SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The trend of reinterpreting classic hits has taken the music scene by storm, with over three-quarters of users on Melon, South Korea’s leading music streaming service, having listened to a so-called ‘remake’ track released this year. Data Lab, Melon’s analytics arm, reported that remake tracks released this year amassed a [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –A recent study by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs has highlighted the financial concerns of childless newlyweds contemplating parenthood, with anticipated monthly child-rearing expenses exceeding 1.4 million won per child. This survey, conducted from May 30 to June 8, 2023, involved 300 households (150 men and 150 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In a recent survey conducted by HR tech company Incruit’s gig worker platform ‘NewWorker,’ gig workers expressed high levels of satisfaction with the service. The survey, carried out from the February 8 to 12, involved 378 individuals who had taken on gig work through NewWorker in the past year. The [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has uncovered that college students who frequently drink alone, known as ‘solo drinkers,’ tend to experience higher levels of depression and anxiety compared to their peers who drink socially. The research, led by Jeon Hye-Rin, a clinical psychologist in training at Yonsei University College of Medicine’s Severance [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans spent over 40 hours on global video streaming platform YouTube in January, surpassing the mark for the first time, industry data showed Monday. South Koreans users on Android and iOS systems collectively spent a record 111.9 billion minutes on YouTube in January, according to a sample survey [...]
SEJONG, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – For working mom Park Soo-jin, 40, from Seoul, each day with her two-year-old is filled with joy. She occasionally entertains the thought of having a sibling for her child but has no immediate plans for a second child, largely due to the daunting prospect of a career gap from maternity leave [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential office vowed Sunday to respond with “zero tolerance” after allegations emerged online that some doctors were trying to forcibly mobilize drug salesmen for their rally protesting the government’s medical school quota hike plan. The announcement came as some 20,000 doctors from across the nation were expected to [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The average annual working hours for South Koreans fell by nearly 200 hours over the past decade but still remain about 150 hours longer than the average of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), data showed Sunday. According to statistics from the Ministry of Employment and Labor, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 3 (Korea Bizwire) –In the last ten years, South Korea has seen a significant 40% decrease in the number of marriages, casting uncertainty on the premise of childbirth in a country where marriage traditionally precedes starting a family. Statistics Korea’s December 2023 population trends report and data from the Korean Statistical Information Service [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 1 (Korea Bizwire) –Pengsoo, the beloved character from EBS who was once acclaimed ‘Children’s President’, is set to participate in a walkathon organized by the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity. The event, aimed at raising awareness about obesity prevention and management, will be held on March 3 at Neulbut Park Stadium [...]