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Gangwon Province Offers Increased Home Advantage for Local Teachers in Bid to Attract Teachers

CHUNCHEON, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Compared to Seoul, where education grads are lined up around the block to take the teacher certification exam, Gangwon Province is having trouble putting bodies in seats in order to fill 100 elementary school teaching positions by February. As desperate times call for desperate measures, both the National Council of [...]

Inje Festival Wheels in 1.3 Billion Won for Gangwon Province

INJE, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Inje County’s Cultural Foundation revealed on September 12 that the county’s Wheel Festival held from July 21 through 23 was attended by 18,000 people, 13,217 of whom were out of county visitors. The festival proved to be a financial bonanza for the region, having a positive financial impact [...]