SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of all South Koreans now believe it is unnecessary to wear masks indoors, a poll showed Thursday. A research team from Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Health conducted a survey of 1,000 South Korean men and women, in which 55 percent believed that the indoor mask mandates [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top landlords own more than 20,000 homes, data showed Thursday. Rep. Kim Hoi-jae of the Democratic Party referred to a Statistics Korea report indicating that the 100 South Koreans with the largest real estate holdings owned a total of 20,689 homes as of 2020. Jointly owned homes [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — With the increasing number of violent crimes against women, including the recent stalking murder case at Sindang Station in Seoul, more women are purchasing personal defense equipment. Online shopping mall Auction reported a 16-percent increase in sales of self-defense gear since last month. Looking at women customers only, sales [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 40,000 for the third straight day Thursday as the virus wave has been gradually slowing down. The county reported 30,881 new COVID-19 infections, including 252 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,740,635, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of cases of abuse against disabled individuals caused by their families or acquaintances at facilities for the disabled are being reported, a government report said Wednesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare reported a 17.8 percent increase in the number of reports of abuse against the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — People aged 65 and older took up 17.5 percent of South Korea’s population this year amid rapid aging, data showed Thursday, underscoring concerns that the demographic change could weigh on the country’s economy. The number of older adults stood at 9.02 million out of the country’s 51.6 million population [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to around 36,000 on Wednesday, hitting the lowest for a Wednesday count in 12 weeks, as the virus wave has been gradually slowing down. The country reported 36,159 new COVID-19 infections, including 379 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,709,789, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to 6 in 10 South Koreans are planning to cut back on spending for the latter part of this year due to skyrocketing prices and soaring interest rates, a poll showed Tuesday. The Federation of Korean Industries conducted a nationwide survey of some 1,000 South Koreans over 18 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The vast majority of individuals who are not in a relationship choose to be single voluntarily, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association conducted a survey of 1,047 ‘voluntary’ singles between the ages of 19 and 34, 65.5 percent of whom said they were not [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea hit an all-time low in July, while deaths climbed to a record high in the month amid rapid aging and the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Wednesday. A total of 20,441 babies were born in July, down 8.6 percent from the previous [...]