SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea dropped in talent competitiveness for the second consecutive year in 2016, falling especially behind in motivating its workers, a report from the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) showed Sunday. The country ranked 39th out of 63 surveyed countries in the IMD World Talent Report 2017, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea won this year’s world championship for mathematics with six gold medals, regaining the top title after five years, the event’s organizers said Sunday. The six-member South Korean delegation earned a combined 170 points at the International Mathematical Olympiad 2017 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Fast-food consumption among elementary and secondary school students in South Korea jumped in 2014 from four years earlier, a government poll showed Wednesday. According to the annual survey conducted by the Ministry of Education from April to June last year, the rate of students who eat fast food more [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year the average sleeping time for high school students was 5 hours and 27 minutes, almost 1 hour shorter than that four years ago. According to data released by the National Youth Policy Institute on February 17 based on a survey on 9,521 students between 4th and [...]
IRVINE, Calif., Aug 29, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors America (KMA) and DonorsChoose.org today launched a Back-to-School giving campaign to raise $3 million of support for high-need public schools across the country. For the second year in a row, KMA will make a matching contribution for each donation to eligible DonorsChoose.org projects during the month [...]