SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — On a recent Friday morning, a small number of mostly teenaged students trained their eyes on their American teacher, repeating short English sentences after her and raising their hands from time to time to ask questions. At a glance, they look no different from ordinary students in South Korea, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine out of 10 North Korean defectors believed inter-Korean unification was very much needed when they lived in the North, according to a poll released Tuesday. The poll, based on interviews with 87 defectors, by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University, showed 90.8 percent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Anticipation is building for the 2017 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism that will open at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza on August 2, due to a 36-square-meter model of a Pyeongyang apartment being built as part of the exhibit. To the experienced eye, the first thing to observe from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Sunday unveiled a set of measures to better support North Korean defectors, including ways to help them find work in the public sector, as their total number here has surpassed the 30,000 mark. The Ministry of Unification announced a seven-point plan to help defectors better integrate [...]