SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Communications Commission has announced the results of an Internet survey conducted last year to look into the response to Korean dramas in Turkey and three other countries in the Middle East – Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. The study was based on 27 Korean [...]
INJE, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare species of copper-winged bat, also known as the golden bat, has been found in Inje-gun, Gangwon Province. Golden bats are typically 4 to 6 centimeters in length, with black hues at the tip of the ears, feet, and wings. They are also called orange-whiskered bats due to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean children’s song “Baby Shark” was ranked on Billboard’s Hot 100 main singles chart this week after debuting on the list a week earlier, results showed Thursday. The English version of the song by Pinkfong, a children’s education entertainment brand, whose Korean title is “Shark Family,” came [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced on Monday that it will hold a briefing session to introduce a new study into eco-friendly electric trains on January 15. A government-led study will be conducted to introduce electric trains such as those found in Switzerland. Eco-friendly trains run on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2019 Korea Grand Sale, a shopping festival for foreign tourists, is to be held from January 17 to February 28. Roughly 850 South Korean firms will participate in the festival to provide extensive discounts to foreign tourists on variety of items. Airlines will be selling flight tickets at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Six-piece K-pop girl band GFriend released their second full-length album, “Time for us,” Monday as the group marked their successful fourth year on the K-pop scene. “Time for us” is the band’s first full-length album since the release of their first, “LOL,” in July, 2016, and their first music [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s population growth rate fell below 0.1 percent for the first time last year, with its median age topping 42, government statistics showed Monday. The nation’s resident population was 51,826,059 as of the end of 2018, marking an increase of 0.09 percent, or 47,515 people, from the previous [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on January 13 that it is developing a six-hour educational program for grandparents raising their grandchildren. From as early as April, trial education programs will be held at five elementary schools. There have been programs to inform parents on how to handle [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) on Monday, four government ministries including MOLIT, Ministry of Science and ICT, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and Ministry of Interior and Safety will jointly develop a ‘Smart Street Light Platform’ starting this year. The four ministries will [...]
GWANGJU, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Service members participating in the ‘Seonbong Book Marathon’ at the Republic of Korea Air Force 1st Fighter Wing had surpassed ‘11,320 kilometers’ worth of reading as of Sunday. The Seonbong Book Marathon is a program introduced last year where reading a page accounts for 100 meters of ‘running’ in [...]