SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Koreans believe that there will be no major impact on inter-Korean relations when U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office early next year, a poll showed Monday. In the Realmeter survey of 500 people nationwide, aged 18 or older, conducted last Friday on prospects for Seoul-Pyongyang [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Coronavirus patients who used residential treatment centers run by the Seoul city government have expressed a relatively high level of satisfaction with their medical workers and facilities, a poll showed Saturday. The Seoul Health Foundation affiliated with the metropolitan government polled 412 people older than 19, who were treated [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly nine in 10 South Koreans regard authorities’ restrictions on rallies and demonstrations not as a breach of freedom of expression but as an essential measure for the containment of the coronavirus pandemic, a poll showed Wednesday. According to the poll of 1,000 citizens conducted online by the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The new coronavirus pandemic has had a negative impact on children’s nutritional intake and other aspects of welfare, a survey by a nongovernmental group showed Tuesday. A survey by Seoul-based charity group Good Neighbors, conducted in June on 6,750 children from age 4-18 and their parents, showed that the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – YouTube ranked as the fifth most trustworthy media in South Korea in the third quarter, beating other traditional local outlets, a survey showed Monday. The state-run broadcaster KBS topped the list with 17.7 percent trust level in the survey conducted by Kantar Korea, a research firm, and commissioned by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans gave their country a score of nearly 70 out of a possible 100 points when it comes to the society-wide response to the coronavirus pandemic, a poll showed Friday. According to the poll of 2,247 people nationwide conducted by public broadcaster KBS from Sept. 11-16, South Korean [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s favorability among Americans has reached an all-time high this year, partly helped by the growing popularity of K-pop music and other cultural content here, as well as the country’s handling of the new coronavirus outbreak, a U.S. survey showed Monday. Those surveyed gave South Korea’s favorability a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — “Tteokbokki,” a popular Korean snack made from rice cakes and red chili pepper sauce, has been voted the No. 1 food to lift people’s spirits during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Seoul city government said Saturday. In an online survey in September, the government asked people to name their favorite [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Ozone level alerts were issued on nine days in Seoul in June, the highest monthly tally since the warning system was first introduced in 1995, the city government said Wednesday. The average ozone concentration level also reached a record 0.044 parts per million (ppm), leading to an average 0.031 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of 10 Seoul residents believe their mental health has deteriorated due to the coronavirus outbreak, a poll showed Wednesday. In the poll of 3,983 citizens in their teens to 80s, 40 percent, or 1,489, said their mental health has worsened since the COVID-19 outbreak erupted early this [...]