SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of fathers who took time off to take care of their children jumped 65.9 percent on-year in the first half, aided by the government’s increased support for parental leave, the labor ministry said Monday. The number of men who took paternity leave reached 8,463 in the January-June [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With the temperatures continuing to rise nationwide, local governments are doing their best to keep their communities cool. From automatic shades that spread open when sensors detect a rise in temperatures to special rooftop paint that reflects sunlight, everyone is chipping in to help lower the temperature by even [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – With temperatures hovering around the 35-degree mark for the last few days, South Koreans have been cranking up the air conditioning and staying indoors in a bid to escape the sweltering heat. But for those who are less fortunate, the heat can be just as bad or even worse [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of salaried employees in South Korea work on the weekend despite the country’s push to help workers strike a balance between work and their personal lives, a poll showed Friday. According to the survey of 2,004 office employees by job search portal operator JobKorea Corp., 53.8 [...]
EUMSEONG, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — When a heat wave warning was issued for all of North Chungcheong Province on Tuesday afternoon, poultry farm owners in the region were naturally on high alert. At one poultry farm measuring 800 square meters in size situated in Maengdong-myeon in the province’s Eunseong-gun, over 17,000 chickens were seen [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As traces of asbestos continue to be discovered in school classrooms even after the removal of asbestos wall finishes, the government has decided to enforce stronger measures by requiring the steel frames that held the asbestos in place to be dismantled. In addition, the government has ordered schools to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a new study, women who sleep more than nine hours a day are three times more prone to strokes than those who sleep between seven and eight hours. The medical research team at Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine led by Dr. Kim Min-yeong revealed such results today [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of medical experts led by Professor Kim Byung-nyun of Seoul National University Hospital has revealed that a psychological treatment program for violent students at 400 schools nationwide launched in 2014 has resulted in improved behaviors and emotions among teenage offenders. The treatment program, which was initially conducted [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has revealed that approximately 80 percent of latex products typically purchased during overseas trips were found to emit radon, a carcinogenic agent. Various civil groups held a press conference at the Central Government Complex in Seoul yesterday to announced the results of a survey performed on [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The life expectancy of South Koreans now stands at 82.4 years, which is 1.6 years longer than the OECD average. Despite living longer than average, the percentage of South Koreans who think they are healthy was the lowest of all OECD member states. According to OECD Health Statistics revealed [...]