SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) - An eco-friendly power train of Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading automaker, has been selected as one of the global top 10 engines by a major U.S. automotive magazine, the company said Friday. Wards Auto included the power train used in Hyundai Motor’s Sonata plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) in its [...]
SEOUL, Nov.20 (Korea Bizwire) – Twenty seven facilities to feed stray cats will be established at four parks in the metropolitan area, including Seoul Forest and World Cup Park. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it will be managing feeding facilities for stray cats. The facilities will be run in cooperation with animal related non-governmental [...]
MUNGYEONG (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘Wee Center’ at the Mungyeong Office of Education hosted a ‘New Start Camp’ for 60 teenagers on November 19. The camp was part of a program to prevent students from giving up school. Detailed experiences of different workplaces were provided to the students, helping them map out their future careers. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean supernatural horror-drama film surpassed 4 million in attendance on Friday, the 16th day of its run, its distributor CJ Entertainment said. Directed by Jang Jae-hyun and starring Kim Yoon-seok and Kang Dong-won, “The Priests” follows a Catholic priest and deacon who perform an exorcism to save a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The aging population and subsequent cut in the labor force could bring down South Korea’s growth rate to the 1-percent level in 20 years, an expert said Friday. According to government data, Koreans aged 65 or older accounted for 12.2 percent of the total population of some 50 million [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – All best actor nominees for South Korea’s oldest film awardshow this year will not be attending the event on Friday, as the institution remains mired in controversy. This year’s best actor nominees for the Daejong Film Awards are Hwang Jung-min of “Ode to My Father,” Son Hyun-joo of “Chronicles [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer Rain and actress Kim Tae-hee on Friday denied rumors they are marrying in December. A local magazine reported earlier Friday the couple will tie the knot on Christmas Eve in a private ceremony. “How do they know about a wedding they themselves don’t know about,” R.A.I.N. Company said [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korea will focus on building new growth strategies in drawing up its economy management plan for next year that could help the country tide over the fast-changing economic environment at home and aboard, the top economic policymaker said Friday. In a meeting with heads of major economic research institutes [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A lesbian was elected Thursday as the student president of the nation’s top-ranked Seoul National University (SNU) for the first time in the school’s history. Kim Bo-mi, 23, who ran unopposed, was elected with 86.8 percent of voters’ approval, according to the university’s election watchdog. Earlier this month, Kim [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The fifth season of “K-pop Star,” a popular singing audition program, will not only focus on the individual’s talent but also his motivation for wanting to become a singer, producers said Monday. “K-pop Star,” an SBS program started in 2011, has gained significant clout over the past four years, [...]