SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1,600 students at a Korean language school in Dili, East Timor are reaching for the ‘Korean Dream.’ Since 2009, South Korea has been offering work opportunities to Timorese individuals who pass the Korean language proficiency test. So far, a total of 3,200 Timorese have gone to South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An elder was riding a city bus in Seoul recently and saw a very questionable sign. What he saw was a bus stop sign that said ‘STOP’ in English. In the past, there was a sticker underneath the button that said the same thing in Korean and a picture [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean speaking contest for foreigners was held at Kyung Hee University’s Crown Concert Hall yesterday. Competition was fierce at the 21st “World Korean Language Speech Contest for Foreigners” co-hosted by Kyung Hee University and Yonhap News Agency, in which 16 contestants from 12 countries vied for the top [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A campaign promoting the instruction of Korean to Korean-American children has been launched in New York. New York City launched its ‘Talk to Your Baby’ program at the Flushing Library in cooperation with the Korean Consulate General in New York. The program is targeting Korean communities in the area. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov.6 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report has revealed that 1,117,343 individuals in the U.S. currently speak Korean at home. Local newspapers from the Korean community reported that there are currently 60,361,574 people speaking a foreign language other than English in the U.S., which is equivalent to 20 percent of the population over five [...]
SEOUL & POHANG, Korea, Feb 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The POSCO Music Concert is returning with a more enriched program. Since being held first as the `Millennium New Year`s Eve Concert` in December 1999, leading Korean artists have performed at the POSCO Music Concert, regardless of genre. Marking 156 performances and over 140,000 cumulative attendees, the [...]