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Retail Industry Ramps Up ‘Tiger’ Marketing in the Year of the Tiger

SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac begins, the retail industry is promoting a variety of products using tiger characters. Shinsegae Department Store showed off a variety of products with tiger designs for babies, toddlers and children. The retailer teamed up with premium children’s clothing brand [...]

Incoming Class Sizes Continue to Shrink at Seoul’s Elementary Schools

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the 557 public elementary schools in Seoul, 34 have less than 50 new pupils starting first grade this year (the school year begins in what would be considered the spring term in most English-speaking countries). Other primary schools throughout the city, meanwhile, have prospective first grade classes of [...]