SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of all South Koreans who are registered as having disabilities are over 65, with numbers steadily rising in recent years, a government report showed Wednesday. The annual disabilities report compiled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare showed that as of last year, 2.59 million people, or [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A record number of foreigners visited South Korea for medical purposes last year, as the country has been ramping up a drive to woo more foreign visitors, the health ministry said Wednesday. According to the ministry, 378,967 foreigners visited the country for medical services last year, sharply up 17.8 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that unmarried couples typically introduce their partner to their friends because they want their relationship to be assessed. Duo Info Corp., a South Korean matchmaking company, released a survey on 364 single men and women on Tuesday. It said 26.9 percent of whom said [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study in South Korea has found that the excessive accumulation of acid-causing substances in the body increases the risk of death by up to 15 times. Prof. Kim Se-joong and his team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital announced on Tuesday that they had classified 4,488 patients [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean people are increasingly going cashless as more people rely on credit cards and digital payment tools, a survey by the Bank of Korea (BOK) showed Tuesday. Korean households had an average 78,000 won (US$68.60) in cash in their wallets at any given time in 2018, down 33 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of ransomware attacks on companies rose sharply last year, making ransomware the most prevalent type of malicious software detected, a government poll showed Tuesday. Of businesses that experienced some kind of hacking attempt, 56.3 percent said they were attacked by ransomware, up 30.8 percentage points from 2017, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Only one in 10 single people in South Korea actively say they want to hold a wedding, a survey said Monday. According to the poll of 2,464 unmarried people — 1,140 men and 1,324 women — aged between 20 to 44 by the state-run Korea Institute for Health and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — For workers who are always suffering from sleep deprivation due to their busy daily lives, the weekend is a time of opportunity to sleep in. However, there are still conflicting views on the health effects of such sleeping habits. Some studies show that oversleeping on weekends raises the risk [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean workers affected by the mandatory 52-hour workweek have suffered an income reduction of about 44,000 won (US$39) per month, a government report said Friday. According to the report by the state-run Korea Labor Institute, the number of overtime hours worked by employees of companies subject to the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly eight out of every 10 single parents raise their children without any financial support from the divorced spouse, a recent survey by the gender ministry showed Thursday. The triennial survey by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family was conducted from August to November last year on 2,500 [...]