SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — “Produce 101,” arguably the most successful of the 10-year line of K-pop idol competition shows, has emerged as a promising channel for the debut of wannabe K-pop idol stars, as well as being a solid K-pop export item in its own right. Through its four seasons so far, the [...]
SUNCHEON, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Urban Regeneration Festival will take place in Suncheon, a South Jeolla Province city about 415 kilometers south of Seoul, next week, offering a rare opportunity to look into the future of cities, the municipal government said Friday. The festival will be held from Oct. 24-26 in Suncheon’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teenagers have different perspectives on gender equality based on their gender, according to a recent survey. The National Youth Policy Institute conducted a survey of 9,008 teenagers, during which only 86.2 percent of male respondents agreed to the proposition that it is uncomfortable for male employees to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fighter jets will perform aerial demonstrations together with American fighters this week during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Air Force, officials said Friday. The ceremony will take place on Saturday at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, where the Seoul International Aerospace [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A best-selling Korean feminist novel topped an online sales list in China, becoming a major overseas hit after also achieving success in Japan, a publication house said Thursday. “Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982″ by Cho Nam-joo ranked atop the fiction sales list on Dangdang, China’s biggest online bookstore, on [...]
UIJEONGBU, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province has urged citizens not to enter a railroad tunnel after it was mistakenly identified as a photo zone. The Gyooe Line, 31.8-kilometer-long suburban line connecting Goyang, Yangju and Uijeongbu, stopped passenger transportation in 2004. However, it is still an operating railway with cargo and military trains. Therefore, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — While the number of students from multicultural families is on the rise each year, there are not enough language specialists to educate them, a recent report has revealed. The Ministry of Education reported that there are now 137,225 students from multicultural families in South Korea, rising by almost 30,000 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — What started as a humble national art museum with a four-person staff in the backyard of the Gyeongbok royal palace in central Seoul in 1969 has grown into arguably the biggest art space in Asia half a century later. Now in possession of more than 8,000 art pieces, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven in 10 South Koreans are in favor of the mandatory use of real names in posting comments on the internet, according to a poll released Wednesday. The poll of 502 adults nationwide conducted Tuesday by pollster Realmeter found that 69.5 percent support the use of real names in [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A statue symbolizing Korean women forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II will be installed in Virginia, near Washington, this week, organizers said Tuesday. The bronze statue of a girl was brought to Washington nearly three years ago in November 2016, but was stored at [...]