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 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean people are increasingly going cashless as more people rely on credit cards and digital payment tools, a survey by the Bank of Korea (BOK) showed Tuesday. Korean households had an average 78,000 won (US$68.60) in cash in their wallets at any given time in 2018, down 33 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of ransomware attacks on companies rose sharply last year, making ransomware the most prevalent type of malicious software detected, a government poll showed Tuesday. Of businesses that experienced some kind of hacking attempt, 56.3 percent said they were attacked by ransomware, up 30.8 percentage points from 2017, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Only one in 10 single people in South Korea actively say they want to hold a wedding, a survey said Monday. According to the poll of 2,464 unmarried people — 1,140 men and 1,324 women — aged between 20 to 44 by the state-run Korea Institute for Health and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — For workers who are always suffering from sleep deprivation due to their busy daily lives, the weekend is a time of opportunity to sleep in. However, there are still conflicting views on the health effects of such sleeping habits. Some studies show that oversleeping on weekends raises the risk [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean workers affected by the mandatory 52-hour workweek have suffered an income reduction of about 44,000 won (US$39) per month, a government report said Friday. According to the report by the state-run Korea Labor Institute, the number of overtime hours worked by employees of companies subject to the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly eight out of every 10 single parents raise their children without any financial support from the divorced spouse, a recent survey by the gender ministry showed Thursday. The triennial survey by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family was conducted from August to November last year on 2,500 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Four in 10 South Korean women delivered their babies through cesarean sections, with the numbers going up with the age of the mother giving birth, data showed Monday. According to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), 42.3 percent of mothers opted to use surgery to have [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed a significant discrepancy between husbands and wives in the amount of time spent doing housework. Wives typically spend more than three hours per day on weekday chores, but husbands only spend about 40 minutes, according to the survey. The Korea Institute for Health and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that being overweight as well as losing weight can increase the risk of stroke. A research team led by Prof. Rhee Eun-jung and Prof. Lee Won-young at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital conducted a study on 11 million citizens who took the national health examinations between [...]