SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The mutual approval rate between South Korea and Japan has recovered to the levels of 2019, prior to the outbreak of the boycott movement against Japanese products, a survey showed Thursday. The percentage of South Koreans with a favorable view of the neighboring country rose from 20.5 percent last [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 in 10 South Koreans play video games, and more people are playing games with their children, a poll showed Thursday. The Korea Creative Content Agency conducted a survey of 6,000 people between the ages of 10 and 65, in which 74.4 percent had played video games [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Street trees are more effective at cooling down city temperatures than setting up shade canopies, a study indicated Thursday. The Seoul Institute of Technology conducted a field study in Mapo District and Jung District in July and August during the hottest part of the summer, which showed that shade [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Thursday it will begin a trial that involves adding doors to open display cases used to showcase refrigerated foods. Lotte Super, a supermarket chain of South Korean retail giant Lotte, will be installing doors on its refrigerated display cases at a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Duty-free sales in South Korea sank nearly 15 percent to a six-month low in July due to decreased spending by foreigners, industry data showed Friday. Combined sales at duty-free shops in Asia’s fourth-largest economy stood at 1.25 trillion won (US$920 million)) in July, down 14.6 percent from a month [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Cooking with oil at school meal service facilities generates more carbon monoxide than cooking with water, a study showed Thursday. A research team from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency conducted a field investigation of 25 school meal service facilities and found that carbon monoxide emissions were significantly [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Korean baseball fans think tossing the bat with flair after home runs can help increase the popularity of the game, a survey showed Thursday. Realmeter polled 500 South Koreans over 18 on Aug. 12 on bat flips. The survey had a 95 percent confidence [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping in South Korea rose 8.8 percent on-year in July as eased COVID-19 restrictions bolstered demand for travel and leisure services, and online grocery shopping continued to grow, data showed Thursday. The value of online shopping transactions came to 17 trillion won (US$12.6 billion) in July, compared with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant number of parents working in Seoul haven’t taken any parental leave in fear of lagging behind the competition at work or burdening others with their workload, a survey showed Wednesday. The Seoul Foundation and Women and Family conducted a survey of 2,005 Seoul residents (1,482 women, 523 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Professional Football League said Wednesday that a video designed to assist vulnerable groups access football stadiums won a Crystal Award at the 2022 Busan International Advertising Festival. It is the first time for a local professional sports organization to win an award at an international advertising festival, [...]