SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 20,000 on Sunday, just a day ahead of the country’s planned lifting of a mask mandate for indoor places that has been in place for more than three years. The country reported 18,871 new cases, including 37 from overseas, bringing the total [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell under 30,000 Saturday as the country plans to lift a mask mandate for most indoor places next week. The country reported 23,612 new cases, including 48 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,130,730, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of dropouts has been increasing at major universities in Seoul in the last three years, largely due to the increasing number of students enrolling in medical school. Jongno Academy, an educational institution for college admissions, reported that there were 7,111 dropouts from 11 major universities in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite progress in promoting safe driving habits, a significant portion of the South Korean population still use smartphones while driving or walking through crosswalks, a government data showed Thursday. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, last year’s traffic culture index reached 81.18 points, an increase of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed at over 30,000 for the second straight day Friday due to increased tests after the Lunar New Year holiday that ended earlier this week. The country reported 31,711 new cases, including 49 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,107,363, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The second generation of Koreans who were impacted by U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 are more exposed to the risk of various diseases and depression, a research report has showed. Researchers at the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a nationwide survey in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Children and teenagers from households with lower incomes have lower satisfaction in engaging with family members and friends, a government report has showed. Statistics Korea conducted a survey of children and teens between 9-18 years of age in 2020, which showed that the satisfaction level of engaging with family [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Only a small percentage of people in their mid- or later stages of life believe that they can be financially independent, without any help from the state, social groups and family members, a survey showed Wednesday. The National Pension Research Center conducted a survey of 4,024 households (6,392 people) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases rebounded to over 30,000 on Thursday after staying below 20,000 the previous four days due to fewer tests during the Lunar New Year holiday that ended Tuesday. The country reported 35,096 new cases, including 34 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,075,652, according [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea reached yet another record low in November, data showed Thursday, reflecting the country’s dire population crisis. A total of 18,982 babies were born in November, plunging 4.3 percent from the previous year, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It marked [...]