![[FastKorea] 14% of schoolkids are addicted to smartphones](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Kids-playing-at-home-with-smartphones-800x533.jpg "[FastKorea] 14% of schoolkids are addicted to smartphones")
Some 14 percent of young Koreans are addicted to some extent to smartphones according to a study of 1.7 million students in elementary, middle and high school conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. The survey was carried out between May and June on 475,000 fourth-graders, 599,000 seventh-graders and 646,000 10th-graders in 11,774 [...]
![[FastKorea] Colleges pad salaries by paying for pensions](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/piggie-bank_college-tuition-800x531.jpg "[FastKorea] Colleges pad salaries by paying for pensions")
The Ministry of Education said on Wednesday that 39 colleges across the nation have been caught unlawfully spending 186 billion won ($163.1 million) by covering the pension payments for their school personnel. The practice is causing an uproar as the schools mostly drew from student tuition fees to pay the teachers’ pensions, which account for 7 [...]
Cheongdo, S. Korea, July 06 (Korea Biz Wire) At 7 pm on July 13, the first dog day of summer, a music concert “for dogs and cows 2013″ will be held at the Cheongdo Open Air Stage in North Gyeongsang Province. Intended for pets and their human owners, the concert is a fifth-year event since [...]
Urban vs. Rural Living from Buzzle People inhabit different parts of the world and lead different types of lives. Their lifestyles change across the various regions on Earth and so do their mentalities. The resources available in their regions, the plant and animal life that is native to their area have a direct impact of [...]
Here is a useful article titled “The 10 Secrets of Happy Couples” (psychcentral) which accentuates the importance of being “realistic.” Excerpt of the article: They might be 30, or 75. They come in all colors, shapes, sizes and income brackets. It doesn’t matter how long they’ve been together. Whatever the demographics, when you see a [...]