SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — One in four Seoul citizens turned to “revenge spending” to make up for missed shopping during the coronavirus pandemic, a study has shown. According to a Wednesday report by the Seoul Institute, a think tank for the Seoul metropolitan government, 24.3 percent of those surveyed in the first quarter [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than four in five South Koreans consider China to be a security threat, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the poll of 1,000 people conducted in March by Seoul-based Hankook Research for the U.S. think tank Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA), 83 percent cited China as a [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A poll released by a state research body on Sunday showed an increase in conservatives among South Koreans for a third consecutive year. The Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) also said the number of those who consider themselves liberals fell for the second straight year. KIPA polled 8,336 [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Non-regular workers have been hit harder by the economic fallout from the new coronavirus pandemic than regular workers, a survey showed Saturday. In a survey on 1,000 salaried workers aged 19 or above conducted from March 17-23 by pollster Embrain Public, 18.6 percent said they experienced unemployment since COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 7 out of 10 South Koreans are willing to receive coronavirus vaccine shots, a poll showed Friday. In a survey on 1,000 people aged 18 and above conducted on Wednesday and Thursday by Gallup Korea, 71 percent said they would like to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Among them, [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of unmarried South Koreans in their 30s are living with their parents, a report showed Tuesday, as young people are delaying marriages amid an economic slowdown. A total of 54.8 percent of single Koreans in their 30s are living with their parents without moving out on [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 90 percent of experts view the level of social division and conflicts in South Korea as serious, a survey by a parliamentary advisory committee showed Monday. In its survey conducted from March 2-6 on 1,801 experts in social, political or economic affairs who are registered in the National [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 40 percent of South Koreans think air quality relatively improved last year from two years earlier, a survey showed Thursday, as fine dust air pollution declined amid the pandemic. Some 38.2 percent of those surveyed by the Statistics Research Institute said the country’s air quality improved last year, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 70 percent of South Koreans are in favor of a bill on disqualifying doctors convicted of felonies, which is currently under review at the National Assembly, a public opinion poll showed Wednesday. According to the survey conducted Tuesday on 500 people aged 18 or older by Realmeter, 68.5 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans felt less happy last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with women, young adults, the elderly and low-income citizens affected the most, a state-run think tank’s survey showed Tuesday. According to an annual survey on 8,336 adults by the Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) from September [...]