SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — One in 5 South Korean seniors over 65 years of age lives alone, with each of them earning less than seniors in households where two or more seniors live together, data showed Thursday. According to data from Statistics Korea, there were 1.97 million single-person households among the senior population [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Koreans increasingly prefer comfortable clothes during the monsoon season and this year’s unprecedented heat wave, the young generation is leading the trend of wearing shorts to work. Musinsa Co., a South Korean fashion platform, analyzed its search data for June and July, revealing that users searched for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Parasols, once a symbol associated mainly with middle-aged women, are spreading across the country with the unprecedented heat wave. Parasol sales at boutiques in Hyundai Department Store between July 25 and 31 surged by 107 percent compared to last year. Lotte Department Store also experienced a 45 percent increase [...]
PAJU, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior with dementia, reported missing, was found by a rescue dog. The Gyeonggi Northern Fire and Disaster Headquarters received a report on Wednesday morning that a 95-year-old man, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, had gone missing in Paju, north of Seoul. A 119 emergency rescue squad and the police [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Eighteen people have died of apparent heat-related illnesses in South Korea since late May, the disease control agency said Friday, as the sweltering heat continues to engulf the country. The number of people hospitalized for such illnesses, including those who have died, came to 1,385 between May 20 and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of threats to commit copycat crimes have been posted online following a stabbing rampage at a department store in Bundang, just south of Seoul, sending police to step up patrols and hunt down the writers, authorities said Friday. On Thursday evening, a man in his early 20s, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As shown in the recent stabbing rampage near Sillim Subway Station in southwestern Seoul, explosive impulse-control disorder goes beyond personal emotions and is expressed in the form of crime against others. According to data from the National Police Agency, 19.1 percent of the 1,247,680 reported crimes in 2021 were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Generation Z in South Korea prefers spontaneous relationships based on self-initiating actions. Dating app operator WIPPY analyzed the profiles and behavioral data of around 345,000 members in their 20s, which revealed that they used the expressions ‘now,’ ‘immediately,’ and ‘after work’ 1.5 times more frequently than those in their [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s customs agency said Thursday it has confiscated 30 billion won (US$23.12 million) worth of forged luxury brand items and other illegal goods in the first half of this year. The Korea Customs Service said it had found 2 million illegal items worth 30 billion won combined in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — One in four teachers cited insufficient punishment for misbehaving students and parents as the main reason for the increase in the infringement of teachers’ rights, a poll by the education ministry showed Thursday. In the online survey of 22,084 teachers working at 1,315 kindergartens and elementary, middle, high and [...]