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SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has decided to foster a culture where children can play whenever they want, opening ways to develop a variety of programs at schools and in local communities. The government announced on Thursday a list of major objectives to create a nation where ‘children can be [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Young South Koreans, from infants to teenagers, are one of the least happy populations among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) states due to a lack of opportunities for rest, play, and creating social relationships, despite their a relatively wealthy lifestyle. In response, the South Korean government announced [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The argument that school environments in areas where immigrants are concentrated are worse than in other areas has been met with a strong disagreement on the grounds that there is little evidence to support such a hypothesis. Yang Kyung-eun, an assistant professor of social welfare at Sungkonghoe University, made [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Credit card spending by South Koreans in foreign countries declined in the first quarter of 2019, although the number of overseas travelers increased due to the winter vacation. The increase in foreign trips is attributed to an increase in the number of travelers who made short trips to Asian [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Men’s volleyball had the highest percentage of female fans among South Korean professional sports last year, a survey showed Friday. The Korea Professional Sports Association (KPSA) released findings of its study on fans in five professional sports leagues in the country: baseball, football, volleyball, basketball and golf. The survey [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — At 62, Kim Byung-jong reached public pension age last month. Instead of automatically taking the state pension, Kim, a retired car salesman, asked the National Pension Service (NPS), the operator of South Korea’s state pension fund, to defer his pension for five years. The reason? Delaying his pension will [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will take steps, such as crackdowns on illegal sales, to prevent youths from accessing a new type of e-cigarettes that have become popular in many other countries, the health ministry said Friday. The prevalence of e-cigarettes among adolescents is correlated with a rebound in the number of [...]
CHEORWON, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A 15-kilometer trail in Cheorwon, a landlocked county and symbolic border town, brings trekkers deep inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the forefront of 66 years of inter-Korean tensions where the two Koreas have begun to take nascent but concrete steps to build peace. The first group of civilians is [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — In-N-Out Burger, a popular American hamburger franchise, opened a pop-up store on Wednesday in Gangnam, Seoul, drawing hundreds of visitors. People began lining up at the store from 6 a.m. to try out what can otherwise be tasted only in America. The 250 burgers prepared for the day sold [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In order to prevent drug induced sexual assault, which has recently become a social problem, a portable sexual assault prevention kit will be developed. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety reported on Wednesday the public launch of a “Research Project for [...]