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Hyundai Motors Presents In-House Humanities Studies Learning Program to Employees

SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motors is celebrating its in-house humanities study program, ‘Humanities Studies Concert,’ until June, providing 8 lectures covering various fields such as psychology, religion, fashion and neurology. The company has been holding Humanities Studies Concert since 2013 to help its employees make products based on understanding humans in general. [...]

Korea’s Job Market Turns Face away from Humanities Graduates

SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – It becomes common that humanities majors are neglected while STEM (science-technology-engineering-math) majors take center stage in job markets across the world. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 6, 2013, that the unemployment rate of graduates majoring in English among recent college graduates in the United Sates was 9.8 percent. [...]