SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Veterinary clinics are less likely to announce the cost of treatment in advance, a recent report has revealed. According to a survey conducted by the Consumers Union of Korea (CUK) on 50 animal hospitals in the Seoul metropolitan area last month, the most expensive treatment item was related to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of marriages in South Korea is on a decline as public perceptions towards the social pact is changing. Statistics Korea reported that there were 20,331 marriages in October, down by 7 percent from the previous year (1,525 fewer marriages). This marked the second lowest record since 1981. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam is the country with the largest number of international roaming users for mobile phones at the end of this year. KT Corp., one of South Korea’s leading telecommunications firm, said Vietnam was the country that had the largest number of users of its voice call roaming service “ON” [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — More Japanese tourists have visited South Korea than South Koreans have visited the Asian neighbor since August, data showed Sunday, after their countries have been engaged in an unprecedented trade row, sparking a boycott of Japanese goods and services here. The number of Japanese visiting South Korea reached 329,652 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — While single men and women picked civil servant or public corporation worker as the most favored occupation for their spouse, the preference for teachers has risen significantly when it comes to jobs for husbands. According to a survey conducted by DUO, a South Korean matchmaking firm, among 1,000 unmarried [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Ttareungi, Seoul’s shared bicycle service, showed the highest usage among all shared services and policies offered by the Seoul city government. Local authorities conducted a survey of 1,000 Seoulites, 59.6 percent of whom said they had used at least one or more shared services offered by the city. Among [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Small business owners in South Korea reported an average operating profit of 34 million won (US$29,264) last year, a survey showed Friday. According to the survey of 2,470 small business owners, conducted by Statistics Korea, they also posted average sales of 235 million won last year. The survey did [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans have picked Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” as their favorite Christmas song of all time. Genie Music, the music streaming subsidiary of telecommunications giant KT Corp., reported that Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit song was heard by the greatest number of people over the past three [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Consumers who are buying the first car of their life are increasingly turning to used cars. According to an online survey of 314 men and women conducted by K-Car, a South Korean used car dealer, 67.5 percent of the respondents chose used car as their first car when asked [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a recent chill in inter-Korean relations, more than seven out of 10 citizens living in Seoul still believe that South and North Korea should be unified, a survey showed Wednesday. According to an online poll of 2,000 citizens conducted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 74.2 percent of the [...]