SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea declined by the fastest on-year pace in 19 years in October, data showed Wednesday, underscoring the country’s chronic low birth rate. The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that 21,934 babies were born in October, down 14.4 percent from a year [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — About 73 percent of South Koreans are positive about incoming U.S. President Joe Biden holding a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un either unconditionally or in case of real progress in nuclear negotiations, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the poll conducted by the state-run Korea Institute for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Over half of South Koreans think the speed at which coronavirus vaccinations are carried out is more important than verifying their safety, a public survey showed Wednesday. In the Realmeter survey conducted on 500 people aged 18 or older nationwide Tuesday, 54.9 percent of the respondents said the country [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 70 percent of South Koreans participated in a nationwide boycott of Japan-made goods in one form or another amid an ongoing trade dispute between Seoul and Tokyo, a survey showed Tuesday. In a six-day survey by market researcher Embrain conducted on 1,000 adults below the age of 60 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of workers taking parental leave rose 4.5 percent in 2019 from a year earlier, data showed Tuesday, with women still accounting for the majority of such employees. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, the number of workers taking parental leave came to 159,153 in 2019, [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign workers in South Korea declined for the second consecutive year in 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Monday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy had 848,000 foreign employees as of the end of May, down 1.8 percent from the previous year, according to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean exports of instant noodles jumped more than 28 percent in the first 11 months of the year amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. Overseas shipments of instant noodles, or “ramyeon” in Korean, came to US$549.72 million in the January-November period, up 28.4 percent from a year [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of kimchi rose sharply in the first 11 months of the year thanks to its growing popularity, data showed Sunday. Overseas shipments of kimchi came to US$132 million in the January-November period, already surpassing last year’s total, according to the customs data. Kimchi is a traditional [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean moviegoers nose-dived more than 80 percent on-year in November as the third wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the country, data showed Thursday. A total of 3.59 million people went to theaters last month, down 80.7 percent from 18.6 million tallied a year [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of music albums and videos soared to a new high this year thanks to the global popularity of BTS, BLACKPINK and other K-pop groups, government data showed Thursday. Overseas shipments of albums and related products came to US$170 million in the first 11 months of the [...]