ROME, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday designated a site in Hadong, a town in South Korea’s South Gyeongsang Province, as one of its world agricultural heritage systems in recognition of the site’s traditional tea-growing method that maintains biodiversity. At a ceremony to mark the designation of Globally [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed people with similar social status are more likely to clash with each other. A research team led by professor Lee Won-jae at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) discovered that people who are similar to each other have a tendency to compete [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Su-jin — not her real name — said going to work is a highly stressful affair as she has little choice other than to put up with frequent bullying and verbal abuse by her superiors. The 28-year-old, who is employed in a non-permanent position at a small architectural [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cinema giant CGV is warning customers to be wary of profit-seeking scalpers with tickets for the latest Marvel movie Avengers: Infinity War in hot demand. The cinema giant released a statement on its website Thursday, saying, “Customers should be wary of resellers who purchase tickets for a certain [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean university students are helping to foster the dreams and hopes of youth in Kiribati, an island republic in the Pacific that lies at risk of being submerged due to rising sea levels. Global outreach NGO IYF (International Youth Fellowship) said yesterday that it had opened on alternative [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — It’s not just K-pop that is making inroads in the United States these days, as Korean history is taking a more prominent place in world history textbooks for American students. Choi Mi-young, head of the non-profit organization ECHO-Korea, said she recently visited a showcase of history textbooks designated for [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinsegae Food Inc., the food manufacturer of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae, said Monday it has earned a halal certification for its Korean instant noodles as it moves to expand its presence in the Southeast Asian market. The instant noodles product, “ramyeon” in Korean, developed by a joint venture [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean novelist Han Kang, the 2016 winner of the Man Booker International Prize, has been shortlisted for the British literary award of world authority, the organizer said Thursday (British local time). Han’s “The White Book” is among the six finalists for the 2018 Man Booker prize. The 2015 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Young women tend to suffer more from social media fatigue than their male counterparts, largely because they put more effort into maintaining it, according to a university thesis on Friday. The research cited in the thesis by Dr. Lee Eun-ji of Korea University in Seoul was conducted on 177 [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government and the national heritage agency announced a joint initiative Tuesday to redesign the pedestrian plaza at the heart of the capital as part of urban planning aimed at bolstering public convenience and restoring history. Gwanghwamun Square, located in the middle of the 10-lane Sejongro main [...]