SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has found that students attending science and gifted high schools in South Korea are over six times more likely to engage in expensive private education costing over 1.5 million won per month compared to their counterparts attending regular high schools. This was revealed in a joint press conference [...]
WONJU, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite opposition to a new bottled water factory, the decision by Gangwon Province to grant a temporary permit to a spring water development company has sparked intense protests from residents of Sillim-myeon in Wonju, Jucheon-myeon and Mureungdowon-myeon in Yeongwol, and Songhak-myeon in North Chungcheong Province. The Kolmar BNH Bottled Water Factory [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Last December, sales of imported cars valued at over 100 million won in South Korea saw a significant increase compared to the previous month. This surge has been attributed to efforts to avoid the new green license plates, designated for corporate cars worth over 80 million won from January of this [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of young women in their 20s, without immediate pregnancy plans, are turning to personal YouTube channels for stories about overcoming infertility, including miscarriages, IVF treatments, and egg freezing. This trend indicates a shift in viewership for such content, from married women preparing for pregnancy and childbirth to now [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul education office said Monday it will open an online class-only school next year to provide high school students with courses unavailable at their own schools, as the country is set to introduce a high school credit system. The tentatively named Seoul Integrated Online School will open in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is considering various measures to secure safe passage for cargo ships in the Red Sea amid rising tensions on the major shipping route, the defense ministry said Monday. Tensions in the Red Sea have escalated as the United States and Britain conducted strikes on military targets in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that a semiconductor industry cluster being built outside Seoul is expected to create at least 3 million jobs over the next 20 years. Yoon made the remark during a policy debate held at Sungkyunkwan University’s Natural Sciences Campus in Suwon, 30 kilometers south [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As the U.S. presidential race officially kicks off this week, global attention is gravitating to the outlook for America’s post-election foreign policy that would have profound implications for its alliances, approach to North Korea and rivalry with China. The White House race is set to begin on Monday with [...]
CHANGWON, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Gyeongsang Province city of Changwon has announced plans to run a number of public feeding stations for stray cats this year, aiming to alleviate conflicts surrounding their care. From January until December, the city intends to set up and manage feeding stations at 50 locations within the Changwon area. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea is pressing ahead with measures to disband its inter-Korean organizations, apparently stopping a radio station previously used to send encrypted messages to its spies in South Korea. As of Saturday, the North appears to have stopped broadcasting the state-run Pyongyang Radio and cut off access to its [...]