CHUNGPYEONG, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Chungpyeong Middle School in Gyeonggi Province is drawing attention over an after-school club called ‘Serotonin Drum Club’ consisting of 25 students where members expend energy and release stress by playing drums. The club was formed in 2011 by head teacher Go Sun-hwa, who was in charge of after-school programs [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – As Moon Jae-in was sworn into office as the 19th president of South Korea earlier this week, a pledge made during his campaign to scrap what is widely known as minimum phone bill charges has come back into the spotlight, a policy many voters viewed favorably amid a record high [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in on Friday ordered the scrapping of controversial history textbooks authored by a government committee set up under the former conservative administration. “As efforts to normalize history education, the president has ordered the abolition of state authored history textbooks,” Moon’s chief press secretary Yoon Young-chan told a [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As the Seoul Metropolitan Government continues to ramp up its efforts to invest in infrastructure, more and more people are using Seoul’s car and bicycle sharing services. As the prospects of splashing out on buying a new car are proving daunting for consumers amid the sluggish economy, not to mention [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a grey haze of fine dust that continues to blanket South Korea, flower farms are seeing a ray of light as consumers flock to buy air-filtering plants to take the issue of air quality into their own hands. The worsening air quality – the result of higher levels [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean book market is at a crossroads. South Koreans now spend less than ever on books, with the average person forking out just over 16,000 won per month, according to a recent report. While more and more young people turn away from books and divert their attention to [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Card has opened a new cultural complex for cooking enthusiasts in Seoul, which has on offer a number of interesting features including some 10,000 books, a kitchen and a restaurant. The four-story building located near Dosan Park gives visitors an experience that stimulates the senses of taste, smell [...]
DONGHAE, South Korea, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Mangsang Beach, one of the most popular beaches on the east coast of South Korea, is revamping its car camping resort as a foreign tourist-friendly area, as part of efforts to attract more visitors during the summer, Donghae City announced yesterday. The city’s latest move is thought [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Refugees with disabilities are entitled to the same social security benefits as Korean nationals, South Korea’s human rights watchdog said Wednesday. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea said that it has asked the minister of health and welfare to revise the Welfare of Disabled Persons Act and related guidelines to ensure disabled refugees living in South Korea are treated equally [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A new exhibition called ‘Selfie’ that kicks off today at Savina Museum of Contemporary Art offers viewers an inside look at the self-obsessed culture of modern times often typified by selfies and social media networks, from an artistic point of view. The new self-explanatory exhibition ‘Selfie: those who photograph [...]