SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — An increase in the percentage of full-time workers drives up labor productivity to some extent, a report said Monday. “Under the same conditions of labor costs, a 1 percentage point increase in permanent workers and a 1 percentage point decrease in temporary workers will bring about a 0.23-0.56 percentage [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ health has deteriorated over the years as they suffer more from chronic conditions, bad habits and aging, a report from a team of economic professors said Monday. According to the team from Seoul National University, people’s health index, measured on a scale of zero to one, was [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that more than half of ‘emotional laborers’ suffer from musculoskeletal pain in the neck and shoulder areas. A research team led by Ryu Ji-young, a professor at Inje University Paik Hospital, released the results of an analysis conducted on the Korean Working Conditions Survey [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Civil servant is the most sought-after job among South Korean adults, though most of them aim to take jobs as office workers for practical reasons, a poll showed Friday. Of the 1,143 job seekers and salaried people questioned, the largest portion — 26.7 percent — said they want to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is one of the countries with the highest percentage of smokers in the world. More than 40 percent of South Korean adults smoke cigarettes. The South Korean government has come up with various measures, including raising cigarette prices and requiring cigarette packages to feature graphic warning images [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — While 6 out of 10 parents with infant children recognize the educational potential of smartphones, only 1 out of 10 parents actually used mobile educational applications for children. Roughly 60 percent of parents said they let their children play with smartphones to entertain them or so that they could [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Just over 1 in 5 married women in South Korea stopped working due to marriage, having children and taking care of them, and other family-related obligations, data showed Thursday. According to the data by Statistics Korea, the number of women who gave up their jobs due to marriage and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — New foreign direct investment (FDI) pledged to South Korea has surpassed the previous record high, led by rising interest in the nation’s high-tech industries and startups in emerging sectors, government data showed Wednesday. South Korea received US$23.04 billion worth of FDI commitments as of Tuesday, already breaking last year’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans think it is necessary to ease sanctions on North Korea to accelerate denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a survey showed Tuesday. According to the survey of 1,000 adults here by the National Unification Advisory Council, a presidential consultative body mainly on long-term inter-Korean ties, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Business sentiment in South Korea sank to a 22-month low for December amid flaccid domestic demand and worsening export conditions, a poll showed Tuesday. The business survey index (BSI) of the nation’s top 600 firms by sales came to 88.7 for next month, down from 90.4 in November and [...]