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[Kobiz Stats] Monthly Expenditure on Private Education per Student

[Kobiz Stats] Monthly Expenditure on Private Education per Student

[Related Article]  Overly Complicated College Entrance Screening Leads to Strange Job Titles (Korea Bizwire, April 11) Despite the government’s constant threat of crackdown on illegal tutoring on college-bound students, the so-called “college entrance exam consulting” is still thriving. Often it is evolving in quite unusual ways. Some of them visit the student’s house just before the [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Ratio of Experiencing Cyber-Bullying and Cyber-Bullied

[Kobiz Stats] Ratio of Experiencing Cyber-Bullying and Cyber-Bullied

[Related Article]  Greater Chances of Cyber-bullying among Smartphone-Dependent Teenagers (Korea Bizwire, April 9) The more teenagers are dependent on smartphones, the greater chances are that they will experience cyber-bullying. Also, more girls (22.8%) than boys (15.9%) and more senior students than juniors tend to be dependent on smartphones. (see the full text of this news) [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Comparison between Korea and Developed Countries on Birth Rate related Factors

[Kobiz Stats] Comparison between Korea and Developed Countries on Birth Rate related Factors

[Related Article] How to Get out of Low-birth Trap?: Adopt Flextime Work Schedule (Korea Bizwire, April 4) A study suggested that Korea may learn from the experience of European countries in raising birthrate. Hyundai Economic Research Institute said on April 3 in a report “How to Get out of Low-birth Trap: Learn from Europe” that [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Per Capita Credit Card Transactions among Industrialized Nations

[Kobiz Stats] Per Capita Credit Card Transactions among Industrialized Nations

[Related Article] Paper Receipts Turning to Waste Are Worth 270 Billion Won (Korea Bizwire, April 3) The receipts printed upon making transactions are doing more harm than personal data spill: waste of resources, and the fear of endocrine disruptor commonly known as environmental hormone. However, the credit card companies and the government authorities are not [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Increasing Trend of “solo”households

[Kobiz Stats] Increasing Trend of “solo”households

(graphic:Kobizmedia/Korea Bizwire) [Related Article] Consumer Market Dynamics Changed by “Solo” Economy (Korea Bizwire, Mar 31) According to the National Statistical Office, single-person households accounted for only 9.0 percent of the whole population in 1990. In 1995, the ratio first surpassed a double–digit level, and it ultimately grew to 25.3 percent, last year. (see the full text [...]