SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Retro fever is sweeping the Korean box office. Following the smash-hit Japanese animation “Slam Dunk,” the remastered version of the movie “Titanic” is also enjoying strong popularity. “The First Slam Dunk,” an animated Japanese film based on popular comics from the 1990s, had attracted close to 3 million viewers [...]
GANGNEUNG, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Adonis flowers, known as a harbinger of spring, have come to a full, golden bloom in a snowy field. A forest located on the outskirts of Gangneung, Gangwon Province was covered with snow on Tuesday, from which a number of adonis flowers came into full bloom, awaiting the spring. Some of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Sungkonghoe University in Seoul said Tuesday that a 92-year-old student had acquired a doctoral degree from the department of sociology, making her the oldest person to receive a PhD in South Korean history. Lee Sang-sook graduated from Sookmyung Women’s University department of family studies in 1961 and enrolled in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean college students majoring in nuclear energy-related studies turned upward last year amid the incumbent government’s policy to reverse the nuclear phase-out policy of the previous administration, a government report said Wednesday. According to the report by the Ministry of Science and ICT, 2,229 students [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea added the lowest number of additional jobs in nearly two years in January, with the growth slowing for the eighth consecutive month amid economic uncertainties and higher borrowing costs, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people stood at 27.36 million last month, up some 411,000 from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The devastating earthquake that occurred in Turkey and Syria last week turned out to have impacted not only the South Korean landmass but also its underground water levels. A research team from the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources detected a change in the underground water levels at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Major listed companies in South Korea cut their dividends by nearly 14 percent in 2022 from a year earlier amid an economic slump, a corporate tracker said Tuesday. Combined dividends paid out by 50 of South Korea’s top 100 firms in terms of market capitalization came to 15.7 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Illustrations by a South Korean artist depicting condolences and solidarity is gaining attention after the devastating earthquake that swept through Turkey and Syria. Cartoon illustrator Myung Min-ho on Friday posted his artworks on Instagram as a gesture of condolence to the victims of the earthquake in Turkey. The post [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal rights groups in South Korea have urged authorities to suspend traditional bullfighting. Groups like the Korean Animal Welfare Association on Monday held a press conference in front of the National Assembly, urging politicians to remove exceptions for bullfighting in the Animal Protection Act. “Cows are herbivores that do not [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans ministry said Monday it will launch a project to restore black and white photos of Korean and U.N. veterans who served in the 1950-53 Korean War to high-resolution color photos. The project is part of efforts to memorialize the appearance of their younger days by restoring [...]