SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of marriage migrant women continues to rise in South Korea, a new government report highlights the growing health disparities they face — including a higher prevalence of depression and limited access to critical health information due to language and cultural barriers. According to the Korea Institute [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study by researchers at Seoul National University Hospital suggests that terminal cancer patients who maintain a positive, proactive attitude toward life may live significantly longer — regardless of whether they suffer from depression. The study, published this week in the journal BMC Psychiatry, found that patients with [...]
SEJONG, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 60 percent of South Korean couples in their 30s and 40s now live in dual-income households, reflecting shifting work-life dynamics as economic pressures and evolving gender roles reshape family life. Meanwhile, single-person households continue to surge, surpassing 8 million for the first time, according to new government [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s subway system has faced a deluge of temperature-related complaints in recent months, with over 283,000 grievances filed from January through May, according to Seoul Metro. The figure accounts for 75.5% of all customer service issues reported during the five-month period. As temperatures rose in May, so did commuter frustration, [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Contrary to persistent public concerns that foreign nationals are draining South Korea’s national health insurance system, new data reveal a dramatically different reality: foreign enrollees have delivered a growing budget surplus for eight consecutive years, reaching an all-time high in 2024. According to figures released Wednesday by the National [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time, more than 30% of cardiac arrest patients in South Korea received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from bystanders before emergency personnel arrived—marking a milestone in public health efforts to improve survival outcomes outside of hospital settings. According to data released Wednesday by the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Over half of South Korean companies view economic cooperation with Japan as beneficial and believe it should continue, a survey showed Thursday, as the two nations mark the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties this year. In the poll conducted by the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Bank of Korea has warned that continued efforts to stimulate construction investment through non-capital region housing projects may be exacerbating the nation’s widening housing market divide, rather than resolving it. In a report released Wednesday, the central bank argued that building new homes in low-demand regions outside the [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Housing prices in Seoul and non-capital regions have diverged further in recent years amid ongoing economic and social changes, and the government is advised to avoid stimulating construction investment through additional housing supply in non-capital areas, the central bank said Wednesday. The gap in cumulative housing price increases between [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Essential living costs in South Korea are significantly higher than those in other major nations, hindering the recovery of consumer spending, the central bank said Wednesday. South Korea’s price indices for food, clothing and housing stood at 151, 161 and 123, respectively, based on the average price level of [...]