SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of households comprised of non-family members like friends or partners is on the rise, data showed Monday. Statistics Korea reported that the number of non-family households nationwide jumped by 11.6 percent in the last 12 months, amounting to 472,660 households. Non-family households are comprised of five people [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Increases in the price of housing have a negative impact on the rate of marriage and childbirth, a report showed Thursday. The Korea Institute of Public Finance conducted a survey on employees at public agencies, which showed that a 100 percent rise in housing prices resulted in 0.1 to 0.3 [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 70 percent of South Korean senior citizens said they want to continue to work until the age of 73, a survey showed Tuesday, amid rapid aging and a rise in life expectancy. The poll by Statistics Korea showed 10.35 million, or 68.5 percent, of the 15.1 million people [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total fertility rate, or the number of children each woman is expected to give birth to during her lifetime, was the lowest in the world for the last three years. The Korea Population and Health Welfare Association and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly published a [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The state rights watchdog has ruled that mandatory church services at educational institutions constitute a violation of the freedom of religion. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea said Thursday it has advised a local university to add an alternative course or project to replace mandatory church service. A [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The vast majority of South Koreans believe that the country has already entered the era of a multicultural society, while the younger generation believes that they can marry anyone regardless of ethnicity, a poll showed Wednesday. Market researcher Embrain Trend Monitor conducted a survey of 1,000 men and women [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite soaring consumer prices, exchange rates and interest rates, the polarization of consumption is becoming more severe than ever. Even Koreans in their 20s and 30s are choosing to stay at home rather than go on a holiday this summer. A 30-year-old office worker surnamed Jeong wanted to go [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s dependence on Japanese materials and parts fell to an all-time low in the first half of this year, three years after Tokyo’s control of exports of key materials bound for Seoul, data showed Wednesday. Imports of Japanese materials, parts and equipment came to US$20.07 billion during the [...]
ULSAN, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ulsan city government said Tuesday it will reutilize transparent plastic dividers that were once used to enforce social distancing measures. The city will join hands with local manufacturing company Hanguk Mold Co. to start a project to upcycle plastic waste. It will collect used plastic dividers from public [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Middle-aged individuals living alone are less satisfied with their lives than those who live with family members. Professor Hong Seong-pyo from the Catholic University of Korea and professor Lim Han-ryeo from Seoul National University conducted a survey of 1,378 middle-aged, single-person households over 40 years of age and 6,382 [...]