SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A translated version of a new book by a best-selling South Korean children’s novelist will be sold in Britain, the author’s overseas agency said Monday. The British publishing company, Little, Brown Book Group, will publish Hwang Seon-mi’s “The Dog Who Dreamed of Love” in English next fall, KL Management [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – High school students will have more opportunities to experience theater, starting in 2018. The Ministry of Education has announced a draft proposing new curricula for physical education, the arts, music and health education. To increase students’ knowledge in the liberal arts, ‘theater’ was established as a general subject. Before, [...]
Cheongju, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) - “Even if I’m put on a ventilator for 24 hours, I’m going to achieve my dream of being a youth counselor.” Gong Hwa-ja (52) dreamed of another goal even before the happiness of passing the university qualification exam. Gong has had a serious lung condition since her childhood, and [...]
INCHEON, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – To help the increasing population of foreigners to blend into the local area, the Incheon city government published a guidebook for new arrivals to the city. The guidebook was published in four languages – English, Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese. A total of 2,000 copies were made of the 120-page book. [...]
Seoul, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Based on testimonies and possessions from war veterans, a ‘digital textbook’ about the Korean War will be produced for American schools. The book will allow students to experience the war vividly. At a national sociology seminar held in New Orleans with teachers of social sciences and history from 60 different countries present, [...]
Seoul, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Soon-young, a 10-year-old girl who is courting controversy due to a piece of writing that has been dubbed’brutal children’s poem’, wished that her mother would only focus on her. Soon-young appeared with her mother, poet Kim Bada, on ‘Seeking for Prodigies’, a show aired on SBS TV. The [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) –“Yeogi”, a new gender equality library, will open on July 14, at Seoul Women’s Plaza in Daebang-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Korea. The library will hold material related to feminist movements, women’s policies and the changes made regarding gender equality. The opening ceremony will be held on July 14 at 2pm with [...]
Seoul, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Kolon FnC has announced that they will be running a industry-academic cooperation program with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), which is one of the most prestigious fashion institutes in the world. The project will be named “2015 FIT Summer Program”, and will be the first industry-academic cooperation attempt in [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Three revised welfare laws that enable citizens to receive ‘tailored’ welfare benefits varying upon general livelihood, housing, health and education, took effect on July 1. Korea’s national basic livelihood security supported individuals in need by selecting them on the basis of the minimum cost of living. The Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Family court judges and youth experts have prepared a special healing program comprised of walking and counselling to help reduce repeated offenses for troubled youth. The Daejeon Family Court announced that it would begin the 12-day walking tour to Mount Jiri together with the juvenile criminals. The 10 youth offenders [...]