ULSAN, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new Dinosaur Footprint Park opened on Thursday in Ulsan’s Woojung Innocity. The Korea Land and Housing Corp. invested 3.14 billion won (US$2.78 million) for the construction of the park that surrounds a dinosaur footprint, a cultural asset designated by the city of Ulsan. Four life-size models of dinosaurs [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A child benefit of 100,000 won (US$88.53) will be paid to families for each child below the age of seven every month starting next September, regardless of their enrollment status at school. The Health and Welfare Committee at the National Assembly passed a bill amending the Child Benefit Act [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — YouTuber is now one of the 10 occupations most desired by South Korean elementary school students, while scientist has been pushed out of the top 10, a government survey showed Thursday. In the survey of thousands of young students by government agencies earlier this year, professional athlete replaced teacher [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of youths getting treated for alcohol addiction neared 2,000 last year, doubling from seven years ago, a report said Wednesday. The drinking rate among the young is declining, but the severity of problems from drinking is still heavy, with one out of two youths drinking to dangerous [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean has become the third most popular foreign language in Russia following English and Chinese. Kazan Federal University’s Center of Korean Studies announced on Tuesday that it will host the first National Korean Olympiad. The center has been holding annual competitions on the Korean language for the past nine [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of foreign students studying at Seoul National University (SNU) have a poor understanding of major classes conducted in the Korean language, a poll released Monday showed. According to the survey of 432 foreign students by the university’s Diversity Council, 47.2 percent said they have little to no [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — While 6 out of 10 parents with infant children recognize the educational potential of smartphones, only 1 out of 10 parents actually used mobile educational applications for children. Roughly 60 percent of parents said they let their children play with smartphones to entertain them or so that they could [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Paper dolls of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sold by EBS Media, an affiliate of the Educational Broadcasting System (EBS), are stirring up controversy in South Korea. With the public outcry continuing to grow, the distributor of the products that signed an agreement with EBS Media has decided to [...]
SUWON, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education plans to break past practices in the design of schoolyards at public schools to establish a new standard of design that will maximize the use of space for a variety of sports activities. The office announced on Monday the so-called ‘innovation project for [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of Vietnamese scientists who studied at science and technology institutions in South Korea have established a joint alumni association. Korea University of Science and Technology (UST) said that Vietnamese scientists held an inauguration ceremony for the KOREA S&T (Science and Technology) Joint Alumni Association last Saturday in [...]