SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are surveyed to have had more leisure time and spent more money on leisure activities on average in 2018 than previous years. On average, people had 3.3 hours of free time per weekday and 5.3 hours per weekend, the culture ministry said Tuesday, citing the outcome of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Six out of ten South Koreans in their forties and fifties continue to bear the financial burden of supporting their children, even after having retired. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Insurance Development Institute on South Korean citizens living in six major cities, 56.6 percent of those [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team led by Prof. Cho Chang-soo and Prof. Han Kyu-man from Korea University College of Medicine announced on Monday that it had classified 1,003 people out of 9,217 married couples who had no symptoms of depression at the time of the survey but showed signs of depression [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A study by a South Korean government agency has again confirmed that China is largely responsible for fine dust particles over the Korean Peninsula, officials said Monday. The latest conclusion was reached by the National Information Resources Service (NIRS), an affiliate of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — If the tips of your fingers and toes are turning blue, giving you a cold and tingling sensation, you may be suffering from Raynaud’s phenomenon. Experts advise those experiencing the phenomenon to keep fingers and toes warm, and visit a local hospital when the symptoms worsen. The phenomenon occurs [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Korean mothers giving birth to their first child received caesarean sections in 2017, data showed Sunday, with the percentage rising over recent years. According to the data compiled by the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, 48.8 percent of mothers giving birth for the first [...]
CHUNCHEON, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangwon Province’s ‘Hospital Ward without Guardian’ initiative is gaining a positive response from residents. The system was aimed at reducing the economic burden on the underprivileged. The province has been providing the service as a pilot project from August 2013, and had offered 6,422 patients 24-hour care for an [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — On the occasion of the 4th annual ‘Headache Day’, the Korea Headache Society released the results of a survey of 500 parents of children and teenagers who experienced headaches on Wednesday. According to the survey, 57.2 percent of children who complained of headaches typically take painkillers ‘when a headache [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost half of South Koreans were willing to stop life-sustaining treatment on their deathbed. Professors Yun Young-ho and Park Hye-yoon from Seoul National University Hospital, in collaboration with a research team led by Dr. Kim Young-ae from the National Cancer Center, conducted a survey on 4,176 people (1,241 ordinary [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Beginning in May, those with pets will be able to make an insurance claim with an animal insurance company immediately after receiving animal care. Sung Dae-kyu, the head of the Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI), said at a press conference Wednesday that the ‘Pet Insurance Claims Online Processing System’ [...]