SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government and enterprises will strengthen support for local students majoring in minor foreign languages, as part of a long-term national development strategy, the education ministry said Monday. The Ministry of Education and the National Institute for International Education unveiled a five-year policy plan calling for opening more [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is taking action on the problem of so-called environmental disputes which include floor noise, odor or water leak, most common types of civil complaints among Seoulites who are more likely to live in densely populated residential buildings such as apartments. Last week, the Seoul government announced revisions to [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Crime in South Korea is on the rise, while the number of volunteers is continuously falling, according to a new report by Statistics Korea published yesterday. The surprising findings revealed that only 10.4 percent of individuals younger than fifteen participated in any type of volunteer work over the past [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government plans tospend 30 billion won (US$26.8 million) to promote content makers this year, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) said Thursday. The budget will be spent on content creators in six categories — animation, cartoon, character, story, music and fashion, said the agency under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. By category, the biggest chunk is reserved for [...]
SEJONG, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Sewol ferry was raised from the sea Thursday after an overnight salvage operation, some three years after its sinking that resulted in the deaths of 300 people and left nine missing. “The side of the hull is currently some 6 meters above the sea as of 2:00 p.m.,” [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Acting President Hwang Gyo-Ahn’s leadership is being questioned as public criticism grows over the government’s passive attitude towards China’s THAAD retaliation. Critics in South Korea are voicing concern over the apparent lack of countermeasures and complaints from government officials in the face of a series of retaliatory acts from Beijing, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The French minister for government reform said Monday his nation will maintain its cooperative relationship with South Korea regardless of the result of the upcoming presidential election here. “France wants the best possible relationship with South Korea … the subjects for desired bilateral cooperation include every issue ranging from tourism, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A public online auction system called “Onbid” is seeing a growing number of users, according to the organization behind the website, the Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO). Onbid, an auction service which began in 2002, was introduced to make it easy for both buyers and sellers to bid and [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s smart health care industry that is viewed as a next growth engine for the country has been at a standstill for the past five years due to lack of policy coordination, a report by a local think tank said Sunday. According to the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET), the country’s health care-related businesses have been growing [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The new South Korean musical “Every Show’s A First Today!” is about to completely change the dynamics between musical theatre actors and the audience. The self-explanatory show will see the performers improvise depending on what the audience wants to see when it kicks off in mid-April. Every show over the [...]