SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As more young people are putting off getting married or avoiding civil unions altogether, a survey has revealed that the number of single-person households is rising quickly, especially centered around those in their late 20s. In addition, new statistics show that despite a decreasing number of temporary workers and [...]
SEJONG, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s deficit in the tourism balance with European Union countries rose 36 percent in 2017 from a year earlier, central bank data showed Saturday, as a growing number of South Korean travelers visited European countries. South Korea’s tourism deficit with the EU came to US$5.46 billion in 2017, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Union of Media Workers’ committee on women held a press conference on Wednesday to announce the results of a recent study that dealt with the most recent trends and developments pertaining to women in the publishing industry. The press conference focused especially on the increased practice of [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group TWICE will release its first full-length album in Japan later this year, their management agency JYP Entertainment said Friday. The new record, “BDZ,” an abbreviation of bulldozer, will hit the Japanese market on Sept. 12, the agency said. The envisioned album will feature five new tracks [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – With the release of a new digital single next month, Lovelyz will join their girl group competitors in attempting to conquer the summer record market, according to their management agency on Friday. The eight member K-pop female act’s new single, “A Piece of Summer,” will hit the market on [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The song that captures the essence of the May 18 Gwangju Democratic Uprising will be played by an orchestra in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. According to the Gwangju Cultural Foundation, a concert named after the song “Marching for Our Beloved” will be held at the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hollywood star Tom Cruise will visit South Korea this summer to promote his new movie “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” the film’s local distributor said Thursday. The actor will fly into the country on July 16, more than a week before the theatrical release of the sixth installment of the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Internet giant Google Inc. said Thursday it has added South Korea to its online platform for museums and galleries in a move that could increase public access to 30,000 South Korean cultural assets. Google Arts & Culture’s “Korean Heritage Project” includes 2,500 artifacts from ancient Korean kingdoms and [...]
SEJONG, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of one-person households continued to rise last year amid the country’s low birth rate and rapidly aging population, government data showed on Thursday. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, the number of single-person households reached 5.61 million as of October last year, up 179,000 or [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has revealed that Koreans rank last in the level of trust in their local news. According to the “Digital News Report 2018” from Oxford University’s Reuters Institute, the average level of trust in the media by Koreans was surveyed at 25 percent, which was good for [...]