SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung is the most popular employer of choice for young Chinese adults, according to the results of a survey carried out by the Shanghai branch of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) last December. The answers given on the survey, which asked questions about working for South Korean companies, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The preference of medical students to pursue radiology, psychiatry and rehabilitative medicine over a future as surgeons has reportedly become more pronounced in the last few years. Amidst this backdrop of pre-med students steering clear of the operating room, a workshop in which students can hone their skills in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Research has found indigenous South Korean canines are more closely related to wolves and coyotes than foreign breeds are. The Rural Development Administration (RDA) revealed on January 10 the results of a DNA analysis on 2,258 dogs belonging to 33 different breeds. The RDA found that the three iconic [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s decision to end after school English classes at preschools and kindergartens has stirred up a backlash among parents of young children, who argue the motion will only benefit the private English teaching sector and furthermore lead to a disparity in foreign language competency between children whose families [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2018 Winter Olympics is on the horizon as the Pyeongchang Main Press Center (MPC) opened its doors on January 9. The MPC is expected to host 62 delegations of foreign press hailing from 58 countries, 111 media teams from 31 countries, and journalists from 35 news agencies. All [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The upper middle-aged crowd in their 50s and 60s are figuring out this online shopping thing, and in the process, are recording massive boosts in spending on the internet. According to the results of an analysis of shopping patterns exhibited by clientele aged 50 and above, e-commerce website Wemakeprice [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service disclosed on January 9 a manufacturing worker who had sustained an injury during the trip home from work had been granted workers’ compensation coverage, making the unnamed individual the first to be the beneficiary of an expanded industrial insurance coverage that extends [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — One Chinese national has been arrested and his South Korean accomplice is being sought on suspicion of carrying out a massive hack into a software company’s client details, and using the private data to extort clients, police said Wednesday. The cybercrime unit of the National Police Agency said they [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s squid catch fell to the lowest level in five years in 2017, dented by Chinese boats’ overfishing in the East Sea, a report showed Wednesday. South Korean boats caught a total of 12,082 tons of squid in coastal waters and the open sea last year, which was [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A survey measuring people’s economic happiness recorded its highest score ever last year, albeit amid stronger pessimism on the prospect of the nation’s economy improving this year, a private think tank said Tuesday. Hyundai Research Institute canvassed 1,007 adults over 13 days starting Dec. 4 last year. The economic [...]