SEOUL, Korea, Feb 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The total number of books published last year was 43,146, with the total number of copies reaching 8.65 million, according to the Korea Publishers Association. As these are figures the association collected based on the books submitted to the National Library of Korea and the National Assembly Library [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 24 (Korea Bizwire) – What are the promising small business items these days? Most people who resigned from corporate positions tend to flock to self-employed businesses such as franchise fried chicken restaurants or convenience stores. In addition to being too competitive, these businesses take too much initial investment cost, with requirements to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government is trying to revive the almost-extinct walleyed pollack in the East Sea by artificially hatching its fries and releasing them into the sea. Walleyed pollack is one of the beloved food items for ordinary Koreans for the last century especially during the winter with various [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 21 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent survey, Korean adults read 9.2 books a year, less than a book a month. However, students read much more books than adults, albeit the books are mostly for their study. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted the survey on the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Security and Public Administration said on February 19 that it has closed the application on the 7th for its 2014 exam for 9th-grade (the lowest public officer grade) government employees and the total applicant numbers were 193,840 for only 3,000 slots. That’s the rate [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb. 12, (Korea Bizwire) – Hallyu or Korean Wave has been an unprecedented heat and it continues to flourish in Malaysia. With these phenomenon, now there have been a growing demand for the Korean language among Malaysians, especially who love Korean wave & culture. Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) & King Sejong institute [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 20 (Korea Bizwire) – When cold winter comes, most Koreans think of going to a Jjimjilbang, or Korean-style dry sauna. Lying flatly on a heated floor makes frozen body by chilly winter wind warm and one can easily feel relaxed. However, when you visit one, you must be on guard against pickpockets [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 19 (Korea Bizwire) – As more people opt to buy imported cars over home-made ones, import car dealerships are opening up everywhere in the country from a narrow confines of Gangnam and other high-income neighborhoods in Seoul. According to data provided by the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association on February 18, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Disney animation “Frozen” continues its box office hit in Korea marking 9 million viewers. Not only mentioning it has most viewers among animations, the only foreign film attracted more viewers than “Frozen” in Korea is “Avatar,” which drew some 13.3 million moviegoers in 2009. According to the Korean Box [...]
Singapore, Feb 16, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Singapore Airshow 2014 attracted close to 100,000 visitors over the public day weekend on 15 and 16 February. In addition to the 80,000 public day tickets that were completely sold out, the Airshow also welcomed guests for the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s 45th anniversary celebrations at Singapore [...]