SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — While most job seekers think that “Companies should also notify those who failed the interview,” companies feel burdened about it. According to a survey of 498 companies conducted by online job portal Saramin, 61.2 percent of the companies said they felt burdened to notify those who failed their interview. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 9 out of 10 so-called “working mothers” who work and raise kids at the same time have considered quitting their job. According to an online survey conducted by KB Financial Group, of 2,000 women with children younger than high-school age, 95 percent of working mothers have considered [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Athletes, teachers and YouTube creators are among the jobs South Korean elementary school students most want to have when they grow up, a survey showed Tuesday. Athlete topped the chart for a second straight year, with 11.6 percent of the surveyed students picking it as their favorite job, according [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s labor force is projected to decline 17 pct by 2040, a report showed Monday, a development that could undermine the potential growth of Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The report of the World Trade Organization (WTO) showed that the decline of South Korea’s labor force would be the highest [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners chose ‘free Wi-Fi’ as Seoul’s best policy. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s survey of foreign residents in and out of the country on the city’s top policies from November 19 to 26, free public Wi-Fi across Seoul ranked first on a list of the top 12 policies. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to 20 percent of young South Koreans are among the so-called NEETs, a group of people not engaged in education, employment, or training. The National Youth Policy Institute reported that 16.6 percent of young South Koreans between 15 and 29 years of age were unemployed, and not in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that fetuses exposed to ultrafine dust (PM2.5) air pollutants, are more likely to have disabilities after birth. PM2.5 — particles in the air smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter — are Group 1 carcinogens that penetrate into peripheral blood and affect all organs in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of South Koreans in their 20s feel strongly that they do not want to or will not get married. According to an online survey of a total of 1,000 unmarried men and women in their 20s by the Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association, 47.3 percent were opposed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — About 14 percent of women living in Seoul have suffered from digital sexual violence, including spycam filming, unsolicited intimate images and the distribution of videos of sexual acts, a survey showed Monday. The Seoul metropolitan government and its affiliated Seoul Foundation of Women & Family unveiled their recent survey [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Passengers using “maeul buses,” which are ubiquitous in neighborhoods across Seoul neighborhoods, said shameless cutting in line is what they hate the most about taking the bus. Maeul buses – “maeul” means “town” in English – are small green buses that run on routes connecting neighborhoods to nearby major [...]