SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The employment-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio fell to a record low last year, data from the central bank and statistical agency showed on Monday, with the speed of the fall causing more alarm among observers of the economy. The ratio measures the number of newly employed workers per 1 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are seeking to expand into overseas markets as they face mounting challenges at home, a poll by a local think tank showed Sunday. According to the Center for Large and Small Business Cooperation, 85.5 percent of all SMEs in the country said [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans in the agrofisheries sector is continuing to decrease amid a rapid aging and urbanization trend in the country, government data showed Friday. Households engaging in the farming business totaled 1.04 million last year, down 2.5 percent from 1.07 million tallied a year ago, according [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics invested the most money in research and development (R&D) among local companies last year, while internet portal Naver was No. 1 in investment in proportion to sales, corporate analysis showed Wednesday. CEO Score compared 211 firms who rank within the top 500 companies in terms of sales [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Growth in South Korea’s auto insurance market slowed last year due to intensifying competition and lower premiums, data showed Wednesday. The car insurance market grew 2.7 percent on-year to 16.8 trillion won (US$15.7 billion) in 2017, according to the data by the Financial Supervisory Service. The figure contrasts with [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — After inspecting 27,012 entities in the private sector last year, the Ministry of Employment and Labor revealed the average employment rate (compared to number of full-time workers) for individuals with disabilities was 2.61 percent, and that this figure declined among employers with larger workforces. While employers with 100 to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans ranked fifth in per capita energy consumption among member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2016, data released on Monday showed. Individual South Koreans consumed an average of 5.6 TOE (ton of oil equivalent) during that year. The figure places them after [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of divorces attributed to infidelity by spouses amounted to 7,528 in South Korea last year, accounting for 7.1 percent of the nation’s total 106,032 marriage breakups, Statistics Korea said Saturday. The number of divorces resulting from extramarital affairs, cheating and other acts of infidelity has steadily decreased [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After analyzing reported incidents in the press, the Korea Women’s Hot Line has revealed that at least 85 women were murdered by their husband or boyfriend last year. In addition, 103 women were survivors of failed murder attempts by their male significant other. The deadly violence perpetrated against women [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Investment deals by South Korea’s private equity funds jumped 39.3 percent on-year in 2017, but their investments were still centered on local firms, government data showed Wednesday. Local private equity groups invested 12.4 trillion won (US$11.6 billion) last year, compared with 8.9 trillion won in 2016, according to the [...]