SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of international students studying at South Korean universities shot up 10 percent on-year in 2022 to set a new record, data showed Sunday, following eased global travel restrictions. Around 166,870 foreign students were studying at local universities as of April 2022, rising sharply from 152,258 tallied a [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of rail passengers in South Korea shot up 44 percent on-year in the first quarter, data showed Sunday, as the country returned to pre-pandemic normalcy. Around 39.2 million people traveled on railways in the January-March period, rising sharply from 27.2 million tallied a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of Japanese beer more than doubled on-year in the January-March period, data showed Sunday, marking the highest amount since Tokyo’s export curbs against the Asian neighbor in 2019. Japanese beer imports came to US$6.62 million in the first quarter, soaring from $2.66 million tallied a year [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea fell 9.4 percent last month from a year earlier due to lack of supplies in some brands and high interest rates, an industry association said Thursday. The number of newly registered imported vehicles came to 20,910 units last month, down from 23,070 [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 210,000 children and teens in South Korea visited a hospital for depression or anxiety disorders over the past four years, data from the National Health Insurance Service showed Thursday. According to the data submitted to Rep. Kim Byong-wook of the ruling People Power Party, a total of 209,565 [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – About 13,000 illegal immigrants left South Korea through a crackdown and the voluntary departure program over the past two months, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday. The government has resumed its crackdown on foreigners staying or working illegally here since last October after a pause due to COVID-19. The [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Online sales of travel and transportation services more than doubled on-year in the first quarter of 2023 on eased COVID-19 restrictions, data showed Monday. The value of online transactions of travel and transportation services amounted to 5.51 trillion won (US$4.11 billion) during the January-March period, compared with 2.6 trillion [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that suicide-related counseling provided by youth counseling centers in South Korea has increased by 77 percent over the past five years. This increase comes amid a spate of teen suicides in Gangnam, Seoul. Last year alone, the number of suicide counseling sessions increased by [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea recorded the biggest fall in exports to China among major exporters to the country in the first quarter, China’s trade data showed Sunday. Exports to China plunged 28 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier due mainly to a sharp decline in semiconductor shipments, the [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Debt among those in their 20s and 30s jumped more than 27 percent over the past three years since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, indicating they suffered financial difficulties due to rising home prices and an economic slowdown, central bank data showed Sunday. In the fourth quarter of 2022, overall [...]