SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Over 1 in 10 South Korean women aged 50 is expected to remain single in 2025 in keeping with an uptrend in the number of women opting not to tie the knot, a report said Wednesday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs said in the report that [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean economy might suffer some US$20 billion in losses in trade with China in the future, if the diplomatic dispute over Seoul’s installation of a U.S. anti-missile system further escalates, a report showed Wednesday. Tension is rising between the two countries after Beijing took aggressive steps to [...]
SEJONG, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea ranks low among the member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in terms of the period during which jobless workers get unemployment benefits, a report said Wednesday. The relatively shorter period for unemployment allowances is a testament to the low level of the [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc.’s latest flagship smartphone G6 has drawn a bigger-than-expected market response in South Korea, industry data showed Wednesday, with its sales expected to fare well down the road. According to the data compiled by industry tracker ATLAS Research & Consulting, the LG G6 powered by South Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent data from the Seoul Institute indicates that one-fifth (20.4 percent) of households in the Korea’s capital now have animal companions as part of their family. The data, which was based on interviews of 1,014 adults in the city, showed that only 22.8 percent never raised pets, while 56.8 [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of S&T (Science and Technology) Evaluation and Planning presented Monday the top ten promising technologies of the future, which included artificial intelligence that tracks down fake news. Fake news has become a serious social issue for South Korea, as for the rest of the world, costing [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – “My dad always tells me that my breath smells like poop and it’s driving me mad. I have trouble talking to people up close, face-to-face in school.” “I have terrible breath like I’m belching out a public toilet.” “My girlfriend has awful breath and I don’t want to tell [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Tesla completed the installation of a set of three Destination Chargers at Shinsegae Department Store in Gangnam on Monday, as the company picks up momentum with its South Korean operations after opening two showrooms last week. This was the second set of Tesla chargers introduced at a Shinsegae outlet [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul ranked No. 3 among large cities with serious air pollution Tuesday, a real-time information service said. According to pollution monitoring website AirVisual, Seoul had an air quality index (AQI) of 174, trailing those of New Delhi (194) and Dhaka (193) as of 10:00 a.m. Seoul, which has been [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is planning to train 1,700 drone operators a year to meet growing demand in the commercial drone industry, the transport ministry said Tuesday. The country will add four official centers aimed at training drone operators this month, bringing the total to 11, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure [...]