SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of ten South Korean adults didn’t read a single book last year, but 60 percent don’t feel that their level of reading is lacking. According to the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Tourism’s study on the nation’s reading habits disclosed on February 5, during the one-year period [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Not only is eating more fish a healthy dietary option, it has also been found to reduce the risk of depression. A South Korean research team at Kyung Hee University discovered that individuals who consumed fish at least four times a week were 48 percent less likely to fall [...]
HOENGSEONG, South Korea, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — While the goal of many athletes at the PyeongChang Olympics is winning medals and doing their best, freestyle skier Lee Mee-hyun eyes one more thing: finding her birth parents in South Korea. Lee was born in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, in 1994, but she was adopted by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two major business lobbies breathed a collective sigh of relief Monday as Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong walked out of prison after serving nearly a year over a bribery scandal that led to the ouster of former President Park Geun-hye. The Seoul High Court had sentenced [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, leader of the popular boy band BTS, has recently undergone surgery for a deviated septum, his management agency, Big Hit, said Monday. A deviated septum is a condition where the nasal septum — the bone and cartilage that divide the nasal cavity of the nose — is shifted [...]
SEOUL, Feb . 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Man and machine will work in tandem to ensure the safety of dignitaries visiting South Korea for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics starting this week, the head security team promised via a press release on February 4. “A scientific security approach using cutting-edge technology will be implemented for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The academic performance of South Korean students coming from underprivileged backgrounds has retreated over the past nine years, according to the latest findings of the OECD. The percentage of youngsters belonging to the bottom 25 percent socioeconomic stratum who attained scores equating to level 3 or above on 2015′s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s No. 1 carmaker, said Sunday its autonomous vehicles have succeeded in a test drive from Seoul to PyeongChang, an alpine town that is hosting the upcoming Winter Olympics. Hyundai has been expanding its self-driving vehicle program and plans to promote its technology at the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s two major banks are suspected of creating lists to give undue hiring favors to the families and acquaintances of influential figures, sources said Sunday. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has recently filed complaints with the prosecution against five banks, including KEB Hana Bank and KB Kookmin Bank, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — E-Mart, South Korea’s biggest discount store chain operator, topped other businesses by recruiting the largest number of new employees over the past five years, a local think tank said Sunday. In a survey carried out on the country’s top 30 conglomerates’ affiliates which employ more than 300 people, E-Mart [...]