SEOUL, Korea, Nov 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Culture Information Service Society, an agency under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, said on November 16 that it signed an agreement with MiraeN, the government-approved textbook publisher, to reproduce videos on Korean culture available on its Culture Portal (www.culture.go.kr) in the latter’s M-Teacher website (www.m-teacher.co.kr). The [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 21 (Korea Bizwire) –The Ministry of Justice and the Rural Development Administration said on November 18 that their gardening-based rehabilitation program for inmates during the years 2012 and 2013 has proven effective in reducing their anxiety, fears of meeting new people, and levels of depression. The two government agencies, as well as three other [...]
Wild horses that are losing their wildness What’s the meaning of being tamed The Fox in the Little Prince said you become responsible for what you have tamed But the wild horse is no longer a wild horse if it loses its wildness The horse has to run the wide open field Horses are horses [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] Rise of Nuts as Healthy Alternative to Junk Snack](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/6724937799_1221b6ef67_z.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] Rise of Nuts as Healthy Alternative to Junk Snack")
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Nuts, such as peanuts, walnuts, pistachios, and almonds, have become popular among Korean consumers for the past few years. The love of nuts is going strong of late, especially in the form of small packages of 25 to 30 grams a pack. The small-pack nuts are well liked by busy [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 15 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics launched a commercial of its DIOS Kimchi Refrigerator featuring the popping sound of lactic acid bacteria multiplying. In order to show a hypothesis that the bacteria indeed make popping sound like fizzy drink when kimchi ferments well, the company held a public experiment in which hundreds of housewives [...]
![[Kobiz Feature] Companies Getting Serious about Book Reading among Their Employees](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2539452694_a409178fb3_z.jpg "[Kobiz Feature] Companies Getting Serious about Book Reading among Their Employees")
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Books allow readers to live someone else’s life and thereby broaden their minds. Even Socrates said 25 centuries ago, “Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.” But today the number of people who read regularly [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Big Bang member Taeyang comes back with a new album after an album by another Big Bang member G-Dragon. On November 9 he released a music video of the title song of the album “Ringa Linga.” As it was the first album by Taeyang after three years of hiatus and [...]
![[Kobiz Infographics] Dairy Products Trend “Milk vs Cheese”](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/우유시장-썸네일.jpg "[Kobiz Infographics] Dairy Products Trend “Milk vs Cheese”")
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 13 (Korea Bizwire) –The local dairy market sees rising appetite for cheese products, while dwindling demand for milk. Shift in needs from the elementary and junior high schools — the traditional main buyers of milk products– is said to have resulted in these notable trends. According to the “Actual Conditions for Milk Consumption at [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 12 (Korea Bizwire) – StarNation Inc., a tech start-up, said on November 8 that it has launched a new Android-edition app “Bookmac” following the earlier introduction of the desktop version. Bookmac is a so-called a “book curation” app. The user can register for the service and pick and choose categories of books that [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 12 (Korea Bizwire) –Kyongnam Bank has created a task force to address customer complaints. If a customer complaint arises that the task force thinks is hard to resolve at sales office level, then the whole members will gather and find ways to resolution. They will make in-person visits or calls to the customer [...]