SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A stark decline in reading habits has gripped South Korea, with nearly 6 out of 10 adults failing to read a single book over the past year, according to the results of a government survey released on April 18. The 2023 National Reading Survey conducted by the Ministry of Culture, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean firms are stepping up to allow employees to read more books by offering subsidies for buying books or opening up company libraries. Kyung Kye-hyun, CEO of Samsung Electronics Co.’s device solutions division, began offering coupons to thousands of management employees that give unlimited access to e-books. Kyung, himself [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean adults and students both spent less time reading books last year, a survey showed Monday. The survey on the reading habits of South Koreans conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism showed that adults read an annual average of 4.5 books over the past year [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 40 percent of South Koreans read works of literature such as poetry, novels and essays last year, with each person reading an average of two books. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted a survey of 2,000 citizens over 15 years of age, which showed that the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of the deepening of economic and academic gaps resulting from the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gap in reading competency is also widening, a local research institute said Monday. According to a survey conducted by the Books & Society Research Institute of 3,000 respondents over [...]
CHANGWON, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeongsangnamdo Office of Education has announced the creation of a new school which combines reading and camping, with the goal of opening in September. The Gyeongnam Reading School, which will be established on the site of a closed school in Hapcheon County, South Gyeongsang Province, will use the [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean adults are reading fewer books as video platforms such as YouTube and Netflix continue to replace them. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism reported on Wednesday that South Korean adults read an average of 7.5 books, both paper and electronic editions combined, every year. Compared to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A special bank account for reading where readers deposit a certain amount of money every time they finish reading a book is going viral on social media. Typing in the name of the book every time the reader makes a deposit leaves a record of how many books he [...]
DAEJEON, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeongui Jungang Line’s ‘Reading Train’ has recently gone through renovations and now comes with two library cars along with a new interior design. An augmented reality (AR) technology has been applied to designs on the floor to make them look alive and real. Based on the theme of [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on Thursday that it will push for a follow-up to last year’s “Year of the Book” to encourage citizens to read books daily. Last year, the “Year of the Book” project focused on conducting various campaigns to increase awareness of reading [...]