SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s market for carbonated water expanded nearly 29 percent over the past five years amid growing consumer interest in low-calorie drinks, a state food trade firm said Wednesday. The volume of carbonated bottled water in Asia’s fourth-largest economy came to 24.3 million liters in 2020, up 28.6 percent [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — About a fifth of women with children up to sixth grade left their jobs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a poll showed Tuesday. The Korean Women’s Development Institute, a state-run think tank, said it conducted a survey on 722 such women from November to December and found that 21.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of double-income households in South Korea declined the most in three years last year as the job market took a beating from the pandemic, data showed Tuesday. The number of double-income households came to 5.59 million as of October last year, down 69,000 from the previous year, [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 8 out of 10 South Koreans believe surveillance cameras should be installed in hospital operating rooms, a poll showed Monday. According to the survey conducted by Realmeter on Friday, 78.9 percent of respondents said they support installing closed-circuit (CC) TV cameras, with 48.8 percent showing strong support and [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Parcel shipments in Seoul increased 26.9 percent last year from the previous year, a study showed Monday, as an increasing number of people prefer ordering food and daily necessities online amid the spread of COVID-19. According to the AI-based study by the University of Seoul, parcel deliveries of food, [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of household chores grew nearly 36 percent in 2019 from five years earlier, with men’s participation in such work rising amid an increase in one-person households and double income families, data showed Monday. The value of household work, such as child care, meal preparations and cleaning, came [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 4 out of 10 South Korean companies plan to employ interns during the second half of the year mainly for the purpose of covering manpower shortages, a poll showed Monday. According to the survey of 416 companies, taken by recruiting platform Saramin, 44 percent of the respondents [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 8 out of 10 South Korean consumers have increased their online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic, a poll showed Monday. The survey of 1,000 local consumers, taken by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, showed 78.4 percent of the respondents saying their online purchases have risen since [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost all indoor sports facilities in South Korea suffered declines in sales due to COVID-19 and one in 10 reported sales decreases of over 80 percent, a survey showed Thursday. According to the poll of 988 owners of indoor sports facilities nationwide, conducted by civic and industry groups from [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 65 percent of teachers, parents and students were positive about more in-person learning in the second half, a survey showed Thursday, as the Ministry of Education gears up for bringing all children back to their classrooms full time. The survey conducted by the ministry on 1.65 million [...]