![[Kobiz Stats] Annual Rate of Profit of Variable Insurance Funds in Korea](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/변액보험-수익률-영문.jpg "[Kobiz Stats] Annual Rate of Profit of Variable Insurance Funds in Korea")
[Related Article] Insurance Companies Are Losing Money in Variable Funds (Korea Bizwire, April 16) Variable life insurance funds, the bread-and-butter of life insurance companies, are recording a very low rate of return. Over the last year, their average yield was 0.81 percent with about 40.6 percent of the funds having recorded deficit. On April 15, [...]
![[Kobiz Stats] How Do You Improve Yourself?](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/직장인자기계발-영문.jpg "[Kobiz Stats] How Do You Improve Yourself?")
[Related Article] English – Korean Office Workers’ Biggest Assignment for Now and Ever (Korea Bizwire, April 16) In today’s highly competitive world, exactly how much effort is put in to “self-improve” by employees and young job applicants? And what could be the most effective way of self-improving? According to JobKorea, Korea’s job search portal, which [...]
![[Kobiz Stats] Pets in South Korea](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/반려동물-영문-시장규모제외1.jpg "[Kobiz Stats] Pets in South Korea")
[Related Article] Most Pets Imported from Overseas (Korea Bizwire, April 15) As the number of single households rises, more people tend to adopt pets. Of the cats, dogs, and other pet animals, a dominant share of them was imported from overseas. According to the Korean Customs Service, 85.5 percent of imported dogs came from China, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 15, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – As the number of single households rises, more people tend to adopt pets. Of the cats, dogs, and other pet animals, a dominant share of them was imported from overseas. According to the Korean Customs Service, 85.5 percent of imported dogs came from China, followed by the [...]
![[Kobiz Stats] Korean Job Seekers for Employment Tests](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/청년층-취업시험-영문-1.jpg "[Kobiz Stats] Korean Job Seekers for Employment Tests")
[Related Article] Samsung’s Dilemma in Continuing Paper-based Aptitude Test (Korea Bizwire, April 15) Samsung has long been one of the best companies to work for in Korea and this year was no different. Early in the morning on Sunday April 13, tens of thousands of young men and women woke up at dawn and went [...]
![[Feature] Samsung’s Dilemma in Continuing Paper-based Aptitude Test](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1969185955_8add08fc7d_z.jpg "[Feature] Samsung’s Dilemma in Continuing Paper-based Aptitude Test")
SEOUL, Korea, April 15, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung has long been one of the best companies to work for in Korea and this year was no different. Early in the morning on Sunday April 13, tens of thousands of young men and women woke up at dawn and went to test sites across the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 14, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2014 London Book Fair was held for three days from April 8 to April 10 at Earls Court, London. Korea was the fair’s “market focus” this year, or guest of honor, with its own pavilion at the fair. This is the first time for Korean publishers [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 14, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A survey found that nine out of ten foreigner respondents said they wanted to date with Korean men and women. This is a sign that the Korean Wave in K-Pop, TV dramas, and computer games is gaining the hearts and minds of foreign audiences. Korea’s major matchmaking [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 14, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Beginning in June this year, credit card companies won’t be supposed to require new card applicants to enter their national identification numbers on the card application forms. Given credit card issuers have not found an alternative way to identify customers, however, the companies will be allowed to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study showed that college graduates or college-enrolled job seekers suffer most from “hypersensitivity” among many symptoms of stress. Hypersensitivity is a symptom of stress which makes the sufferer to overreact to even tenuous stimulation due to destabilization of the nerve system. Korea’s online job search portal “Job Korea” [...]