SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s online food delivery market, which saw major growth during the pandemic, had a major reversal of fortunes last year, data showed Monday. According to data from Statistics Korea, last year’s online transactions for food delivery services stood at 26 trillion won, (US$19.6 billion) down by 1.4 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases remained below 11,000 for the sixth straight day Tuesday, as the country is seeing a gradual slowdown in the pace of infections. The country reported 10,817 new COVID-19 infections, including 30 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,513,721, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The average monthly salary of wage earners in South Korea rose 4.1 percent on-year in 2021, data showed Tuesday, on the back of higher salaries in the finance and energy industries. Wage earners in Asia’s fourth-largest economy took home a monthly average of 3.3 million won (US$2,669) in December [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The perception that children should look after their parents is quickly disappearing, a report showed Sunday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a survey of 7,865 households, in which only 21.4 percent believed that children should be responsible for looking after their parents. Another 29 percent [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases hit the lowest tally in eight months Monday amid a gradual virus downtrend. The country reported 4,026 new COVID-19 infections, including 15 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,502,904, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The virus has been [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health ministry recently announced the 5th Basic Plan for Suicide Prevention (2023-2027) during a public hearing on Feb. 13. One of the key initiatives is the ban on the production of coal fire lighters, which are commonly used in suicide attempts, and the development of eco-friendly alternatives. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Only 4 percent of single South Korean women in their 20s and early 30s view marriage and childbirth as essential, a survey showed Sunday, a development that illustrated the chronic decline in childbirths in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Meanwhile, 12.9 percent of single men in the same age bracket agreed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases remained above 10,000 for the fifth straight day Saturday, with daily infections falling by around 660 cases compared with a week earlier. The country reported 10,055 new infection cases, including 29 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,489,666, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The top 0.1 percent of wealthy individuals in South Korea earned nearly 70 times more than the median income earners in 2021, data showed Saturday. Statistics from the National Tax Service cited by Rep. Yang Kyung-sook of the opposition Democratic Party also showed the share of the total income [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases continued the downward trend Friday, with daily infections falling by nearly 1,400 cases compared with a week earlier. The country reported 10,051 new infection cases, including 26 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,479,753 the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]