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Incheon’s Bilingual City Plan for Songdo Stirs Up Controversy

Incheon’s Bilingual City Plan for Songdo Stirs Up Controversy

INCHEON, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The western port city of Incheon is setting out to launch a special project aimed at turning the city’s international business district of Songdo into a bilingual city where you can use both Korean and English. The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority (IFEZ) announced on Thursday that it made [...]

LG Group to Expand Education Programs for Bilingual Teenagers

LG Group to Expand Education Programs for Bilingual Teenagers

SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Foundation, a charity organization under the South Korean conglomerate LG Group, said Wednesday it will expand the scope of its existing education program for bilingual students amid the rise of international marriages in the country. LG said it partnered with the education ministry and Hankuk University of Foreign [...]

N. Gyeongsang Province Holds Annual Competition for Multi-cultured Children

N. Gyeongsang Province Holds Annual Competition for Multi-cultured Children

Daegu, Korea, August 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Province of North Gyeongsang held the ‘2013 secondary language competition for children from multi-cultured families’ on August 14 to help the children better understand the culture of their parents and to improve their language skills. More than 38 teams participated in this year’s competition competing in seven different languages [...]