SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The declining Korean birth rate is raising concerns for colleges as they face a future of lower student numbers. In order to secure enough incoming students, universities are setting their sights on opening campuses abroad to help boost enrollment. Ewha Womans University took the lead and announced a plan to [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – With the summer movie season right around the corner, a number of blockbuster movies – Train to Busan (July 20), Jason Bourne (July 27), The Last Princess (early August), and The Tunnel (August 10) – will be fighting for top spot at the Korean box office. According to Korea Film [...]
SEJONG, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – While the popularity of direct buying is taking a step back, the market is seeing some changes in the products being sought by consumers, as well as the countries they’re ordering from. According to the Korea Customs Service (KCS), 8.15 million direct purchases were made during the first half of [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced that the 11th day of every month will be designated as a “Walk to Work” day where citizens will be encouraged to walk to their workplaces. The “Walk to Work” campaign was designed to urge citizens to take advantage of their commute to do [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government announced on July 7 an improvement plan to strengthen animal protection and foster related industries at the 10th Annual Meeting of Trade and Investment Organizations. The plan includes changing the current reporting system in the pet breeding industry to a license system, legally permitting the online [...]
BANGKOK, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Thailand announced on July 8 that the Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) decided to include Korean as one of the second languages on the Professional and Academic Aptitude Test (PAT), which is a college entrance exam. The Ministry of Education [...]
BUSAN, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A welfare facility where the elderly and the young can live together has recently opened in Busan. The Jongdeok Welfare Foundation opened the Keunbyeol Nursing Home in the Jongdeok Foster Care Home building, which is located in the Yeonje District of Busan, on Thursday, July 7. The Jongdeok Foster Care [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Lim Woo-jae, the former vice president of Samsung Electronics who reportedly filed for divorce from Lee Boo-jin at the Seoul Family Court on June 29, is suing for a 1.2 trillion won ($1.04 billion) settlement from his ex-wife, who is the former CEO of Hotel Shilla and daughter of Samsung [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – When a child is exposed to the Internet and TV media for educational purposes, they tend to show less aggressive behavior, but the effect is reversed when they’re used for playing instead. Parents must strictly control the amount of time children use the Internet and TV for the purpose of [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – About one-third of the foreign students studying in Korea consider “seniority-based” culture hard to accept. Yoo Hyun-kyung, the director of Yonsei University’s Korean Language Institute, presented the results of a study entitled “Efficient Management of Foreign Students” during the Korean Language Institute Council’s 10th anniversary workshop, which was held on [...]