SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Individuals being treated for pedophilia account for an extremely small portion of perpetrators of child sexual abuse, pointing out the need for wider coverage of mental health treatment, data showed Tuesday. Rep. Shin Hyun-young of the Democratic Party referred to a Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service report which [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A civic group was to lodge criminal complaints Wednesday against two divorced parents who failed to make mandatory child support payments, the first criminal cases to be filed over delinquent child support payments. The civic group, Yanghaeyeon, said it plans to file the complaints with the Seoul Suseo Police [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — While employment in the manufacturing industry is recovering, there were more recruits from the older generation than the younger generation, data showed Monday. There were 4.53 million people employed in the manufacturing sector in August, up 240,000 from last year, according to Statistics Korea. Sorted by age, the number [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases more than doubled from a week ago Tuesday, a departure from the steady downturn in new infections the country has seen in recent months. The country reported 33,248 new COVID-19 infections, including 87 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 25,164,695, the Korea Disease [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of employees in the delivery industry increased on-year in the first half of 2022, data showed Tuesday, amid growing demand for such services due to the prolonged pandemic. The couriers and messengers industry hired 311,000 people in the January-June period, up 52,000 from a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of unmarried South Koreans in their 30s and 40s live with their parents, a recent study showed. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs reported that according to the 2021 National Survey on Fertility and Family Health and Welfare, 49.7 percent of unmarried men and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — While the number of patients visiting emergency rooms at general hospitals has dropped since the pandemic began, the proportion of those who have passed away within seven days of visiting emergency rooms has spiked. A recent study by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs showed that a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of people in their 20s and 30s are enjoying tea as their hobby, finding inner peace during the process of brewing tea while discovering new types of satisfaction. On Instagram, there are more than 110,000 hashtags for “tea” in the Korean language and some 70,000 hashtags [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An average of more than 200 cases of crimes committed by those high on drugs have been reported annually over the past four years, a lawmaker said Monday. The number of such crimes totaled 221 in 2018, 236 in 2019, 182 in 2020 and 230 last year, showing a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 20,000 on Monday as its spread continues to slow down amid high levels of vaccinations and eased restrictions. The country reported 11,040 new COVID-19 infections, including 81 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 25,131,505, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]