SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans support the government’s decision to dispatch troops to the Strait of Hormuz for a maritime security operation, a poll showed Thursday. Earlier this week, the Ministry of National Defense announced that the country’s anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit, operating in the Gulf of Aden, would expand [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans differ on self-perception about health depending on the amount of income they receive, a recent study revealed. The Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a survey of 13,000 members of 6,000 households over 15 years of age, 53.9 percent of whom regarded themselves as ‘healthy’. Only 30.9 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of private sector employees taking paternity leave exceeded 20,000 for the first time last year, government data showed Wednesday, amid a growing societywide campaign to promote a balance between work and family life. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, 22,297 male private sector employees took [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of ginseng reached a new fresh high in 2019 on the back of increased shipments to China and Vietnam, data showed Wednesday. Outbound shipments of ginseng products advanced 12.4 percent on-year to reach US$211 million in 2019, according to the data compiled by the Korea Agro-Fisheries [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of cigarettes in South Korea fell 0.7 percent in 2019 from a year earlier due to the government-led anti-smoking campaign and higher prices, data showed Wednesday. Smokers purchased 3.45 billion 20-cigarette packs last year, compared with the previous year’s 3.47 billion packs, according to data compiled by the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The market for dietary supplements in South Korea has been expanding in recent years thanks to eye vitamins and probiotics. The Korea Health Supplements Association (KHSA), in a study of three-year data collected from 5,000 households, reported that the South Korean market for dietary supplements grew to 4.6 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that the level of digital literacy was the highest when computers and other digital devices were first used between the ages of five and seven. Digital literacy refers to “the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The majority of South Korean adults would like to spend ‘me time’ at home during the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays. JobKorea, a local job search portal, jointly with Albamon, a recruitment website for part-timers, conducted a survey of 3,390 male and female adults over 20 years of age, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A record number of applicants took the Korean language proficiency test last year, data showed Friday, reflecting the growing popularity of the language. A total of 375,871 people sat for the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) in 2019, up 14.2 percent from 329,224 in the previous year, according [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of foreigners staying illegally in South Korea are voluntarily leaving the country after the government offered various incentives, including an opportunity for reentry, to overstayers choosing to voluntary depart, a government agency said Friday. According to the Incheon Immigration Office, the number of illegal stayers leaving [...]