SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top food delivery app Baemin is facing mounting criticism from small business owners after it began charging a 6.8% service fee on takeout orders this week—a move seen as a reversal of the hard-won compromise on delivery commissions reached in 2024. On April 14, the first day the [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly seven in ten South Koreans aged 25 to 44 believe women should work to help support their families, reflecting a growing societal shift toward shared economic responsibility and evolving gender roles, according to a new study released Wednesday. The report, titled “Greater Flexibility in Life Course Outlooks and the [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of young South Koreans are choosing to forgo marriage due to financial strain and evolving personal values, according to a government-backed survey released Monday. The 2nd National Population Behavior Survey, conducted in October 2024 by the Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association, revealed that 41.5% of unmarried [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — From bedtime stories to discipline dilemmas, South Korean parents are increasingly turning to ChatGPT to help raise their children—ushering in what many see as the beginning of an AI-assisted parenting era. The phenomenon, dubbed “ChatGPT parenting,” has taken off across online communities, where parents share how the generative AI tool not [...]
JEJU, South Korea, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A combination of viral YouTube content and a hit Netflix series is propelling Jeju Island to new heights as a must-visit destination for Taiwanese tourists, with 2025 shaping up to be another banner year for the South Korean resort island. According to data released by the Jeju [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A quarter of drama viewers switch channels or stop watching when ads air at the end of a program, while variety show viewers are more likely to stay tuned, according to a recent study highlighting the growing complexity of TV advertising effectiveness in South Korea. The report, released on [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Most Seoul residents now view 70 as the threshold of old age, and nearly 9 in 10 support extending the retirement age, according to the latest annual “Seoul Survey” released by the city government on Wednesday. The 2024 edition of the wide-ranging study, which polled 5,000 citizens, found that [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The explosion of short-form video content on platforms like Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts may be fueling a surge in smartphone overdependence among young South Koreans, a new academic study has found — prompting calls for greater social and platform accountability in addressing digital addiction. According to research published [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s game industry is bracing for the release of Nintendo’s long-anticipated Switch 2, slated for launch in June, marking the company’s first new console in eight years since the original Switch revolutionized hybrid gaming. With over 150 million units sold globally, the next-generation console is expected to spark renewed [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Mobile phone services drew the most consumer complaints in South Korea last year, according to a report released Sunday by the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA), highlighting growing dissatisfaction with telecommunications providers. The agency said that 28,948 consumer inquiries were filed through the national e-government portal in 2024, marking a 22.2 [...]