SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) in South Korea recently reported a significant rise in the number of individuals seeking treatment for depression, surpassing one million in 2022. Looking back over the past five years, there has been a consistent increase in these numbers. Starting from 753,011 in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Seocho District in Seoul, led by District Mayor Jun Sung-su, has unveiled an innovative solution to navigate the labyrinthine structure of the Express Bus Terminal underground shopping complex, known for its over 600 densely packed stores. Starting this month, Goteo Map, an indoor navigation app, will help visitors find their [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In Busan, South Korea, individuals over the age of 50 are approaching half of the city’s total population. According to statistics released by Busan Metropolitan City on January 10, as of 2022, this age group comprised 1.53 million people, or 46.5% of the city’s population. The breakdown of this demographic [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s elderly population aged 70 and older outnumbered those in their 20s for the first time last year, government statistics showed Wednesday, as the society is rapidly aging amid record low birth rates. According to the resident registration data compiled by the interior ministry, the number of people [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of the chief executives of the leading 500 firms in South Korea are in their 60s, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey conducted by CEO Lab, a corporate research organization, on the age of CEOs of the top 500 companies, the average age of a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s on-year employment grew at a slower pace in 2023 as the number of newly employed fell in the manufacturing sector and among young people, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people rose 327,000 in 2023 from a year earlier, or 1.2 percent, to come to 28.41 [...]
GIMHAE, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Gimhae in South Gyeongsang Province has announced the launch of its newly revamped multilingual website, starting this month, to better serve the city’s large foreign population. Gimhae, home to over 20,000 foreign residents including foreign workers and multicultural families, ranks as the city with the highest foreign [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – As the new year begins, Korea’s leading telecommunications companies are igniting competition by releasing a series of children-focused smartphones. On January 9, LG Uplus announced the launch of the Chunsik-i 2 phone, a child-friendly LTE smartphone designed for eye comfort. This 7th U+ Kids Phone model is based on the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has found that users of electronic cigarettes, particularly those using liquid-type e-cigarettes, exhibit weaker intentions to quit smoking compared to traditional cigarette users. The study, conducted by a research team led by Professor Kim Dae-hyun of the Department of Family Medicine at Keimyung University College of Medicine, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – In the early 20th century, American traveler and photographer Burton Holmes (1870-1958) visited Korea, later describing it as an “interesting place.” His travelogue vividly depicted the daily life of Koreans at that time, from porters weaving through crowded streets to people riding trams. Today, the National Folk Museum of Korea [...]