DAEJEON, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean researchers revealed that animals are inherently born with brains that have a sense of numbers, unlike artificial neural networks. A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Monday that animals are capable of understanding numbers without having to go through a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The horrific death of a 16-month-old allegedly abused by her adoptive parents has triggered an outpouring of grief nationwide and anger over many missed chances to save her. The girl, named Jung-in, died at a hospital in western Seoul on Oct. 13, hours after she was taken to the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Legal provisions that used to forbid abortion have been ruled as unconstitutional, being effectively repealed with the start of the new year. The lack of legislative supplements, however, is causing some confusion among women. The fact that punitive measures against abortion have been repealed is not enough to ensure [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A government decision to reject a foreign national’s naturalization application citing a drunk driving conviction has been ruled lawful by a Seoul court, according to judicial sources Monday. According to the sources, the Seoul Administrative Court recently overturned a Nepali national’s request to rescind the justice ministry’s rejection of [...]
JEONJU, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of so-called ‘cat moms’ in the southwestern city of Jeonju are teaming up to improve public awareness of stray cats. Cat moms refer to those who spend their own time and money to provide food for stray cats. With only about 30 members, the Jeonju Stray Cat [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s population fell year-on-year for the first time in 2020, census data showed Sunday, with a record low number of births getting surpassed by deaths to cause a natural decrease. According to the latest census figures released by the Ministry of Interior and Safety, South Korea had 51,829,023 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Sunday it will spend 5.8 trillion won (US$5.3 billion) on science and information and communication technology (ICT) research this year as the country fosters new tech industries under its digital New Deal drive and targets going carbon neutral. The earmarked amount is a 12 percent rise [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese internet search behemoth Baidu has been falsely claiming that renowned Korean poet Yun Dong-ju (1917-45) is a Chinese national, an activist professor said Wednesday. Baidu’s online encyclopedia currently introduces Yun as a Chinese national, part of the ethnic Koreans living in China, explained Seo Kyeong-Deok, a professor at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The spread of the coronavirus would accelerate the trend of low fertility and population aging in South Korea, the central bank report said Wednesday. In a recent study conducted by the Bank of Korea (BOK), the pandemic would have a limited direct impact on the local population primarily due [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul residents believe that the educational gap between students has been widening during COVID-19 pandemic. The Seoul Office of Education announced new policy recommendations on Tuesday. The recommendations were developed based on an online survey on 307 citizens in Seoul including students, parents, and teachers. One hundred citizens participated in [...]