SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of female applicants accepted into law schools across South Korea has exceeded male applicants for the first time this year. According to Jongro Academy, one of the country’s leading educational institutions for college admissions, 52.5 percent of all applicants accepted by 25 law schools nationwide for the [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Home Shopping Inc., a shopping unit of retail conglomerate Lotte, said Tuesday it is joining hands with its bear mascot “Bellygom” to hold public exhibitions at Seoul’s major landmarks. The company will host the Amazing Bellygom Happy B-DAY event at Lotte World Tower’s main square from April 1-23. [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The amount of daily payments made with cards in South Korea grew about 13 percent last year as eased coronavirus-related restrictions boosted consumption, central bank data showed Wednesday. Spending made with credit, debit and prepaid cards reached a daily average of 3.1 trillion won (US$2.4 billion) in 2022, up [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday that it will change the design of registration cards issued to long stay foreigners as part of efforts to make it easier for them to identify themselves. The photos on foreign registration cards will be changed from black and white to color, [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Debt held by South Korean wage workers in their 20s jumped 15 percent on-year in 2021, much higher than 7 percent growth on average for all wage workers, data showed Tuesday. Bank and nonbank loans extended to paid workers in the country averaged 52.02 million won (US$40,107) per person [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Retail sales in South Korea grew 7.9 percent on-year in February on rising demand for fashion, tourism and other items as people increasingly adapted to post-pandemic life amid eased antivirus restrictions, the industry ministry said Tuesday. The combined sales of 25 major offline and online retailers came to 13.1 [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Netizens who were saddened by the story behind Sero, a zebra that made international headlines for escaping from its zoo enclosure and running through city streets, have created pictures of consolation for the zebra using artificial intelligence. According to local AI startup Lion Rocket, users of the company’s web [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Young diplomats from 25 countries in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East have been given opportunities to enjoy Korean culture. The Korean Culture program held at the Institute of International Education of Kyung Hee University last week is one of many Korean language and cultural programs provided by [...]
SUNCHEON, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A pre-opening event for the 2023 Suncheon Bay Garden Expo was held in Suncheon in South Jeolla Province on Saturday, one week before the official opening of the expo. The pre-opening event was crowded with visitors who came to enjoy the beauty of the gardens. A long queue of [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of taekwondo apprentices succeeded in a group demonstration in central Seoul, setting a new Guinness World Record. Some 12,533 participants flocked to Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Saturday, wearing their taekwondo uniforms, to hold a group demonstration of the “Taeguk 1-jang” technique. A total of 12,263 of [...]