SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners staying in South Korea for 90 days or longer for work or study has exceeded 1.6 million as of November, with about half of them living in the greater Seoul area, data showed Saturday. The figure, which came in at 1.1 million in 2021 and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are reporting their highest levels of satisfaction with leisure life in nearly a decade, reflecting a shift toward more meaningful and self-directed use of free time, according to a government survey released on Friday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Culture & Tourism [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A new social media trend in South Korea that pairs exaggerated claims of poverty with images of conspicuous wealth is drawing growing backlash, as critics argue that the so-called “poverty meme” trivializes real economic hardship in a country marked by widening inequality. The trend, popular on the platform Threads, typically [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant share of South Korean adolescents who have experienced school violence have also engaged in violence against their parents, according to a new academic study, underscoring concerns that trauma suffered at school can spill over into the home and pointing to the need for family-based interventions. The findings, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s arcade industry is seeing a resurgence in spending as venues grow larger and attract an older, more affluent clientele, according to new data from KB Kookmin Card. An analysis of card transactions at about 400 entertainment and leisure merchants nationwide found that average per-person spending at arcades reached [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea recorded a 16th consecutive month of year-on-year growth in births in October, but the pace of increase slowed to its weakest level this year, underscoring how fragile the country’s demographic rebound remains. A total of 21,958 babies were born in October, a 2.5 percent increase from a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than seven in 10 foreign nationals running small businesses in South Korea are Chinese, highlighting the growing role of Chinese entrepreneurs in the country’s local service economy, according to a new report released Tuesday. An analysis by the Korea Immigration Policy Institute found that Chinese nationals accounted for 72.5 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) reported a record number of visitors this year driven by hit exhibitions, the museum said Wednesday. The MMCA said over 3.37 million people visited the national museum, a 15 percent increase from the previous year. The most popular exhibition was [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — “Culinary Class Wars: Season 2″ debuted at No. 1 on Netflix’s weekly non-English series chart, the streaming service said Wednesday. The hit cooking competition, released last Tuesday, topped the category with 5.5 million views for the week ending Dec. 21, according to data from Netflix’s official site Tudum. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The families of Koreans who were forcibly conscripted by Imperial Japan during World War II and later enshrined at Japan’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine have filed a lawsuit in a South Korean court, seeking the removal of their relatives’ names and damages for what they describe as an ongoing violation of [...]