SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Gender Equality Minister Chung Huyn-back said Monday the government plans to set up a museum for Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery in Seoul, in an apparent show of the new Moon Jae-in government’s resolve to sternly deal with Japan’s wartime human rights violation. “The government [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop boy group Super Junior will return to the K-pop music scene in October with less members, its management agency said Monday. Originally consisted of 11, the restructured team will be made up of seven members — Leeteuk, Heechul, Shindong, Yesung, Eunhyuk, Donghae and Siwon — said Label SJ, [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – According to data released by the OECD and the Bank of Korea, South Korea has the lowest out-of-wedlock birth rate among OECD member countries. The findings, which should not come as a surprise to those who know South Korea well, are in line with the country’s anemic birth rate [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Motors Corp. said Monday that drivers of their cars will be able to use a voice recognition service to find gourmet restaurants. The owners of Hyundai and Kia vehicles with a built-in navigation system can download the updated content starting Monday, [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The local unit of British household goods maker Reckitt Benckiser (RB) on Monday unveiled its plan to compensate a group of South Koreans who died or became seriously ill after using its toxic humidifier disinfectants. Oxy Reckitt Benckiser said 52 people who have been confirmed by the Korea Environmental [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The CEO of South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group is expected to move into Lotte World Tower in the coming months, shortening his commute to a mere elevator ride, materializing to commute to and from work in a ‘vertical city’ sort of. According to statement from Lotte released on Saturday, Shin [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With the popularity of convenience stores and online shopping among South Koreans growing rapidly, the number of shoppers who rely heavily on both online shopping sites and convenience stores is on the rise. According to a new report released by Shinhan Card on recent retail trends, the number of consumers [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — If you are a millennial living in a country like South Korea, Denmark, China, or India, chances are you’re facing stiff competition in the job market despite having gone to college or university. With more young people than ever being encouraged to pursue higher education, university degrees are becoming less [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ highly favorable attitude towards studying abroad might be coming to an end, as the latest figures show the number of students under 19 years of age who went abroad for academic purposes dropped by a third over the past nine years. Data released by Statistics Korea on Thursday [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As tall apartment buildings are proving popular in the South Korean housing market despite the country’s sluggish economy, an increasing number of home buyers are eyeing the residential skyscrapers around the country, which are widely seen as symbols of high social status and wealth, as well as landmarks in the [...]