SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of universities are offering breakfast at an affordable price as consumer prices continue to rise. Kyung Hee University has been selling breakfasts for 1,000 won (US$0.76) to 100 people on a first-come, first-serve basis, since Monday. Seoul National University, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University and Kangwon National University [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 10,000 Thursday, the lowest Thursday figure in two weeks, in a moderate decline in the virus trend. The country reported 9,934 new COVID-19 infections, including 11 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,672,163, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEJONG, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of marriages in South Korea crashed to yet another record low in 2022, data showed Thursday, adding to concerns over the country’s already plunging birth rate. Around 192,000 couples tied the knot in Asia’s No. 4 economy last year, slipping 0.4 percent from 2021, according to the [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a police investigation of an illegal streaming site “noonoo TV,” the number of users of the site is increasing, primarily thanks to the so-called the Streisand effect, the act of trying to suppress information but simply making it more widespread as a result. A consultative body consisting of [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Altough South Korea has a national pension service along with a basic pension for the elderly, the poverty rate among seniors remains high. According to the data from Statistics Korea, the poverty rate among seniors in the country stood at 37.6 percent in 2021, down by 1.3 percentage points from the previous year. [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Workers at school cafeterias are being exposed to the risk of lung cancer due to the carcinogens emitted during cooking. 14 local education offices conducted health examinations on 24,065 cafeteria workers with more than 10 years of experience, among whom 139 people were suspected of having lung cancer. Among [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases remained over 11,000 for the second straight day Wednesday ahead of the lifting of the mask mandate for public transportation. The country reported 11,899 new infections, including 21 from overseas, bringing the total to 30,662,229, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s monthly job additions slowed for the ninth consecutive month in February, data showed Wednesday, amid forecasts the job recovery will lose steam this year amid the economic slowdown. The number of employed people came to 27.71 million in February, up around 312,000 from a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Impacted by high interest rates, high inflation and a stagnant job market, South Korea’s consumption has been on a downward trend since the autumn of 2022. According to data from Statistics Korea, the nation’s seasonally adjusted retail sales index stood at 103.9 in January, down 5.03 percentage points compared [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The outbreak of the COVID-19 led to a sharp increase in the number of unskilled laborers such as delivery workers and a decrease in the number of sales workers. The number of unskilled laborers such as food delivery workers and building cleaners was about 4.1 million last year, up [...]