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[Stats] Consumer Claims on Cleaning Robot

[Related Article] 50% of Robotic Cleaner Users Are Unsatisfied (Korea Bizwire, April 24) A consumer who purchased an automated vacuum cleaner in July last year, asked for a refund after catching the robotic cleaner stuck in one corner of the house unable to roam around and clean the entire floor as it was supposed to do. [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Billing Amount of Top 5 Ad Agencies

[Related Article] Big Ad Projects Wide Open for Outside Agencies in Korea’s B2B Market (Korea Bizwire, April 21) Ever since a top conglomerate in Korea decided to let advertising agencies outside their league of affiliates bid for their projects, it has been pitching and tossing in the ad world. The agencies affiliated with the big [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Eco-friendly Vehicles Registered in Seoul

[Related Article] Seoul City’s Hybrid Car Registration Rises 20% in 2013 (Korea Bizwire, April 21) Any Seoul resident can get sizable tax cuts upon the purchase of an environment-friendly hybrid car. The tax benefits are offered until the end of this year. Thanks to the incentives, as well as to the heightened awareness on the [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Have You Ever Bought a Lottery Ticket?

[Related Article] Government May Come up with New Lottery (Korea Bizwire, April 18) The government is giving positive consideration on developing and releasing new lottery schemes including time-limited lotteries and a Korean version of “Powerball.” On April 17, the Lottery Commission at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said the government has planned… (see the [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Volume of Farming, Forestry and Fishery Households

[Related Article] 2 out of 3 Farm Families Earn Less than 10 Mil. a Year…Stat Office (Korea Bizwire, April 18) Two out of three farm households are earning less than 10 million won a year from crop sales, which implies that there are fewer and fewer farming families relying entirely on agriculture alone for their [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Representation of Male & Female Executives Officers among 93 Listed Companies under Korea’s Top 10 Conglomerates

[Related Article] Chances for Woman to Become Executive Officer: 7 to 10,000 (Korea Bizwire, April 18) A study showed the possibility for a female employee to be promoted to an executive officer in Korea’s ten major groups is 1 to 1,430. On the contrary, the possibility for a male counterpart was 1 to 90. (see [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Grandparent Audience at Baby Fair

[Related Article] What to Do with Old People Suffering from “Grand-childrenitis”? (Korea Bizwire, April 17) Today there are as many 5.1 million dual-income households in Korea. Although some of them take their children to daycare centers nearby for a fee, still the majority of them rely on the care of their parents who are typically [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Copyright Infringement by Year

[Related Article] Culture Ministry Holds “Good Copyright” Campaign (Korea Bizwire, April 17) The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism have collaborated with the Korea Copyright Commission and 12 other organizations to launch “Good Copyright” campaign. The campaign begins in earnest with a proclamation ceremony at KT Olleh Square in downtown Seoul on April 17. The [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Annual Rate of Profit of Variable Insurance Funds in Korea

[Related Article] Insurance Companies Are Losing Money in Variable Funds (Korea Bizwire, April 16) Variable life insurance funds, the bread-and-butter of life insurance companies, are recording a very low rate of return. Over the last year, their average yield was 0.81 percent with about 40.6 percent of the funds having recorded deficit. On April 15, [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Korean Job Seekers for Employment Tests

[Related Article] Samsung’s Dilemma in Continuing Paper-based Aptitude Test (Korea Bizwire, April 15) Samsung has long been one of the best companies to work for in Korea and this year was no different. Early in the morning on Sunday April 13, tens of thousands of young men and women woke up at dawn and went [...]