SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of South Koreans viewed marriage as unessential and nearly 60 percent of those in their 10s and 20s said childbirth after marriage is not a must, a government report showed Thursday, illustrating the country’s demographic crisis amid a record-low birthrate. Only 50 percent of South Koreans aged 13 [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of South Korean imports of Japanese seafood hit a 12-year high in 2022 on a surge in imports of expensive live fish, government data showed Thursday. Seoul imported US$174.2 million worth of fishery products from the neighboring country last year, up 12.2 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — About 1,800 Seoul citizens made a joint declaration to reduce the use of plastics at the Han River and streams in the Seoul area. The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Wednesday hosted a special event marking World Water Day to celebrate the “No Plastic Han River” joint citizen action day. [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will provide a year of free animal insurance for people adopting abandoned animals. Those adopting and registering an abandoned animal through 13 agencies and institutions including the Seoul Animal Care Center will benefit from a free animal insurance policy for one year. [...]
JECHEON, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Bananas, a sub-tropical fruit, are now being grown in the central city of Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, famous for its cold winter weather. Some 50 banana trees cultivated in a greenhouse operated by the Jecheon Agricultural Technology Center have all borne fruit. The center harvested four bunches of bananas [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea dipped to yet another fresh low in January, data showed Wednesday, reflecting the dire population crisis in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Just 23,179 babies were born in January this year, sinking 6 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday released a video showing the demonstration of its newly-developed automatic charging robot (ACR) on YouTube. The ACR is a one-arm robot capable of plugging a cable into an electric vehicle (EV)’s charging port and removing it once charging is complete. Based on the consideration [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With Koreans getting married at older ages due to shifts in values and demographic circumstances, brides in their early 40s now outnumber those in their early 20s, data showed Monday. According to Statistics Korea’s Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS), 10,949 women between the ages of 40 and 44 got [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With consumer prices continuing to rise, college students and job seekers are increasingly struggling with living expenses and education fees. Recently, a growing number of secondhand textbooks and online course vouchers are being exchanged on online second-hand platforms and online college communities. “I can’t do anything about rising food [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Kooksoondang Brewery Co. said Tuesday its annual exports hit a record high last year thanks to the growing global popularity of the Korean traditional liquor “makgeolli.” Makgeolli is a traditional Korean rice liquor known for its cloudy, milky appearance. The Korean brewer said it posted US$10.7 million in exports [...]