SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Botanic Park is seeking early childhood education institutions to participate in its “Giant’s Vegetable Garden” project. This unique program offers children the hands-on experience of planting, tending, and even cooking seasonal crops and flowers. Emphasizing a theme of cultivating a garden alongside a giant, the program features planting [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The results of a recent study indicate that elementary students who frequently use social media platforms like Facebook and KakaoTalk tend to have a more negative perception of their bodies. Published in the latest edition of the “Health and Social Welfare Review” by the Korea Institute for Health and Social [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea boasted the fourth-largest number of Starbucks outlets globally as of last year, driven by robust demand from local consumers. According to data released Monday by the U.S. coffee giant, South Korea had 1,893 Starbucks stores in 2023, marking an increase of 116 from the previous year. Despite [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of elementary, middle and high school students in South Korea is expected to fall below the current 5-million level in the next two years, data from a state-run institute showed Monday, amid the country’s chronically low birthrates. The total number of the students is estimated to decline [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Electric cars accounted for 9.3 percent of newly purchased cars in South Korea last year, data showed Monday, hovering above that of other major counterparts, including the United States and Japan. The electric vehicles (EVs) took up 162,507 of 1.74 million cars sold in South Korea in 2023, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Twenty-year-olds spend much more time on social media now than the same age group a decade ago, whereas their monthly reading time declined, a report showed Monday. The Korean Educational Development Institute surveyed 5,705 people who turned 20 in 2021, and about 23 percent of them said they use [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has highlighted the severe mental health challenges faced by graduate students, who endure stress on two fronts due to their dual roles as students and research workers. According to a report from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and the Empathy Occupational and Environmental [...]
PYONGYANG, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In North Korea, the Lunar New Year, a significant cultural holiday, is observed with traditional customs similar to those in South Korea, including the exchange of bows (sebae) and sharing rice cake soup (tteokguk) with family. However, the state promotes a distinct celebration of the holiday in line with [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The top 0.1 percent of wage earners in Seoul made an average of 1.4 billion won (US$1.05 million) in 2022, triple the amount earned by the same cohort in Gangwon Province, data showed Sunday. According to the data compiled by the National Tax Service and released by Rep. Yang [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Exports of soju, distilled Korean liquor, topped US$100 million for the first time in 10 years in 2023, data showed Saturday. According to the Korea Customs Service, outbound shipments of soju reached $101.4 million in 2023, an increase of 8.7 percent from 2022. The last time soju exports surpassed [...]