SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a new survey, only 2 out of 10 children and young adults think that unification between South and North Korea is necessary. This is according to the National Youth Policy Institute, which surveyed 1,392 students in middle school grades 1 to 3 and high school students in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) totaled 1,191 in South Korea in 2017. Approximately 1 out of 3 infected individuals were in their 20s. According to data provided by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that people who live in areas with high fine dust levels have pulmonary functions that are significantly lower than normal. Seoulites were found to 3.48 percent lower lung capacity than their Jeju counterparts, who are exposed to less fine dust. This is according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Among single men and women, 6 out of 10 were found to have experienced holiday romance at their summer travel destinations. In a survey performed by the matchmaking company Duo, 58.8 percent of 379 respondents said that they had a romantic encounter with the opposite sex during the summer [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners’ turnover in South Korea’s secondary stock market rose this year, while their proportion in the main bourse moved down, data showed Monday. The overseas investors took up 9 percent of the daily turnover in the tech-laden KOSDAQ market during the first seven months of the year, up 1.6 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The results of a survey that asked South Koreans about their trust in others revealed that the level trust among Koreans has fallen significantly over the past 30 years. In addition, the level of “social capital” within society was found to be extremely low. Professor Kim Hui-sam at the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has found that 70 percent of the married population picked the toilet as their least-favorite thing to clean. In a survey by 3M Korea that collected data from 1,000 married men and women in their 20s to 40s, 70.3 percent of respondents said the toilet was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team at Asan Medical Center led by Professor Park Hye-soon has discovered a close correlation between an individual’s grip strength and quality of life. The team analyzed data from 4,620 Korean adults 20 years and older to conclude that weak grip strength is correlated to decreased quality [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Electromagnetic waves detected inside of subway trains operating in Seoul and the surrounding areas have been found to be extremely low, a study showed Thursday. According to the study released by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the average amount of electromagnetic fields emitted from long-term evolution (LTE) networks [...]
ULSAN, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — With a growing number of Koreans afflicted by heatstroke stemming from the scorching summer temperatures, a new study is gaining attention as it may provide a solution to the intense heat island effect that has been sweeping South Korean metropolitan areas recently. The Ulsan National Institute of Science and [...]