SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of narcotics offenders in South Korea rose 19.3 percent in 2016 from a year earlier, due largely to the widespread use of the Internet as a channel to more easily trade the banned substances, a report showed Monday. The tally of drug offenders came to 14,214 at [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and five Southeast Asian countries surrounding the Mekong River agreed on Friday to strengthen diplomatic and economic cooperation during an annual high-level meeting in the southern port city of Busan. The 7th Mekong-Republic of Korea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting adopted a new action plan outlining the long-term vision [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign workers walked a red carpet strewn with flowers at Incheon International Airport yesterday as employees from the Human Resources Development Service of Korea and the embassies of Thailand, and Vietnam cheered on. The ceremony was held for five workers who had completed the maximum duration of nine years [...]
BANGKOK, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean singer Rain on Sunday expressed happiness about the pregnancy of his actress wife Kim Tae-hee, saying he has always yearned for a life with a family and he “could not be any happier now.” Rain made the remarks during an interview in Bangkok after attending this year’s [...]
BANGKOK, Thailand, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Wongsarot Auratsa, a 77-year-old Thai woman, recently became the oldest Thai candidate to take the Korean language proficiency exam, TOPIK. Although Mrs. Auratsa failed to pass the test, on March 19, she was close, according to the Korean Education Center in Thailand. Mrs. Auratsa lives with her son [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of 500 Thai tourists is visiting Yongpyong Resort in Gangwon Province from April 13 to 15 for a special snow experience, the Korea Tourism Organization said Tuesday. According to officials, the sled experience offered by the ski resort (using not yet melted snow) is part of a [...]
BANGKOK, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s oldest and one of its most respected higher education institutes, will open a Korean language major for undergraduate students next year, the Korea Education Institution said Thursday. The university revealed a plan to set up the major on Wednesday when it held a Korea festival as [...]
BANGKOK, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Thailand announced on July 8 that the Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT) decided to include Korean as one of the second languages on the Professional and Academic Aptitude Test (PAT), which is a college entrance exam. The Ministry of Education [...]
BANGKOK, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Global mobile messenger LINE is expanding its business in Thailand by partnering with local companies. During a press conference held in Bangkok titled ‘Closing the Distance’, the company revealed its plans to better engage with the local public. Over 33 million people use LINE in Thailand, which is 80 percent [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ E&M, South Korea’s leading entertainment and media company, said Sunday it will start a joint venture with a Thai cable channel operator to further capitalize on the global popularity of Korean pop culture, known here as “hallyu.” The entertainment arm of the South Korean conglomerate CJ Group said [...]