SUWON, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The percentage of single-person households in Gyeonggi Province has exceeded 30 percent of all households in the province. According to the “2023 Gyeonggi Province Single-person Household Statistics” report released on Thursday, there were 1.64 million single-person households recorded at the conclusion of the 2022 census, constituting 30.2 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) on Thursday issued a public apology over a massive power outage that hit the southeastern industrial city of Ulsan the previous day. The blackout occurred at around 3:37 p.m. in a southern residential district of Ulsan, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, due to a malfunctioning [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year, individuals in their 50s emerged as the most prevalent age group in the workforce, marking the first time this age bracket has been designated as the “most employed” since 2016, when statistics were first recorded. This shift from the previous trend, where the majority of workers were in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – On December 6, the business research institute Leaders Index revealed that family members serving as top executives (CEO, Vice Chairman, Chairman) in the management of the top 100 domestic conglomerates, on average, climb the corporate ladder to become executives in their early to mid-30s, subsequently reaching the CEO position within [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent recruitment efforts for next year’s specialties at the renowned ‘Big 5′ hospitals in South Korea saw critical departments like pediatrics as well as obstetrics and gynecology facing challenges in meeting their quotas. Despite government incentives, a reluctance to pursue these specialties has persisted. Even in rural areas, where [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A study released by the Statistics Research Institute of Statistics Korea on December 5 revealed that the annual value of household labor services in South Korea has surged to an estimated 500 trillion won. Notably, there exists a significant 2.6-fold difference in contributions between men and women. Based on the [...]
GYEONGJU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – In the early hours of November 30, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Gyeongju, South Korea, leaving military personnel with an unexpected aftermath – widespread confiscation of mobile phones. Reports have emerged of soldiers surreptitiously using phones during prohibited hours, only to be caught off guard by disaster alert sounds. According [...]
CHEONAN/UIJEONGBU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bizarre incident that unfolded on the morning November 30, a 17-year-old high school sophomore residing in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, found himself at the center of attention when his iPhone 13 unexpectedly swelled up, emitting smoke. The incident, captured on video, quickly went viral on social media, amassing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As “godoksa,” or solitary death, becomes a pressing social concern, a recent survey unveils that the average South Korean believes there is a 32 percent chance of facing such a fate. Godoksa refers to an isolated demise, where an individual passes away alone, disconnected from family, relatives, and others, with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The numbers of travelers to Japan, the United States and the Middle East through Incheon International Airport have fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels, while the number of those heading to China still remains sluggish, data showed Sunday. In the first 11 months, the numbers of passengers who traveled to [...]