SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been shown that similar to smoking, the indirect consequences of drinking are frequent, resulting in harm to third parties. According to a survey of 3,000 adults nationwide conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 33.7 percent of all respondents experienced more than one indirect [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The demand for luxury cars in South Korea increased sharply in 2019 from a year earlier, data showed Sunday, despite the overall decrease in the sales of imported cars here. Sales of imported luxury cars with price tags of 300 million won (US$255,972) or higher reached 360 units over [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of one-person families continued to rise last year, accounting for nearly 30 percent of all households in South Korea, amid the fast-spreading trend of people remaining single, government data showed Saturday. Households consisting of a single member totaled 5.85 million in 2018, compared with 5.62 million the [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans have a perception that environmental issues are the most important factors to consider when establishing policies related to deforestation. According to a poll of 1,056 South Koreans conducted by the Korea Forest Service (KFS), 72.2 percent of the respondents said the environment should be prioritized and damage [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The smoking rate in South Korea has been on a steady decline for both men and women, but their alcohol consumption remains relatively high, a survey showed Friday. According to the survey by Statistics Korea, 38.1 percent of men aged 19 and above smoked in 2017, while about 6 [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of newly established companies in South Korea rose 0.7 percent on-year in 2018, data showed Thursday. In 2018, some 920,000 new companies were created, up 7,000 from the year before, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. Employees working for these companies reached over 1.36 million [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a prolonged boycott movement against Japanese products, most consumers are in fact refusing to purchase goods made in Japan. In a survey conducted by the Korea Rural Economic Institute on 1,519 households in South Korea, 81.5 percent of all consumers supported the boycott movement. The result comes as [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40 percent of newlywed couples had no children last year, reflecting the country’s chronically low birthrate and late marriage trend, data showed Thursday. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, 1.32 million couples got married in the five years up to November 2018, down 4.2 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan is threatening to overtake South Korea’s No. 1 status in China’s imported cosmetics market this year, industry data showed Thursday, mainly on the back of the growing popularity of low- to mid-priced “J-beauty” products. Japanese companies accounted for 25.2 percent of China’s imported cosmetics in the January-October period, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that jobs related to pet care are increasing in popularity among part-time workers. Albamon, a South Korean online job portal, conducted a survey of 725 part-time workers, 75 percent of whom said they prefer to work for pet care business. Among part-time workers who [...]