SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — While more than 6 million Koreans have been diagnosed with diabetes, only a few are taking proper steps to prevent complications, a study showed Tuesday. The Korean Diabetes Association reported that there were a total of 6.05 million diabetes patients over 30 years of age in South Korea as [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1 in 10 individuals working at businesses with fewer than five employees are paid less than the minimum wage, a poll showed Monday. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions conducted a survey of 470 people working at small businesses with fewer than five employees, which showed that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40 percent of people who have reported cases of harassment at the workplace have been subject to retribution of various types, a pro-labor civic group said Monday. Gabjil 119 analyzed 1,442 tip-offs on workplace bullying cases between January and August this year in which they identified the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the return to in-person classes, violence in schools has increased this year, a government survey showed Tuesday. In the survey by the education ministry, 1.7 percent of students said they suffered violence in schools in 2022, up 0.6 percentage points from last year, when most schools shifted classes [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 experts in South Korea consider the local chipmaking industry to be in a crisis due to multiple external risks, a survey showed Monday. According to a survey of 30 experts in the semiconductor sector, taken by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), 76.7 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to half of South Koreans consume multivitamins, probiotics and other supplements, the public health agency said Sunday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported that in the 2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 44.9 percent of respondents said they had consumed dietary supplements the day [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is expected to become the country with the largest share of people aged 65 years or older in the world in 2044 due to rapid aging, data showed Monday. The proportion of senior citizens in South Korea is forecast to account for 36.7 percent of the total [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of imported vehicles in South Korea rose 7.8 percent last month from a year earlier despite the extended chip shortage, an industry association said Monday. The number of newly registered foreign vehicles stood at 23,850 units last month, up from 22,116 units a year ago, the Korea Automobile [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners’ net stock purchases reached nearly 4 trillion won (US$2.9 billion) in the South Korean stock markets last month despite the won’s weakness against the dollar, data showed Sunday. In August, foreigners bought 3.98 trillion won worth of stocks in the main KOSPI, tech-heavy KOSDAQ and small businesses-focused KONEX [...]
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 [...]