SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An elementary school in Gyeonggi Province held a special class on Tuesday during which students were taught the value of life by interacting with dogs under the supervision of animal experts. A couple of dogs were invited to Unam Elementary School for a class designed to bring students closer [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is accelerating its efforts to embrace the use of cryptocurrencies typified by bitcoin in the public sector, amid growing demand for digital assets that could replace physical money in the future. Lawmaker Park Yong-jin, a member of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party, announced on Sunday plans [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of South Korean online content providers gathered at an event hosted by video giant YouTube on Sunday to discuss a variety of topics ranging from the growing popularity of online content services including streaming, the diminishing boundaries between traditional and new media, and the challenges of finding [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean consumer watchdog has warned smartphone users to be vigilant when considering the refund policy of the augmented reality game Pokémon Go, which it says has unfair terms and conditions that many look over when they sign up and pay for the game. To purchase items on [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent government report says only three in 10 married couples with children under 14 years of age are composed of two working parents, a figure well below the OECD average, which experts think is due long work hours and a lack of participation in housework on the part [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Today’s K-pop has a plethora of talented, self-producing idol artists, such as Highlight, WINNER and EXID, just to name a few. But the supposed first-generation bands back in the ’90s were almost exclusively manufactured and tailored — from songs, to style and even public behavior — as are still [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Media art will light up the facade of a giant building in central Seoul next month in a cultural project to celebrate the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the culture ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the art project is to send a message that global [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s national health insurance system faces challenges from the rapidly aging society, although it has been acclaimed as one of the world’s most effective in terms of universal coverage. The national health care system achieved universal coverage for all people in 1989, 12 years after it was launched [...]
POHANG, South Korea, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A ceremony to break ground for a U.N. global education center, initiated by former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, will be held at Handong Global University in the country’s southeastern port city of Pohang next week, an official at the faculty said Tuesday. “A ground-breaking ceremony for [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Social robots that are capable of showing a variety of facial expressions have been proven effective in treating autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a new medical study. The research team led by neuropsychiatry professor Yu Hee-jung at Seoul National University Hospital discovered there was little to no difference between [...]