SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — According to Shinsegae Department Store’s survey of sales of women’s lingerie during Valentine’s Day last year, sales grew 17.8 percent in two weeks, which was 10 times higher than the annual average. The department store reported on Wednesday that women’s under garments were as popular as chocolate when it [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — External sources accounted for 75 percent of South Korea’s ultrafine dust air pollution in January, a state-run environment agency said Wednesday. South Korea saw a drastic rise in the average level of ultrafine dust particles, those smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, in between Jan. 11 and 15. According [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s nuclear power utilization rate fell to a 37-year low in 2018 amid efforts to reduce the country’s dependence on the energy source, official data showed Wednesday. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP), the public company charged with operating atomic energy production, said use of fission power [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine out of 10 South Koreans use a smartphone, marking the highest level of smartphone ownership in the world, a recent report showed. Ninety-five percent of the South Korean population used a smartphone last year, the highest rate among 27 countries surveyed, according to the report released by the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — “Wealthy households” in South Korea spent nearly four times more per month than the national average, a report showed Wednesday. According to the 2019 Korean Wealth Report issued by KEB Hana bank, households that owned more than 1 billion won (US$898,500) worth of financial assets spent an average of [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run food research center on Tuesday said “makgeolli,” a South Korean traditional grain-based alcoholic drink, is beneficial for people’s intestinal health. According to a report by the Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI), makgeolli contains various microorganisms, such as yeast and lactic acid bacteria. While figures vary depending on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 60 percent of the South Koreans seeking reunions with family members separated from them by the 1950-53 Korean War are aged 80 or older, government data showed Tuesday, highlighting the urgency of the issue. Among 55,987 South Korean survivors who have registered to be reunited with their long-lost [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul has seen a drastic increase in the monthly average level of ultra fine dust in January, compared with data recorded over the previous three years, data showed Monday. The average level of ultrafine dust particles, smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, was recorded at 38 micrograms per cubic [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam Station, and the neighborhoods of Jongno, Hongdae, and Itaewon turned out to be some of the worst areas to hail a taxi during the night, highlighting the need for new means of late night transportation. The Seoul Digital Foundation and Kakao Mobility Corp. revealed the results of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Cybercrimes increased nearly 14 percent in South Korea last year to reach about 150,000 cases, the National Police Agency (NPA) said in a report Thursday, warning that phishing scams based on messengers and emails are expected to further evolve this year. A total of 149,604 cybercrimes occurred in the [...]