SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Private English tutoring academies, referred to as “hakwons” locally, are raising their voices in protest after the Ministry of Education, in a move to appease an outpouring of public unrest, followed up its postponement of a ban on after school English classes at preschools and kindergartens with a statement [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States will meet in Hawaii Friday to discuss issues related to the bilateral alliance, including North Korea. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he will meet with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo on his way [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s fisheries production was the fifth largest among members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2015 and the government reduced the budget support for the local industry, the oceans ministry said Thursday. South Korea caught wild fisheries and aquatic plants worth $5.44 billion in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world’s biggest shipbuilder by orders, has received a US$220 million gas carrier order in Kuwait, the company said Thursday. In the order placed by the Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. on Wednesday, Hyundai Heavy will build three very large gas carriers at its shipyard in [...]
SEOUL, Jan 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Confectionery firm Orion Corp. said Thursday it sold more than 500 million of its Choco Pies in Vietnam last year, a milestone that underscores of popularity of its signature snack. Considering that Vietnam’s population is about 100 million, the sales amount to the equivalent of each person consuming five [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Per capita rice consumption in South Korea hit a fresh record low last year amid rapid changes in eating habits, government data showed Thursday. The average annual consumption of rice per person fell to 61.8 kilograms last year, down 0.2 percent from the previous year’s 61.9 kg, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Ailing patients for whom treatment is a means of life prolongation rather than a full recovery may starting February 4 exercise their right to a “natural death” by refusing further medical care. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said January 24 that such patients committed to hospices or receiving [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More public grounds being designated as national parks, and a bring-your-own-bottle scheme for cafes and fast food restaurants guaranteeing discounts are two of this year’s eco-friendly initiatives planned by the government. According to the Ministry of Environment’s blueprint for 2018 announced on January 24, customers who bring their own [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on January 24 that before the end of the year it would downgrade the importance of the public key certificate, a widely used personal identification tool in South Korea, by essentially removing the word “public” and turning it into a security system [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — After a 2017 plagued by “pesticide eggs” and the now yearly reoccurrence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza discovered among certain poultry flocks, the government is seeking to keep this year scandal-free by adopting a series of measures, among them improving the living conditions of poultry. The chief of [...]