SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Mathematics has emerged as the least popular subject among South Korean middle school students, even as families spend more on private math tutoring than on any other discipline, according to a new national education study. A survey released Wednesday by the Korea Educational Development Institute found that math ranked last [...]
HAMPYEONG, South Korea, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Soaring gold prices in South Korea have cast a new spotlight on an unlikely symbol of local ambition: a golden bat sculpture in the rural county of Hampyeong. As domestic gold prices surged to record highs this week, the value of the sculpture — made partly of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Gwangju emerged as South Korea’s highest-paying region under the country’s living wage system this year, offering a monthly wage of about 2.78 million won, according to a nationwide survey released Wednesday by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. The findings, based on a comprehensive review of living wage policies for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea recorded its fastest increase in births in nearly two decades last year, offering a rare note of demographic optimism in a country long defined by declining fertility. According to government data released Wednesday, 233,708 babies were born between January and November 2025, a rise of 6.2 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean workers have reduced their work hours by 17.8 percent with the help of generative AI platforms, a poll showed Wednesday, with more than half of them using such tools in their daily work. According to a poll of 3,000 wage workers aged 20 and older conducted by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of cybersecurity breaches reported to authorities rose 26 percent from a year earlier in 2025, a government report showed Tuesday, as hackers continue to develop their attack tactics based on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The total number of cybersecurity breaches came to 2,383 in 2025, compared with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s housing market grew sharply more polarized last year, as soaring apartment prices in Seoul collided with prolonged stagnation in regional cities, pushing the price gap between the nation’s most expensive and cheapest homes to its widest level in years. According to data released Monday by the Korea Real [...]
HWACHEON, South Korea, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — In this small mountain town near the border with North Korea, winter has once again become a spectacle. The annual Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, one of the country’s most celebrated seasonal events, has surpassed one million visitors just two weeks after opening, organizers said Saturday — a milestone that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six in 10 men and women experiencing menopause in South Korea say their spouse is their most important source of emotional support, according to a new study highlighting shifting family dynamics in midlife. The findings were released Thursday by the LifePlus Femtech Research Institute of Hanwha General Insurance, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans’ rice consumption fell to a record low in 2025 as changing diets and eating habits continued to reduce demand, government data showed Thursday. Per capita rice consumption stood at 62.5 kilograms last year, down 3 percent, or 1.9 kg, from the previous year, according to the data [...]