SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 56 percent of young people aged between 15 and 34 consider themselves unhappy, a recent survey has showed. The study highlights the gloomy state of mind of young South Koreans just struggling to survive, stressed from the pressure of academic success and the daunting task of finding a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — More than one in five South Korean office workers don’t know about the country’s workplace anti-bullying law despite its implementation about a month ago, a poll showed Monday. A revised labor standards law went into effect on July 16 to help prevent harassment in the workplace. According to the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Over the last ten years, the book most borrowed by elementary and middle school students in South Korea has been “Please Look After Mom” by novelist Shin Kyung-sook, which has recently become popular overseas, according to the National Library of Korea after analyzing all book records from 844 libraries [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 80 percent of office workers experience health problems after starting work, according to a recent survey. The results can be interpreted as an indication that even healthy individuals get sick once they start work. According to the survey of 671 office workers conducted by the job portal [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The portion of smartphone users among South Koreans aged 70 and over has risen by more than 10 times over the past five years, a report showed Monday. The smartphone penetration rate for the age group came to 37.8 percent in 2018, compared with 3.6 percent five years earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of tourist exchanges between South Korea and Vietnam are leading airlines to create new routes between the two countries. The Korea Tourism Organization and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism reported that 2,078,000 South Koreans visited Vietnam over the first half of this year, which was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent data has revealed that South Korea was the fifth-largest importer of European beer last year. The biggest export market for European Union (EU) beer last year was the United States, where a combined 1 billion liters of beer were exported, according to EU statistics agency Eurostat. This is [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Many South Koreans are choosing to travel alone, a recent survey has showed. Most preferred travelling within South Korea instead of abroad for solo trips. According to a survey of a total of 993 customers conducted by Gmarket, an online shopping site, over the past two weeks, 80 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Citizens are satisfied with Seoul’s designation of specific tent zones and detailed operating regulations along the Han River, according to a recent survey. According to a survey of 500 citizens, 93.6 percent approved of a rule that requires citizens to open more than two sides of their tent when [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) announced on Wednesday that it has found an explanation for brain cell activity that results in preference for a certain location. In sum, memories of preferred locations are created while astrocytes in the brain combine with opioids, compounds that are known to cause [...]