SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found that people who consume ginseng on a regular basis have better cognitive abilities than those who do not. A medical research team at the Seoul National Unversity Bundang Hospital led by Prof. Kim Gi-ung revealed yesterday that the team had observed 6,422 senior citizens [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Large foreign companies operating in South Korea posted strong earnings in 2017, but they were reluctant to create more jobs, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. The combined operating income of 51 foreign-invested companies, which made the list of the top 500 firms in South Korea, came to 8.6 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found that inhabitants of Seoul spend an average of 1.43 million won every month, and of the 25 districts in the South Korean capital, residents of Seocho-gu had the highest spending habits. A breakdown of the population by workplace found that those who worked in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Three out of 10 people rushed to the emergency room after attempting suicide were found to have tried to take their own life on previous occasions. Moreover, a portion of these people were thinking of making another suicide attempt within the next six months. The Ministry of Health and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total fertility rate is likely to hit a record low this year, a presidential committee warned Thursday, prompting the government to take a series of steps to boost the country’s chronically low birthrate. The total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman bears in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than seven out of 10 South Koreans believe young people in the country are unhappy, and six out of 10 think elderly people are also depressed, a poll showed Thursday. The survey conducted on 2,000 adults nationwide by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that the population in Seoul has continued to age, while smaller-unit families were also on the rise. An data analysis of 42,687 Korean residents over the age of 15 and 2,500 foreigners living in Seoul indicated that the average age of the head of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — “Fine dust has changed the lifestyle of Koreans completely,” claims an analytical report based on big data released by Innocean Worldwide, an advertising agency. The report states that worsening air pollution has changed all six categories closely related to people’s lives: clothing, food, home, car, leisure, and beauty. The [...]
SEJONG, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 2.84 million Korean women live alone, with growing numbers engaged in economic activities, data showed on Monday. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and Statistics Korea, one-woman households accounted for 49.5 percent of the total 5.74 million single-person households this year. The statistics agency [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study claims that the quality of life of Koreans has fallen in terms of family and communal living. According to Statistics Korea, an analysis of quality of life evaluations revealed that the composite index for the quality of life in family and communal living in 2016 stood [...]