 20 and [...]