SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan has rejected calls from South Korea to include content related to so-called ‘comfort women’ in school textbooks. The request from Seoul to include information about comfort women in government-approved public education guidelines was met with a cold shoulder, Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported earlier this week. The South Korean delegation [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Likey” by K-pop group TWICE has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, the team’s agency said Thursday. “Likey,” a track off the band’s first full-length studio album, “Twicetagram,” which was released in October last year, had garnered 200,157,388 views on the global video streaming platform as of 2 p.m., according to JYP Entertainment. [...]
GANGNEUNG, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With the mammoth task of ensuring peace and security during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics behind them, the men and women largely responsible for what one police insider has assessed as “the safest Olympics ever” remain focused on doing it all over again throughout the Winter Paralympics set to [...]
GEOJE, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A new cable car stretching over 1.5 kilometers and overlooking Hanryeosudo off the southern coast of Korea and Tsushima Island in Japanese waters will be built on Geoje Island by 2020. Work on the new cable car project began yesterday with the groundbreaking ceremony in the afternoon. The project, funded [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched a recycling program to encourage the use of used coffee grounds as fertilizer. The new program is being trialed in a number of districts across the city including Jongno and Guro Districts, where 2,600 coffee shops will set aside used coffee grounds in transparent [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A worrying number of South Korean children are falling victim to car accidents, prompting road authorities and schools to take safety precautions. In Seoul alone, an average of 734 pedestrian accidents involving children have taken place each year over the last five years, prompting local police forces to ramp up [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seocho District has introduced safety patrols consisting of local residents to keep an eye on playgrounds for the first time in the country. The safety patrol groups will be deployed at 45 playgrounds within the district to secure safety and help children use facilities safely, while keeping an eye [...]
BUSAN, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of schools in Busan are turning to IoT (Internet of Things) technology to protect students from fine dust. According to the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education on Saturday, an IoT-based air quality control system that will help keep the air inside classrooms clean and safe for students will [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — “It’s so convenient, since I don’t have to go all the way to Jeonju anymore.” So said one elderly woman standing before the entrance of the small cinema in Gimje City, North Jeolla Province. Surrounding her was a small crowd of fellow seniors and families with children, all waiting [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Model penguins have appeared in landmarks around Seoul as part of Greenpeace’s efforts to raise awareness of climate change and overfishing, which have put animals at the South Pole in danger. A penguin model holding a briefcase first appeared in front of Seoul’s Gwanghwamun Gate in January, before making appearances [...]