SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Asking each generation to look back on their school life, the younger generation was less happy than the older generation, a Seoul-based charity said Monday. A recent study conducted by ChildFund Korea showed that millenials, members of Generation Z and high school teenagers were more likely to have a poor [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — While people are happier if they can earn more by working longer, the level of happiness stops rising after reaching a certain level of income, even if longer working hours results in a higher income, a recent study revealed. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to around 20,000 on Monday, marking the lowest level in nearly three months, as the country lifted the outdoor mask mandate in a major step toward regaining normalcy. The country reported 20,084 new COVID-19 infections, including 26 from overseas, bringing the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Women in charge of both work and child-rearing are struggling with consistent breastfeeding. A joint research team from Chung-Ang University Hospital and Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong conducted a survey of 175 female employees at a local medical institution who had given birth to a child in the [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The vast majority of immigrant women working at social welfare institutions are being discriminated against in terms of wages and career experience, a survey showed Sunday. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions conducted a survey of 118 immigrant women working as consultants and translators at public family centers across [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Part-time employees are sharing their concerns online after the government lifted the outdoor mask mandate on Monday. “We still need to ask customers to wear a mask indoors, right?” one of the part-time job workers said. “A lot of people come to the place I work at. My mouth will blister [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Most citizens on the streets of Seoul walked around with their face masks on despite the lifting of the outdoor mask mandate Monday, as many were still wary of the virus or felt awkward about going maskless or found it cumbersome to put the mask back on when going [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of cities, counties and districts in South Korea are at risk of extinction, a state-run agency said. According to a report from the Korea Employment Information Service (KEIS), 113 (49.6 percent) out of 228 cities, counties and districts around the country were classified as ‘extinction risk areas’ [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 40,000 on Sunday, marking a steady decline from early last month, with the country set to lift the outdoor mask mandate in a major step toward return to normalcy. The country reported 37,771 new COVID-19 infections, including 30 from overseas, bringing the [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 50,000 on Saturday as the omicron curve has turned downward and the country is set to lift the outdoor mask mandate. The country reported 43,286 new COVID-19 infections, including 12 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 17,237,878, the Korea Disease [...]