SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As the deadly Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus is spreading rapidly and worry increases, education authorities are canceling classes at more than 500 schools to prevent its spread. According to the Ministry of Education, as of June 3 a total of 544 schools including 196 kindergartens, 273 elementary schools, [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Young Korean women aged 19 to 24 are light-weighted with the false notion that a slimmer body looks more attractive. They are doing excessive diet, fasting meals more often with less physical activities, a survey said. According to the survey released from the Korea Institute for Health and Social [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean adults look slimmer than people of other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)member countries, but the child obesity rate in Korea is a cause for concern and turns out being above that of the OECD average. According to an OECD report released on July 14, among the Korean adults [...]
CARY, N.C., June 10, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has to know where to focus vital resources. As first responders to any crisis that displaces people, the IOM manages shelters and coordinates operational efforts in places where people gather after natural disasters, such as evacuation centers, camps, schools or private buildings. [...]