SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Language often mirrors the period of time that we live in, and that was particularly true for Korea this year, with a host of newly-coined terms describing the country’s various social affairs. Here are some of the terms that were introduced Thursday by a local English academy, Yoons English [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – An overwhelming proportion of exam-takers chose the Arabic language for the second foreign language section of this year’s state-administered annual scholastic aptitude test, a state-run think tank on school curricula said Wednesday. The results of graded scores on the test for the 2017 academic year, announced by the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Hosting a global sporting event like the Olympics is a lucrative opportunity to attract thousands of overseas tourists, boosting the local economy, and promoting products and culture that might have otherwise been left unnoticed. However, language barriers can often be frustrating for tourists travelling to a foreign country, which [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver, Korea’s leading web portal, decided to discontinue its latest translation service, Chamyeo-Bonyeok Q (‘Participate, Translate Q’), after facing criticism that the new platform was very similar to an existing translation service offered by a start-up company, Flitto. Chamyeo-Bonyeok Q was launched less than a month ago (June 17) with [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 08 (Korea Bizwire) – The value of the Korean language is highlighted again as the October 9 Hangul Day is observed as a holiday from this year in 23 years. These days, older people are increasingly concerned about children’s language habits. For example, the way elementary school kids talk is almost [...]
Daegu, Korea, August 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Province of North Gyeongsang held the ‘2013 secondary language competition for children from multi-cultured families’ on August 14 to help the children better understand the culture of their parents and to improve their language skills. More than 38 teams participated in this year’s competition competing in seven different languages [...]