SEJONG, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total fertility rate hit a record low of 0.98 in 2018, government data showed Wednesday, a clear warning that Asia’s fourth-largest economy may face a population decline going forward. The total fertility rate refers to the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO, South Korea’s leading steelmaker, said Tuesday that it plans to spend some 1.1 trillion won (US$984 million) by 2021 to sharply reduce fine dust. Under the plan, some 700 billion won will be spent to remodel or newly build its 21 power-generating facilities for a sharp reduction of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An American citizen suffering from cirrhosis of the liver received a liver transplant and regained health at a South Korean hospital. The patient was known to have come to South Korea as recommended by doctors at a major university hospital in the United States. Charles Carson, a software engineer [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — On Monday, the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) released a report title ‘The Status of Childbirth and Policy Implication’ based on data from a 2018 national survey on fertility, family health and welfare. In the report, 49.9 percent of married women between the ages 15 to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey revealed that tourists who go on walking tours in locations like the Jeju Olle Trail tend to be happier than others who do not. In a recent study conducted by the Korea Tourism Organization, 60 percent of walking tourists said they were happy. For non-walking tourists, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The percentage of workers’ ailments being recognized as occupational diseases under the industrial disaster law has sharply increased under the government of President Moon Jae-in, officials said Monday. According to the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (KWCWS) affiliated with the labor ministry, 63 percent of ailments reported by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea remained the top country where women workers face low wages, a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Monday. Data from 2017 showed that 35.3 percent of female workers in South Korea were being paid low wages. Employees who were getting less than [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that fine dust and ultrafine dust can be critical to the survival of respiratory patients. Higher fine dust levels typically result in more patients being hospitalized for various respiratory diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer, and increased the death rate [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 90,000 South Koreans have visited the hospital in the last year due to a lack of vitamin D. Among age groups, women in their 50s were most vulnerable to vitamin D deficiency, which increases the risk of osteoporosis. The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) announced that 90,014 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Fire Agency has asked all emergency patients to join the 119 Safety Call Service. 119 Safety Call is a database of personal information, medical history, medication, and guardian contact information. Users can add their information to the system by accessing the 119 Safety Call website (http://119.go.kr). [...]