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SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean families are spending far more on private education than they did a decade ago, underscoring how deeply supplemental tutoring has become embedded in the country’s competitive education system. Household spending on private education — including hagwons, or for-profit after-school academies — reached nearly 29.2 trillion won ($20.2 billion) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean game developer NCSoft has unveiled Lineage Classic, a revival of the early-2000s version of its long-running flagship franchise, and opened advance registrations ahead of its February launch. The company said Friday that the PC-based title will begin free pre-service on Feb. 7 in South Korea and Taiwan, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A quirky phrase commonly used in South Korea to describe someone’s peak years or bygone glory has its roots in an English football transfer — a linguistic journey that recently drew the attention of the BBC. The expression, “Leeds days,” is now widely used in Korean to refer to a [...]
SEOUL & DAEJEON, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Pope Leo XIV has sent a rare message of congratulations to Seongsimdang (or Sungsimdang), a beloved bakery in the central city of Daejeon, praising its seven decades of business rooted in social solidarity and care for the poor. According to local reports, the message was delivered through Cardinal [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Characters from the animated film K‑Pop Demon Hunters are drawing online attention that rivals — and in some cases surpasses — that of real-world global pop stars, underscoring the growing power of virtual idols in the social media age. According to an analysis cited by The Guardian, data from marketing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of traditional cultural merchandise tied to South Korea’s palaces and heritage sites reached a record high last year, buoyed by the global surge of interest in K-culture and the growing appeal of heritage-inspired products to foreign visitors. The Korea Heritage Agency (KHA) said Friday that combined online and offline [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Deceptive and exaggerated online advertising is proliferating in South Korea, fueled by weak pre-screening rules, limited enforcement capacity and the rapid spread of artificial intelligence tools that make fake claims harder to detect, according to government officials and regulators. Across platforms such as YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, consumers are increasingly [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is set to fully ban its decades-old controversial practice of bear bile farming next year, according to officials Wednesday, although about 200 bears are still in captivity. Since 1981, South Korea has allowed the import and breeding of bears in an effort to boost income for farmers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Regular physical activity sustained over time can significantly reduce the risk of depressive symptoms, according to a large-scale Korean study that underscores the mental health benefits of even moderate exercise. Researchers at the National Institute of Health, under the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, analyzed data from 19,112 adults [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans with diabetes are obese, with abdominal obesity particularly prevalent among patients in their 30s and 40s, according to new findings released this week by the nation’s leading diabetes experts. The Korean Diabetes Association said its analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition [...]