SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent global survey has revealed that four out of 10 South Koreans have difficulty maintaining quality sleep at least three times a week, with stress identified as the leading cause of sleep deprivation. ResMed, a global sleep solutions provider, released the findings of its fifth annual Global Sleep Health [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly one in three newly minted Ph.D. holders in South Korea last year remained unemployed, a record-high figure that underscores a tightening job market even for the country’s most highly educated individuals. According to data from Statistics Korea, only 70.4% of Ph.D. recipients who graduated in 2024 had secured employment [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans spend nearly two hours daily on YouTube, reinforcing its dominance in the country’s digital landscape, according to a report by Mobile Index from IGAWorks released on March 2. As of February 25, YouTube’s total usage time in South Korea reached 69.65 million hours, the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Reversing vehicles account for 14% of all pedestrian traffic accidents in South Korea, according to a new study that highlights the need for a greater adoption of advanced safety features. The Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Traffic Safety Research Institute analyzed traffic accident data from 2019 to 2023, revealing that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Small business owners in South Korea saw their income drop more than 10 percent from a year earlier in 2024 amid sluggish consumer sentiment, a poll showed Tuesday. According to the survey conducted by Mono Research from January 20 to February 7 on 500 small business owners, the level [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A comprehensive survey has revealed that South Korean adults predominantly define a “good death” as one free from physical pain and that doesn’t burden family members with prolonged caregiving responsibilities. The study, conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), found that nine out of 10 respondents [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Every additional hour spent daily on digital screens—such as smartphones, tablets, computers, or televisions—increases the risk of developing myopia (nearsightedness) by 21%, according to a new study. A research team led by Professor Kim Young-kook from Seoul National University’s Department of Ophthalmology presented these findings in a systematic review [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the most desired product in the new subscription application product category among consumers in their 20s and 30s, a poll showed Wednesday. According to the survey conducted recently on 1,000 adults by market research firm Macromill Embrain, 94.8 percent of respondents said [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A stark disconnect exists between how elderly South Koreans hope to spend their final days and where they actually die, according to a comprehensive study released on February 17 by the National Health Insurance Service Research Institute. The analysis found that while 67.5% of elderly long-term care recipients wish to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of individuals experiencing moderate to severe depression and recurrent depressive disorder in South Korea has surged nearly 13% over the past two years, reversing a previous decline, according to government data. A report released on February 16 by the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s National Center for Mental [...]