SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team led by Prof. Cho Chang-soo and Prof. Han Kyu-man from Korea University College of Medicine announced on Monday that it had classified 1,003 people out of 9,217 married couples who had no symptoms of depression at the time of the survey but showed signs of depression [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Per capita rice consumption in South Korea dropped to a record low in 2018, data showed Monday, although the rate of decrease slowed compared with recent years on the back of the popularity of ready-to-eat meals. According to the data by Statistics Korea, the average annual consumption of rice [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) reached an all-time high in 2018 amid a spike in purchases from the United States, industry data showed Monday. The country’s LNG imports totaled 44.04 million tons last year, up 17.3 percent from the prior year and a new record high, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s private consumption grew at the fastest rate in seven years in 2018, data showed Sunday. According to the Bank of Korea, South Korea’s private consumption grew 2.8 percent in 2018, marking the highest figure since the 2.9 percent posted in 2011. The country’s growth in terms of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean duty-free stores saw their sales from Japanese consumers rise sharply on-year in January despite the on-going military tension between the two countries, apparently on the back of the strong Japanese yen, industry sources said Sunday. Sales from Japanese consumers at a Lotte Duty Free shop in Seoul’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign tourists have varying tastes when it comes to sightseeing spots in Seoul, depending on their nationality, a research paper showed Friday. Visitors from Asia prefer Myeongdong, one of the capital’s main shopping districts, while European and American tourists are most impressed by royal palaces, according to the paper [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Slightly over 1 in 5 part-timers in South Korea receive less hourly pay than the nation’s minimum wage, a poll showed Friday. According to the survey of 5,654 part-time workers taken by Albamon, a recruitment website for part-timers, 21.2 percent of the respondents said their hourly wage hovers below [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — On the occasion of the 4th annual ‘Headache Day’, the Korea Headache Society released the results of a survey of 500 parents of children and teenagers who experienced headaches on Wednesday. According to the survey, 57.2 percent of children who complained of headaches typically take painkillers ‘when a headache [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost half of South Koreans were willing to stop life-sustaining treatment on their deathbed. Professors Yun Young-ho and Park Hye-yoon from Seoul National University Hospital, in collaboration with a research team led by Dr. Kim Young-ae from the National Cancer Center, conducted a survey on 4,176 people (1,241 ordinary [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of private sector employees taking paternity leave surged by nearly 47 percent last year, government data showed Wednesday, amid a societywide campaign to promote a work-life balance. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, 17,662 male private sector employees took parental leave in 2018, up 46.7 [...]