SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea scored 0.2 out of 10 in the ‘Social Relations (Social Support Network)’ category in a recent analysis of the 2015 OECD Social Integration Index. Social Relations is an index that shows the level of mutual support between the members of a society, and is derived by calculating the [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – With the launch of the Galaxy Note 7 imminent, a recent Gallup Korea study revealed that the Galaxy Note series is least preferred by housewives and older men and women in Korea. Phones in Samsung’s Galaxy Note series are distinguished from the Galaxy S series by larger displays and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government’s spending on research and development (R&D) projects advanced 7 percent in 2015 from a year earlier, data showed Sunday, with the science ministry being the top beneficiary of the investment. According to the data compiled by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea topped a list of most innovative countries, data showed Sunday, outpacing other key countries around the globe, including the United States and Japan. According to the data compiled by the European Commission, South Korea had the highest global innovation performance, with a score of 0.726, hovering above [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The results of a recent survey show that the average Korean parent says 2.3 million won ($2,026) is the monthly economic value of providing infant care. The survey was conducted by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE) on 1,203 parents with children aged between 0 and [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of married women think of marriage as an option rather than a life’s must, and just as many of them say it is okay to be married and not have children, a survey released on Tuesday said. A poll of 11,009 married women aged 15-49 found that [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The volume of short-term “floating” capital in South Korea hit an all-time high of more than 950 trillion won (US$835 billion) amid record-low interest rates and increased uncertainties, data showed Monday. According to the Bank of Korea and the Korea Financial Investment Association, cash and other short-term capital totaled [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of elementary and high school students have experienced psychological or physical abuse at home, and over 10 percent of them had sustained bodily injuries, a report said Friday. The findings are from research by Kim Seung-gyeom at the National Youth Policy Institute, based on a 2013 [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – We’re entering the era of virtual reality. Surrounded by hundreds of entertainment devices that stimulate multiple senses at once, reading, a single-sense experience, may seem mundane. However, a recent study has shown otherwise, revealing that news readers prefer text over video for their online news consumption. The study was [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Majority of yet-to-marry men and women are against virtually all traditionally accepted notions about marriage, from financial arrangements to having children and divorcing, according to a survey released on Tuesday. Seventy-nine percent of the men and 72.3 percent of the women disagreed with the conventional idea that men finance [...]