JEJU, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 60 percent of individuals from other parts of South Korea who have settled down in Jeju Island say they are happy to have moved there, a survey from the Jeju Women & Family Research Institute (JEWFRI) has found. The survey, which was conducted last year, gathered a sample [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 9 in 10 unmarried South Korean men and women in their 20s and 30s think that dual-income couples should split household chores equally, a poll said Tuesday. According to the survey of 1,073 single South Koreans (536 men and 537 women) aged 20-39, 87.1 percent of the respondents [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In 2016, there were 20,600 international marriages between South Koreans and foreign nationals, the latest data from Statistics Korea shows. Although the number was a 3.2 percent decline from 2015, international marriages accounted for 7.3 percent of all marriages last year, up slightly by 0.3 percent. Korean men were [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of payments made electronically hit a record high in 2016, central bank data showed Wednesday, underscoring the growing trend of South Koreans using electronic means for financial transactions. The daily average amount of electronic financial transactions came to 343.5 billion won (US$306 million) in 2016, up 36.1 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean scientists developed a new type of gold nano-sized materials to treat hyperuricemia, the science ministry said Wednesday, opening a new gateway for the treatment of diseases such as gout. Hyperuricemia is a phenomenon marked by an abnormally high level of uric acid in the [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest report from the Economist Intelligence Unit, Worldwide Cost of Living 2017, labelled Seoul as the sixth most expensive city in the world in 2016 out of 133 major cities examined. The EIU compared prices of over 150 products and services, using New York as a base city [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Over 1 in 10 South Korean women aged 50 is expected to remain single in 2025 in keeping with an uptrend in the number of women opting not to tie the knot, a report said Wednesday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs said in the report that [...]
SEJONG, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea ranks low among the member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in terms of the period during which jobless workers get unemployment benefits, a report said Wednesday. The relatively shorter period for unemployment allowances is a testament to the low level of the [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul ranked No. 3 among large cities with serious air pollution Tuesday, a real-time information service said. According to pollution monitoring website AirVisual, Seoul had an air quality index (AQI) of 174, trailing those of New Delhi (194) and Dhaka (193) as of 10:00 a.m. Seoul, which has been [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The age at which South Korean women start smoking has been moving down as the negative perception of women’s smoking wanes amid tobacco makers’ active marketing targeting them, a report said Tuesday. The report, based on a survey of 35,996 female smokers aged 19 and older, showed they took [...]