SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 2,200 South Koreans died in the first eight months of this year without having a chance to reunite with their family members in North Korea after being separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, government data showed Thursday. A total of 2,226 people passed away in the January-August [...]
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, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The nation’s falling birth rate is expected to begin to take a toll on domestic universities and colleges from next year, a private institution in Seoul warned Wednesday. According to Jongno Haneul Education, the number of applicants for university entrance exams is expected to fall short of the combined [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A record number of applicants took the Korean language proficiency test last year, data showed Friday, reflecting the growing popularity of the language. A total of 375,871 people sat for the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) in 2019, up 14.2 percent from 329,224 in the previous year, according [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual number of applicants for the state-run Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) surpassed 300,000 for the first time last year, its administrator said Thursday. A total of 329,224 people in 76 countries applied for the Korean language test for non-native speakers and ethnic Koreans in 2018, said [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Presidential Security Service (PSS) will be accepting applications, starting September 13, from those who have what it takes to join the president’s security detail. One promotional poster which advertised the openings said, “Applicants may be short. Applicants can wear glasses. In an era where drones attack, the security [...]