DAEJEON, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The total number of passengers on KTX high-speed trains is set to exceed 1 billion this week after 19 years and five months of operation, KTX operator the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) said Wednesday. The cumulative number of passengers on the KTX, launched on April 1, 2004, is expected [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The population of kindergarten to high-school students shrank by nearly 100,000 this year from a year earlier, extending its falling streak to the 18th year, the education ministry said Wednesday. The number of students at the country’s kindergartens and elementary, middle and high schools nationwide amounted to slightly over [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Students with a history of school violence will have their disciplinary records reflected when applying for university admission beginning in the 2026 academic year, the university policy recommendation council said Wednesday. The measure was part of the university admission guidelines for students with records of school bullying, unveiled jointly [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s total births and fertility rate fell to record lows in 2022, data showed Wednesday, signaling a red alarm on the growth potential of Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Only 249,000 babies were born in 2022, down 11,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has launched intensive radiation tests on salt fields across the country amid safety concerns over Japan’s release of contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the oceans ministry said Wednesday. Last week, Japan began discharging radioactive water from the power plant into the ocean, sparking [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea grapples with a series of “don’t-ask-why” crimes targeting random people, one common trait stands out among the suspects behind the recent killings. They showed signs of being “reclusive loners,” largely shut out from outside contact for months and, in some cases, even years. In May, Jung [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea extended a natural decrease in population in June as the fertility rate hit yet another record low, data showed Wednesday, reflecting the grim demographic trend. Only 18,615 babies were born in June, down 1.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the monthly report from Statistics Korea. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ CGV, South Korea’s largest multiplex operator, said Wednesday it will offer diversified entertainment content at its theaters and expand premium screens to boost revenue and foster new growth drivers. CGV said it is on a modest recovery path following three years of losses in the wake of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government provided more than 10,000 workers, including around 8,400 foreign workers, for local shipbuilders in the first half of 2023 in an effort to ease pandemic-related labor shortages, the industry ministry said Wednesday. A total of 10,104 South Korean and foreign workers were employed by shipbuilders [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. will officially launch its medical beauty brand Aestura in Japan this week for the first time in a foreign country, company officials said Wednesday. Aestura will start selling its flagship line, A-cica 365, at 12 shops of Japan’s biggest beauty platform, @COSME, on [...]