SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Military hospitals nationwide have treated more than 700 civilians since opening their doors to the public at a full scale in mid-February, the defense ministry said Sunday, amid the protracted walkout by trainee doctors. Military hospital emergency rooms became fully accessible to civilians to help address concerns of health [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – In a revealing study on South Korea’s labor market dynamics and their impact on family planning, researchers have pointed to a stark disparity in birth rates between contract (irregular workers not covered by major insurance) and full-time corporate employees. The findings suggest that the fertility rate among women in [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Online shopping sales in South Korea rose 12.1 percent on-year in January on the back of growing demand for tourism and transportation services ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, data showed Tuesday. The value of online shopping transactions amounted to 20.28 trillion won (US$15.21 billion) in January, up [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The average annual working hours for South Koreans fell by nearly 200 hours over the past decade but still remain about 150 hours longer than the average of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), data showed Sunday. According to statistics from the Ministry of Employment and Labor, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 3 (Korea Bizwire) –In the last ten years, South Korea has seen a significant 40% decrease in the number of marriages, casting uncertainty on the premise of childbirth in a country where marriage traditionally precedes starting a family. Statistics Korea’s December 2023 population trends report and data from the Korean Statistical Information Service [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) –South Koreans are undergoing medical radiation examinations at an average of 6.8 times per person annually, a figure that significantly surpasses the global average. According to data released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on February 18, the frequency of these exams has been on the rise for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of teenagers caught for drug-related charges in Seoul spiked to 235 last year from 48 a year earlier, police data showed Thursday. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency released the data during a seminar held jointly with the Korean Association Against Drug Abuse to discuss ways to respond [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of elementary, middle and high school students in South Korea is expected to fall below the current 5-million level in the next two years, data from a state-run institute showed Monday, amid the country’s chronically low birthrates. The total number of the students is estimated to decline [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Twenty-year-olds spend much more time on social media now than the same age group a decade ago, whereas their monthly reading time declined, a report showed Monday. The Korean Educational Development Institute surveyed 5,705 people who turned 20 in 2021, and about 23 percent of them said they use [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has highlighted the severe mental health challenges faced by graduate students, who endure stress on two fronts due to their dual roles as students and research workers. According to a report from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and the Empathy Occupational and Environmental [...]