SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual number of applicants for the state-run Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) surpassed 300,000 for the first time last year, its administrator said Thursday. A total of 329,224 people in 76 countries applied for the Korean language test for non-native speakers and ethnic Koreans in 2018, said [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of drivers caught driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) decreased by about 20 percent in the first week after a tougher anti-DUI law took effect on June 25, police said Wednesday. According to the National Police Agency (NPA), 270 DUI offenses were reported on a daily [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six out of 10 South Koreans positively evaluate the historic meeting among the leaders of South Korea, the United States and North Korea in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The survey, conducted by public pollster Realmeter with [...]
SEJONG, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The ratio of South Korean women who are in favor of getting married fell sharply last year from a decade ago, government data showed Monday, a trend that is blamed for the country’s chronically low birthrate. The data compiled by Statistics Korea said that 43.5 percent of women said [...]
SEJONG, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans aged 65 years or older could surpass 10 million in 2025 and jump to 18.79 million, or 38.4 percent of the country’s population, in 2047, a statistics agency said Thursday. Statistics Korea’s latest projection represented a dramatic hike from the 7.07 million people aged [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As many as 3.72 million animals were used in animal tests conducted in South Korea last year, and nearly half of the implementation agents were state-run organizations. According to a survey by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA) on Wednesday, 385 Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees were [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Most companies that use public data to do business have been able to expand employment. According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on Tuesday, 665 out of 803 companies that use public data, or 82.8 percent, cited “expansion of employment” as their most [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The public perception of the traditional role of a married couple, where the husband makes money outside and wife takes care of family members at home, is fading. According to a survey of 2,000 adults conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 68.8 percent disagreed with [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Recently, it was revealed that South Koreans bought their first home at an average age of 43. However, the word ‘first home’ is just a saying for 38 percent of housing prices are covered by loans from banks and other financial institutions. According to the survey of 61,275 households [...]
SEJONG, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of married couples in South Korea earned dual incomes in 2018, data showed Tuesday, a sign that many South Koreans are continuing to work after marriage to support their families. The number of double-income households reached 5.67 million as of October 2018, accounting for 46.3 percent of [...]