SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of immigrants, including naturalized citizens, in South Korea fell around 2 percent on-year in 2022 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the government data showed Tuesday. The number of immigrants here reached 1.35 million as of May 2022, down from 1.38 million tallied a year earlier, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to half of all South Koreans intend to keep their masks on indoors even after the indoor mask mandate is lifted, a survey showed Monday. Real Research Korea conducted a survey of 3,800 South Korean men and women, 44.6 percent of whom intended to keep their masks on even [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 60 percent of South Koreans aged between 40 and 64 held debt in 2021 as more people took out loans to purchase houses amid soaring property costs, data showed Tuesday. The proportion of middle-aged South Koreans who borrowed money from banks or other financial institutes came to 57.3 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans who made an interim withdrawal from their retirement pension in 2021 to buy a home reached an all-time high, government data showed Monday, as the country’s housing prices have skyrocketed over the past couple of years. According to the data from Statistics Korea, 55,000 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 27,000 on Monday, rising from a week earlier, in a moderate virus uptrend that adds to uncertainty over the government’s push to lift the indoor mask-wearing rule by early next year. The country reported 26,622 new COVID-19 infections, including 81 from overseas, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts have called for the introduction of a special mental healthcare system for the survivors of the deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district, who have been exposed to high risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Korean Association of Psychiatric Practitioners said that PTSD can occur when a person experiences or [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 60,000 Sunday due to fewer tests a day earlier amid concerns of a surge in cases during the winter season. The country reported 58,862 new COVID-19 infections, including 85 from overseas, bringing the total to 28,188,293, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases remained above 60,000 for the fifth straight day Saturday amid concerns of a surge in cases during the winter season. The country reported 66,930 new COVID-19 infections, including 56 from overseas, bringing the total to 28,129,431, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed above 60,000 for the fourth straight day Friday amid lingering concerns of another surge as the government mulls easing the indoor mask mandate. The country reported 66,953 new COVID-19 infections, including 82 from overseas, bringing the total to 28,062,679, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the introduction of various regulations by the government to stop charcoal briquettes and other objects from being used to commit suicide, there has been a drop in the frequency that these objects are being used to commit self-harm, a report showed Thursday. The Korea Institute of Criminology and Justice [...]