SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 12,000 Thursday, as the coronavirus has been slowing down for months. The country reported 11,400 new COVID-19 infections, including 21 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,739,457, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The Thursday figure declined [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean male and female adults usually have sex for the first time between the ages of 20 and 24, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a nationwide survey of 3,193 adults between the ages of 19 and 59, with 65.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean celebrity sphere is struggling with fake news being spread on YouTube. VAST Entertainment, the management company representing Hyun Bin, denied rumors spread on YouTube that the star actor and actress Son Ye-jin had divorced. The video falsely claimed that Hyun lost 15 billion won (US$11.4 million) to [...]
CHANGWON, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — With the imminent start of the Jinhae Gunhangje in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, local government employees in charge of operating the festival are expressing frustration. Jinhae Gunhangje, or the Jinhae Naval Port Festival, is held annually for about 10 days in early April in Jinhae Ward in Changwon amid [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases rose to over 13,000 Wednesday, two days after the country lifted its mask mandate on public transportation. The country reported 13,081 new COVID-19 infections, including 23 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,728,057, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea dipped to yet another fresh low in January, data showed Wednesday, reflecting the dire population crisis in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Just 23,179 babies were born in January this year, sinking 6 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The share of South Koreans who know that alcoholic beverages are a cancer-causing substance remains low at about 30 percent, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey of 7,000 Korean men and women between the ages of 20 and 60 across the country conducted by the National Cancer [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The rapid growth of online shopping triggered by the pandemic has led to significant drop in the number of sales workers in South Korea. The number of sales workers stood at 2,628,000 last month, down 92,000 from a year ago, and the number of such workers has been on [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — People with lower income and educational backgrounds are more reluctant to raise their voices in society, a study indicated Monday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a survey of 8,174 people between the ages of 19 and 59 and asked them whether they talk to others [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of unmotivated young adults deciding against preparing to get a job reached 500,000 last month, setting a new record high. Among all non-working individuals in the country, 497,000 young adults “rested” for the entire month of February, up by 9.9 percent from the previous year, according to [...]