SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that the level of digital literacy was the highest when computers and other digital devices were first used between the ages of five and seven. Digital literacy refers to “the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The majority of South Korean adults would like to spend ‘me time’ at home during the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays. JobKorea, a local job search portal, jointly with Albamon, a recruitment website for part-timers, conducted a survey of 3,390 male and female adults over 20 years of age, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A record number of applicants took the Korean language proficiency test last year, data showed Friday, reflecting the growing popularity of the language. A total of 375,871 people sat for the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) in 2019, up 14.2 percent from 329,224 in the previous year, according [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of foreigners staying illegally in South Korea are voluntarily leaving the country after the government offered various incentives, including an opportunity for reentry, to overstayers choosing to voluntary depart, a government agency said Friday. According to the Incheon Immigration Office, the number of illegal stayers leaving [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s outbound shipments of processed rice products shot up last year amid the booming popularity of Korean dramas, K-pop and other cultural assets abroad, data showed Thursday. Exports of these products reached US$106 million in 2019, marking a sharp rise from $89 million posted a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Teenagers living near convenience stores are more exposed to the risk of obesity, a recent study revealed. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs reported on Tuesday that obesity among teenagers is influenced by multiple variables including the area of residence, individual, and family practices. The institute collected [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Many arts and humanities graduates in South Korea apply for jobs irrelevant to their majors, a recent study has showed. Incruit, a local online job placement portal teamed up with part-time job app Albacall to conduct a survey on 733 job seekers, only 45.2 percent of whom said they [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More than one out of every 100 elementary and secondary students in South Korea suffered some form of abuse at school last year, according to a poll released Wednesday. In the poll of about 130,000 students from fourth to 11th grades conducted by the Ministry of Education last September, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean wealth creators accumulate an average of 1.57 billion won (US$1.4 million) through savings and investment, a recent study revealed. Standard Chartered Bank Korea Ltd., the local unit of Britain-based banking giant Standard Chartered PLC., joinly conducted a survey of 1,000 wealth creators in Seoul and Busan. They [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A record 73,000 elderly drivers voluntarily gave up their licenses last year in accordance with the government’s campaign to reduce traffic accidents caused by older adults, police data showed Monday. According to the National Police Agency (NPA), a total of 73,221 drivers aged 65 or older voluntarily returned their [...]