SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With the introduction of a new policy that obliges citizens to throw away colorless, transparent plastic bottles only after removing all non-plastic materials from them, a recent study showed that citizens are most frustrated with the label removal process. The Korea Consumer Agency conducted a survey of 1,000 consumers [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of single-member households in South Korea soared more than 27 percent in 2020 from five years earlier, government data showed Friday, amid a delay in marriage and a rapidly aging population. One-person families numbered 6.64 million last year, up 27.5 percent from five years earlier and accounting [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The occupation considered to be most ideal for spouses among single men and women in their 20s and 30s turned out to be a civil servant. According to a survey conducted by local matchmaking agency Gayeon of 500 single men and 500 single women between the ages of 25 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The state-run National Center for the Rights of the Child said Thursday that it had found and reunited 33 children who have been missing for a long time with their families through DNA tests. This achievement is the result of a joint campaign to find missing children that has [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 7,000 on Thursday, but critical cases and deaths surged to record highs as the country has reimposed antivirus restrictions amid the resurgence of infections and spread of the omicron variant. The country added 6,919 more COVID-19 cases, including 6,856 local infections, bringing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 6 out of 10 workers at big and medium-sized companies think the country’s public sector is heavily corrupt, a survey showed Thursday. In the survey of 1,000 workers, conducted by the Korea Institute of Public Administration, 61.9 percent said that corruption in the public sector is serious, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A larger share of South Koreans believe that discrimination is more serious than human rights violations in Korean society, a survey showed. According to a survey conducted by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea of 17,593 adults over 19 years of age across the country, 41.8 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Among those living in Seoul, middle-aged single-person households without incomes are more likely to have been late in payment of mobile phone bills than other groups, data showed Wednesday. In collaboration with Statistics Korea and SK Telecom Co., the Seoul Metropolitan Government analyzed data for about 3.4 million citizens [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new coronavirus cases spiked to above 7,000 on Wednesday, and the number of critically ill patients surged to a record high. The country added 7,456 more COVID-19 cases, including 7,365 local infections, bringing the cumulative total to 583,065, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Dialysis patients infected with COVID-19 are failing to receive treatment as they wait for hospital beds. Oh Hyeon-ju (alias), a 41-year-old office worker, said her father has been receiving dialysis treatment three times every week after he was diagnosed with kidney disorder in September of last year. When he [...]