SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sixteen percent of young South Korean students are at risk of smartphone or Internet addiction, a poll released by the government said Tuesday. According to the survey of 1,286,567 fourth, seventh and 10th graders by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, 206,102 students, or 16 percent, were found [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans in their 50s and older are the fastest-growing segment of YouTube users, having spent the most time on the video-sharing website of all age brackets, industry data showed Tuesday. People aged 50 or older spent a combined 10.1 billion minutes watching YouTube in April, compared with 5.1 [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Among marriage immigrants, the majority of the Vietnamese live in the countryside, while Chinese live mostly in urban areas. Vietnamese immigrants living in the countryside face more difficulties due to language and cultural barriers. They are in many cases sidelined from social networks and communities, which calls for additional [...]
SEJONG, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Engineering & Construction Co., the construction arm of South Korea’s leading steelmaker, POSCO, had the highest number of workplace fatalities among local builders last year, government data showed Monday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said 10 workers died at construction sites run by POSCO E&C after [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of South Koreans think the government should seek dialogue with North Korea, a survey showed Monday, as inter-Korean ties remained stalled amid the deadlocked nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Of the 1,003 adults surveyed last month, 51.4 percent said the government should pursue talks and compromise [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The lowest prices for the Galaxy S10 and iPhone XS in South Korea’s open market are the fifth most expensive among 17 major countries in the world. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) announced on Thursday that the lowest prices for Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S10 (128GB) and Apple’s iPhone XS [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that male cancer patients tend to rely more on their spouses than women. A research team co-led by Prof. Shin Dong-uk from Samsung Medical Center conducted a survey of 439 cancer patients who received treatment at 11 medical centers in South Korea. The average age [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — More than four out of ten unmarried men and women think they need to own their own house, but they see it as impossible in reality. Such results were published in a report titled “A Study on the Relationship Between the Living Characteristics of Young Adults and Marriage” by [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — One in two single men and women never get back together with their ex because they know that they will break up again for the same reason. According to a survey conducted by matchmaking agency Duo Info Corp. on Tuesday, when asked whether one reunited with one’s ex, of [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotels next to shopping complexes are enjoying a huge rise in popularity as more and more people remain reluctant to go outdoors amid high levels of air pollution. Trip.com, an online travel agency, reported on Tuesday that its reservation rate at six hotels next to shopping malls in Seoul [...]