SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Fewer South Koreans said they think positively of Chinese President Xi Jinping this month compared to early July, a local public opinion poll showed Thursday. The result has been attributed to the growing diplomatic row between South Korea and China over the planned deployment of an advanced U.S. missile [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans take free Wi-Fi access available in public places for granted, but it was the most impressive experience for foreigners visiting Asia’s tech powerhouse, a survey showed Thursday. According to the poll conducted by Cosmo Jin Travel R&D Institute on 706 foreign travelers between June and July, 55 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Tech website Techpinions said in April that the average iPhone user unlocks his or her screen about once every 10 minutes, or roughly 80 times a day. So which day is most popular when it comes to smartphone use? Mobile application Cash Slide revealed Monday that people use their [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. and CJ Cheiljedang Co., South Korea’s leading food and biochemical company, are the two most sought-after local companies among South Korean college students, a market survey showed Friday. The annual survey of 1,003 college students by job search portal JobKorea said 15.3 percent of the 476 [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Three out of four South Koreans support the military’s overseas peacekeeping operations, a government survey showed Friday. In a telephone survey conducted from July 21-24, 74 percent of 1,000 respondents supported South Korean soldiers’ missions to help restoration and peacekeeping operations in war-torn or conflict-prone areas, the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – “We just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet,” said Democratic presidential nominee Hilary Clinton during the Democratic convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Korea cracked a similar glass ceiling in 2012, with President Park Geun-hye becoming the first woman president of Korea. But according to experts, Korea [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A tax on cigarettes is usually implemented to promote public health, but it’s also one of the more frequently employed implicit tax collection methods for governments. However, a recent study revealed that countries with cigarette tax revenue that took up a significant part of their overall tax revenue also [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been over 60 years since the Korean peninsula was divided in half following the cessations of hostilities between North and South Korea in 1953. The two sides signed an armistice that created the Korean Demilitarized Zone, but have yet to agree on a peace treaty. In the [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of visitors to royal palaces in Seoul increased sharply in the first half of the year, due mainly to various cultural festivals and a rising influx of foreign travelers, the government said Thursday. According to the Culture Heritage Administration, more than 5.24 million Koreans and foreign tourists [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study from Statistics Korea revealed that the number of people aged 100 years and older has rapidly increased in recent years. According to the data, there are currently 3,159 men and women aged 100 years and older residing in Korea, 86.5 percent (2,731) of which are women, [...]