SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As many as eight in 10 South Koreans have experienced exposure to secondhand smoke from neighbors, but most of them refrained from making complaints, a poll showed Tuesday. The survey of 1,542 residents in Gyeonggi Province, the nation’s most populous province that surrounds Seoul, found that 1,197 respondents, or [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of hand sanitizers and facial masks, as well as health products, spiked last month amid influenza season, industry data showed Tuesday. According to the data by discount store chain Lotte Mart, sales of facial masks jumped 15.6 percent in the Dec. 1-30 period compared to a year earlier. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans ate out less in 2018 than a year earlier as they tightened their belt amid a weak economy, a poll showed Monday. According to the survey of 3,014 people aged 20-69, South Koreans dined out an average of 20.8 times per month last year, compared with 21.8 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teenagers spend two hours a day watching online broadcasts streamed by individual creators, a survey showed Sunday, with YouTube being the most popular platform. According to the survey compiled by the Korea Communications Standards Commission conducted on 1,058 respondents, South Korean teenagers spent 114.9 minutes every day [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of new convenience stores in South Korea moved down in 2018 from a year earlier, industry data showed Sunday, due mainly to an increase in labor costs and the market’s saturation. According to industry data, new CU branches, operated by BGF Retail Co., posted a net increase [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul citizens’ debt load has increased by 90 trillion won (US$79.9 billion) over a seven-year period starting in 2010, a municipal think tank said Friday, calling attention to the liabilities of marginal households. The Seoul Institute, affiliated with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, said in a report that six out [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The prevalence rate of chronic diseases, including diabetes and hypertension, is higher among people with low incomes or living in rural areas, government data showed Friday. According to the data by the Korea Health Promotion Institute, the prevalence rate of people over the age of 30 with diabetes came [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has more than 500 marketplaces across the country, a North Korea expert said Thursday, a clear sign of “marketization” in one of most isolated countries in the world. The number of markets — known as Jangmadang in North Korea — has rapidly expanded to more than 500 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Japanese beer kept the title of most-imported beer last year in South Korea, while imports of Chinese beer faltered. Beer imports from Belgium and the U.S. also grew rapidly. South Korea’s National Tax Service released statistics showing that beer imports between January and November of last year totaled $288 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Two out of three Seoulites said they support Kim Jong-un’s visit to Seoul. Seoul Metropolitan Government conducted an online survey of 2,000 people living in Seoul, 68 percent of whom said they support Kim Jong-un’s visit to Seoul. Another 22.4 percent said they oppose the idea. A total of [...]