SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of English cram schools for kids turned out to charge monthly tuition of more than 1 million won (US$716), a data showed Wednesday. The number of English-language private education facilities for kids stood at 745 as of the end of June, according to the data that independent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Various indices measuring the country’s overall levels of blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels in the liver among elementary, middle and high school students have worsened since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. Rep. Shin Hyun-young of the Democratic Party shared reports from the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Thai nationals believe that South Korea is making the most significant impact on their national culture, a survey showed Tuesday. A research team from Mahidol University in Thailand conducted a survey of more than 1,000 Thai nationals over 18 years of age, in which South Korea scored the highest [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Performers of Korean traditional instruments played Jongmyo Jeryeak, a royal ancestral ritual music, at the Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin, a home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, on Monday (local time). As part of Musikfest Berlin, 86 members of the National Gugak Center performed the royal ancestral music and dance [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Companies in South Korea saw their profitability shrink in the second quarter from a year earlier despite a sales jump due mainly to a rise in commodity prices, central bank data showed Wednesday. Their operating profit to sales ratio stood at 7.4 percent in the April-June period, down 0.3 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Global automakers are identifying their eco-friendliness with distinguished colors, with blue and red enjoying growing popularity, Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday. Blue is a color representing environmental friendliness, while red is associated with copper, the core component of electric vehicles. According to a report released by a global chemical [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of Koreans are bringing their dogs and cats with them when they travel by air. According to Korean Air Lines Co., 6,020 pets flew on its international flights and 12,775 pets travelled on domestic flights in the passenger cabin from January to August. During the same [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The mosquito population in the greater Seoul area has dropped significantly following the series of heavy showers last month. The Seoul Metropolitan Government collected 55,677 mosquitoes in August through a digital mosquito monitoring system set up in 25 districts, which was 35.8 percent fewer than last year. The number [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of disposable cups consumed at major cafe and fast food chains topped 1 billion last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a report showed Tuesday. According to the environment ministry report submitted to Rep. Lee Joo-hwan of the ruling People Power Party, the number of disposable plastic and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has seen nearly 560,000 outside hacking attempts into its key computer systems over the past six years, with a combined 43 percent from China and the United States, a report showed Tuesday. According to the interior ministry report submitted to Rep. Lee Hae-sik of the main opposition [...]