SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Personal appearance still matters at a majority of companies when it comes to evaluating job candidates. According to a survey of 926 companies conducted by online job portal Saramin, 58.4 percent of the companies reflected applicants’ appearance in their evaluation. When analyzing which industry was most affected by appearance, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — New allegations have surfaced claiming a government official who acted as a translator for immigration officials and various refugee applicants had, on numerous occasions, made up information that factored in to the government’s decision to refuse refugee status. NANCEN, an NGO that assists refugees, held a press conference in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean rap sensation Psy released his new album Tuesday, his first since the smash hit “Gangnam Style” catapulted him to worldwide fame. The 37-year-old rapper’s seventh career album, “Chiljip Psy-da,” features a range of songs he claims to be most like himself, including two title songs — “Napal [...]
Seoul, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Billboard is taking notice of song-writer Brave Brothers’ (Kang Dong-chul, 36) entrance into the American market. In an article posted on June 11, titled ‘YG & Krazie Bone Break International Borders With Brave Brothers Produced ‘Cash Money”, Billboard speaks highly of Brave Brothers as ‘one of the best K-pop producers’. They [...]
SEOUL, Dec 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Interview, Sony Pictures’ high-profile movie, is reaping huge profits as it already made over $1 million in theaters on Christmas day. Rising interest in the film also created illegal profits, as the Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy racked up 1.5 million illegal downloads in the 2 days [...]
BEIJING, Dec 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Hundreds of thousands of Chinese Web users have flocked to illegal video-streaming sites to see the “The Interview,” a Sony Pictures parody film about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The satire film, which debuted in some 300 theaters across the United States on Christmas Day, has [...]