SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — What has been the most popular restaurant food choice for families on Children’s Day on May 5 or Parent’s Day on May 8 ? According to a big data study conducted by major credit card issuer KB Kookmin Card Co., card expenditures on lobster, crab and duck meat spiked [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in offered a virtual tour of his office for kids Tuesday, as a replacement for an annual Children’s Day event on the Cheong Wa Dae lawn, due to the coronavirus. Moon and first lady Kim Jung-sook participated in the production of a special video clip using the [...]
POCHEON, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea National Arboretum in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will be opening Gwangneung forest to the public free-of-charge on May 5. Celebrating Children’s Day, the arboretum decided to open the forest despite the day being Sunday, when the forest is usually closed for preservation. Visitors will be [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A running race aiming to improve the human rights conditions of children in impoverished countries will be held at Sejong Lake Park at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The day also marks Children’s Day, celebrated by young children across South Korea. Over 2,000 participants composed of children and their family [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – May 5 was South Korea’s first Children’s Day celebrated by a greater number of seniors than children, once again highlighting the country’s rapidly shifting demographics towards an aging society. Using the OECD’s standard of working age population (from 15 to 64) to separate “children” from “elderly,” there were 6,873,722 [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – More South Koreans plan to keep working in early May when there is a string of holidays, but many expect to spend more money than last year, a survey said Friday. Job information portals JobKorea and Albamon asked 1,387 salaried employees and 699 job seekers about their plans for [...]
PAJU, South Korea, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Celebrating the upcoming Children’s Day, the Gyeonggi government is hosting a special event for families at the Imjingak Peace Park (Pyeonghwa-nuri) on May 5. The highlight of the event is the display of 800 panda dolls made with recycled paper around the park, promoting environmental preservation and sustainable [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Children’s Day was first conceived of in 1923 by a group of Korean students and social leaders. Chong-hwan Pang, a children’s writer, helped popularize the holiday. It was designated as a national holiday in 1970. The government made May 6 a temporary holiday this year in an effort to [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics’ Suwon Samsung Digital City R&D complex was transformed into a theme park on May 5 to celebrate Children’s Day. Various events, such as water slides, cart racing, b-boy performances, sand animation and illusionist shows were held at the complex for 63,000 Samsung employees and local families. Samsung [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean children were hoping to get a pet as a present for this year’s Children’s Day, according to a survey conducted by Tooniverse, a Korean cable channel for children, from May 1 to 4 on 1,400 children aged between 4 and 14. According to the survey, 21.3 percent of [...]