SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The average South Koreans drank 500 cups of coffee last year, reflecting its popularity as a favorite beverage item consumed between meals, industry data showed Sunday. The coffee consumption in Asia’s fourth-largest economy is estimated to have reached about 25.05 billion cups at the end of 2016, up 25 [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Of more than 600,000 individuals with depression in South Korea, only 15 percent are getting professional treatment, a new mental health survey from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) revealed yesterday. Experts say it’s most important for those suffering from a mental illness to disclose the condition to those [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Beware of suspicious online reviews of plastic surgery clinics that sound too positive, South Korea’s advertisement watchdog warns. A report published by the Korea Internet Advertising Foundation (KIAF) yesterday revealed nearly one in three positive reviews on the Internet about plastic surgery is thought to be fake, reviews which [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of daily newspapers in South Korea — national and regional combined — totaled 399 as of the end of last year, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korean Association of Newspapers (KAN) Friday. The number represents a gain of 16 from the [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Eight out of ten people in South Korea believe the fourth industrial revolution will see advanced technologies such as AI and automation take away jobs from people, a recent survey has revealed. The survey, conducted by market researcher Trend Monitor and published yesterday, asked 1,000 smartphone users aged between [...]
WASHINGTON, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of Americans support using force against China to defend South Korea or other Asian allies in the event of a military conflict, a survey showed Tuesday. The Pew Research survey, conducted among 1,505 people Feb.16-March 15, found that 58 percent back the use of force against Beijing [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Autonomous cars are forecast to become popular in the South Korean auto market in 2028, five years after they do so in the United States, according to analysts Monday. According to the industry analysts in a book published by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, self-driving cars [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s global market share in DRAMs and TVs rose in 2016, while it lost ground in mobile phones and displays, the company’s business report showed Sunday. The report based on data collected by various market researchers said the tech giant controlled 21.6 percent of the TV market last [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Those aged over 40 are the primary clients for handsets provided by low-cost mobile carriers, industry data showed Friday. The budget mobile carriers called “thrift phone operators” refer to mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) that rent networks from the country’s three carriers: SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Generation Z, those aged from 13 to 24, were the biggest users of Google’s video streaming platform by a large margin compared to other age groups in South Korea, according to a recent study from Nielsen KoreanClick. In Nielsen’s study of mobile application use by generation, 86 percent of [...]