SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean children and teenagers are embracing makeup as part of their everyday culture, driven by social media trends, easy access to inexpensive cosmetics and a loosening of school restrictions. The shift has sparked concern among parents and educators who worry about the deepening pressures [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Young South Koreans are reporting strikingly low levels of life satisfaction compared with their global peers, revealing a generational mood shaped as much by economic pressure as by a sense of dwindling possibility. A government report released Tuesday shows that among waged workers ages 19 to 34, only 36 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young said Tuesday the government will introduce comprehensive policies to improve the concert environment in order to further promote K-pop. Chae made the remarks during a policy briefing to President Lee Jae Myung. The government aims to build a new dome stadium with a capacity of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A dispute over cultural appropriation flared again this week after online sellers on Amazon—believed to be based in China—were found marketing traditional Chinese garments, or hanfu, as hanbok, Korea’s traditional dress. Seo Kyoung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University known for his advocacy on Korean cultural issues, said on Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Job stability, higher incomes and access to home ownership are strongly correlated with higher marriage and birth rates among younger South Koreans, according to a government study released on Tuesday. The findings add new statistical weight to concerns that worsening economic insecurity is feeding the country’s demographic decline. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will host its first official observance of the United Nations’ World Meditation Day on Dec. 21, marking the country’s entry into a global initiative aimed at promoting mental well-being through contemplative practice. The Korean preparatory committee for the event said Monday that a commemorative ceremony and the launch [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Education Ministry said Monday it has begun a thorough review of how this year’s English section of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) was designed and vetted, after the unusually high level of difficulty triggered a national backlash and drew international media attention. The ministry acknowledged that the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) will open a large-scale exhibition of contemporary art from the United Arab Emirates on December 16, marking the institution’s first comprehensive showcase of UAE modern art and the second collaboration between SeMA and the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF). Titled Proximate Worlds, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s newlywed population slipped below the one-million mark for the second year in a row in 2024, a symbolic threshold for a country already preoccupied with its demographic future. Government data released Friday show just 952,000 couples had been married for five years or less last year—a 2.3 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With nationwide theater attendance still sluggish, South Korean cinema operators are increasingly turning to high-tech “special formats” — such as 3D, 4D, and premium immersive auditoriums — to give moviegoers a reason to return. Megabox, one of the country’s major multiplex chains, said Wednesday that revenue from its premium technology [...]