SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint research team formed by Professor Won Jang-won of the Kyung Hee University Hospital and Dr. Kim Hun-kyung, a researcher at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology have announced the results of a study conducted on women aged 70 to 84 in Tokyo to see whether eight years [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 60 percent of South Korean households purchased ready-made food over the past year, with dumplings and pizza being the most popular, data showed Wednesday. According to the findings by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the two dishes were the most popular ready-made food products, followed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 500 people entered South Korea through direct flights in 2017 after contracting contagious diseases abroad, a report said Wednesday. A total of 529 direct-flight entrants were found to have contracted dengue fever, malaria and other infectious diseases in foreign countries that year, according to the report by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than eight out of 10 foreigners have a positive national image of South Korea, a survey released by the government showed Tuesday. According to an online survey of 8,000 people in 16 countries, including South Korea, 80.3 percent of foreign respondents evaluated South Korea’s national image positively. Notably, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Smokers often mistakenly think that reducing the number of cigarettes smoked in a day will lower their health risks. However, studies have shown that even those who smoke a little bit have a significant risk of hardened arteries. These findings were based on a study conducted by a research [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans think this year’s minimum wage hike will have a negative effect on the economy, a survey showed Friday. The poll of 1,002 adults nationwide by Gallup Korea found 52 percent of people predict negative economic effects from the latest minimum wage increase. Only [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Six out of ten South Korean households believe one household needs one home, regardless of age or income level. As long as the housing environment is stable, respondents were even willing to get a lease or pay monthly rent to live in a home. The Korea Housing Finance Corp. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that so-called emotional laborers in the service and sales sectors showed an increased risk of depression. The study was conducted by a research team at Korea University based on a database of 2,055 individuals older than 19 years of age working in service and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Only 2.9 percent of South Korean single women regard marriage as necessary, a figure far lower than their Chinese counterparts, a survey showed Wednesday. In contrast, 19.4 percent of Chinese women consider marriage necessary, according to the survey of 411 and 413 single women aged 25-34 and living in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight in 10 doctors in South Korea have experienced burnout symptoms, due to extreme physical and mental fatigue, a poll showed Wednesday. The poll of 1,004 doctors, conducted online by medical information provider InterMD on Dec. 26-27, found that 80 percent of them have suffered from burnout while working [...]