SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reveal a significant decrease in the daily smoking rates among South Koreans aged 15 and above in the past decade. As of 2021, the daily smoking rate – the percentage of people [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – BMW Korea overtook Mercedes-Benz Korea to become the leading foreign automobile company in South Korea last year in terms of sales, industry data showed Thursday. According to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA), the number of newly registered BMW models last year reached 77,395 units out of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of single-person households increased further last year to account for a record high of 42 percent of all households, data from the interior ministry showed Thursday. According to the resident registration data from the ministry, the total number of registered households in the country rose by 0.9 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –Over 43,000 individuals visited South Korean emergency rooms in the past year following suicide or self-harm attempts, with nearly half of these cases involving teenagers and young adults in their twenties. The incidence of suicide and self-harm attempts among individuals aged 10 to 29 has surged by 50-70% in recent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that men constitute a staggering 80% of the user base of dating applications in South Korea. According to data from WiseApp, a service that analyzes app and retail trends, as of the end of December, the most installed dating apps in the country were Tinder [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study conducted by the Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention reveals critical insights into the timeframe between the diagnosis of depressive disorders and subsequent suicides. The findings underscore the urgency of early diagnosis and intervention. According to the report titled “Diagnosis of Depressive Disorders – A Study of Factors [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has witnessed a startling increase in the number of doctors arrested for sexual crimes in the past five years, with nearly 800 cases reported. Data provided by Nam In-soon, a member of the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee, indicates that from 2018 to 2022, a total of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – In the face of persistent high inflation and interest rates, South Korean consumers have been navigating the economic landscape with markedly polarized spending habits. This trend, underscored by recent studies from Lotte Home Shopping and WiseApp, reveals a complex interplay of ‘value-seeking consumption’ and ‘revenge spending’, shaping the country’s retail [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent ’2023 Survey on North Korean Defectors’ conducted by the Korea Hana Foundation reveals significant improvement in the economic activities and settling environment of North Korean defectors residing in South Korea. The survey, published on December 27, indicates an increase in the employment rate of defectors to 60.5% this [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea fell to the lowest point for any October to date, data showed Wednesday. A total of 18,904 babies were born in October, down 8.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. The October tally marks the [...]