SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that employees of large-sized companies in South Korea make three times as much as workers at small companies with fewer than four staff members, and that the income gap has widened over the last five years. In contrast, Japan has been making efforts to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than seven out of ten married women thought that it would be better to part if they were not able to resolve a conflict with their spouse. Six out of ten people agreed on starting a new life by remarrying after divorce or death. These results are based [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that people who make an average monthly salary of between 4-5 million won (US$3,500-4,400) form the largest group to use internet-only banks, and that white-collar workers are relatively more dependent on these types of financial institutions. The Korea Information Society Development Institute announced on Sunday [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Two out of three South Korean men in their twenties consider male-only mandatory military service to be a form of gender discrimination. The Korean Women’s Development Institute (KWDI) conducted a survey last year on 3,000 men between 19 and 59 years of age, with 72.2 percent of the respondents [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — While child abuse at daycare centers is becoming a serious social issue in South Korea, one out of four parents of toddlers think teachers at daycare centers or kindergartens can impose corporal punishment on children for discipline. The Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE) conducted a survey [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean youths appear far more open than adults toward immigrants, as the country has seen a growing number of marriages between South Korean and foreign partners, and children born to these couples, according to a government survey released Thursday. The survey, conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — On days when there is a lot of news about fine dust, card payments at resorts and condominiums typically decrease by more than 30 percent, according to a recent study. Hana Institute of Finance, a research unit of Hana Financial Group Inc., published a report on Wednesday titled “Changes [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of all South Koreans who are registered as having disabilities are over 65, with numbers steadily rising in recent years, a government report showed Wednesday. The annual disabilities report compiled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare showed that as of last year, 2.59 million people, or [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that unmarried couples typically introduce their partner to their friends because they want their relationship to be assessed. Duo Info Corp., a South Korean matchmaking company, released a survey on 364 single men and women on Tuesday. It said 26.9 percent of whom said [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study in South Korea has found that the excessive accumulation of acid-causing substances in the body increases the risk of death by up to 15 times. Prof. Kim Se-joong and his team at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital announced on Tuesday that they had classified 4,488 patients [...]