SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Only one out of three businesses have created an environment where employees are free to apply for parental leave to take care of their children. According to a survey released by the Ministry of Employment and Labor on Thursday, only 34.3 percent of workers responded that they were “free [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has shown that a lack of sleep can exacerbate the risk of disorders in the temporomandibular joint located in the jaw. A research team led by Prof. Shim Hye-young from the Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center analyzed the risk of a jaw joint disorder among [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of 10 employees who work at large supermarkets or super supermarkets (SSMs) want to rest on holidays such as Lunar New Year’s Day and Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving. Rep. Bak Maeng-woo of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party reported on Wednesday that he and the [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean tourists to Vietnam soared more than 24 percent in the first half of this year to exceed the 1 million mark, industry data showed Thursday. A total of 1.11 million South Koreans made trips to the Southeast Asian country in the January-March period, up [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sixteen percent of young South Korean students are at risk of smartphone or Internet addiction, a poll released by the government said Tuesday. According to the survey of 1,286,567 fourth, seventh and 10th graders by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, 206,102 students, or 16 percent, were found [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 50s and older are the fastest-growing segment of YouTube users, having spent the most time on the video-sharing website of all age brackets, industry data showed Tuesday. People aged 50 or older spent a combined 10.1 billion minutes watching YouTube in April, compared with 5.1 [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Among marriage immigrants, the majority of the Vietnamese live in the countryside, while Chinese live mostly in urban areas. Vietnamese immigrants living in the countryside face more difficulties due to language and cultural barriers. They are in many cases sidelined from social networks and communities, which calls for additional [...]
SEJONG, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Engineering & Construction Co., the construction arm of South Korea’s leading steelmaker, POSCO, had the highest number of workplace fatalities among local builders last year, government data showed Monday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said 10 workers died at construction sites run by POSCO E&C after [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of South Koreans think the government should seek dialogue with North Korea, a survey showed Monday, as inter-Korean ties remained stalled amid the deadlocked nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Of the 1,003 adults surveyed last month, 51.4 percent said the government should pursue talks and compromise [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The lowest prices for the Galaxy S10 and iPhone XS in South Korea’s open market are the fifth most expensive among 17 major countries in the world. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) announced on Thursday that the lowest prices for Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S10 (128GB) and Apple’s iPhone XS [...]