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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of patients visiting the hospital due to panic disorder has surged in the past five years. According to data analysis released Monday by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), the number of people who visited medical institutions for a panic disorder increased by 70.5 percent, or 65,903, [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of middle-aged people were indebted last year, data showed Tuesday, in the latest sign of growing household debt in South Korea. The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that 56.1 percent of people aged between 40 and 64 borrowed money from banks or other financial institutions [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign cruise tourists visiting South Korea switched to an upturn this year for the first time in three years, mainly on the back of more arrivals from Japan and Taiwan, industry data showed Monday. Some 249,000 foreigners arrived in the country on cruise ships over the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans overqualified for their current jobs has reached a record high of over 30 percent this year, a central bank report showed Monday, suggesting overeducation may be adding to the country’s overall costs and that the nation may also be running out of quality jobs. [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The employment rate among foreigners living in South Korea dropped in May this year, compared with a year ago, despite an increase in their overall population, data showed Sunday. Of 1.32 million foreign residents aged 15 and older, about 914,000 were working as of May this year, which means [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people who own more than 10 homes in South Korea climbed to a new high last year, marking a turnaround from a slight drop the year before, data showed Sunday. As of end-2018, the number of people with 10 or more homes here came to 37,487, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Consumers consider the brand’s ‘owner risk’ as an important standard of choice when eating out. According to a survey of 1,000 men and women between the ages of 16 and 64 conducted by market research firm Embrain Trend Monitor, more than half of respondents felt that “There have been [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of immigrants, including naturalized citizens, in South Korea topped 1.3 million as of May this year, government data showed Thursday. The number of immigrants, including naturalized citizens, in South Korea has been rising steadily, reaching 1.32 million this year, up 1.7 percent from a year ago, according [...]