SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 75 percent of female public workers and public schoolteachers used childcare leave after having their first child, but less than half of their counterparts working at private companies did so, a study said Tuesday. The gap was even wider between female workers hired in permanent positions (46.9 percent) [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Volkswagen scandal has withered the general reputation of German automakers in Korea. Nonetheless, domestic demand for imported vehicles continues to rise. Surprisingly, Volkswagen’s Tiguan 2.0 TDI BlueMotion claimed the number one spot as the best-selling foreign car according to the KAIDA (Korea Automobile Importers and Distributions Association). The [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – People living in rural parts of the country have a higher stress level than those in cities, and the level rises as the size of the neighborhood becomes smaller, study results indicated Monday. The rate of obesity and illnesses were also higher in rural regions, according to the study [...]
SEOUL, July 8 Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that individuals drinking more than twice a week are almost twice as likely to commit suicide compared to non-drinkers. The study was conducted by Jung Young-ho, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, and the conclusion was derived from [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese tourists are the biggest shoppers in Seoul by spending an average of more than 2 million won (US$1,730) per person on purchases, a think tank survey on foreign shopping in the country’s capital said Thursday. According to the outcomes of the poll of 1,045 foreign tourists who visited [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Youth employment may have improved numerically last year but job stability has not as most of the obtained jobs were either short-term or menial, a study indicated Friday. An analysis by Park Jin-hee at the Korean Employment Information Service said 68,000 more people in their 20s were employed last [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The results of a recent survey conducted by Life and Health Magazine, HeyDay (owned by Lina Life Insurance), and the Kang Dong-woo Korean Institute for Sexual & Couples’ Health revealed that 36.1 percent of married respondents (743 men and women) said that they engage in sexual intercourse once or [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The CJ E&M Research Center and the UnivTomorrow Research Laboratory for the Twenties revealed Tuesday a report that takes a close look at dating trends among Korean men and women in their twenties. The report, titled ‘Dating White Paper for Korea’s Youths in their 20s, was compiled after surveying [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – With flextime working arrangements becoming increasingly popular in Korea, Yuhan-Kimberly is an example of a company that has successfully implemented flexible work hours. A year after its adoption, the company’s revenue has increased by more than 10 percent, and college students now rank it as one of the most [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea has been named one of the top-three “dynamic” companies, along with Google and Amazon, a U.S. marketing firm’s survey showed Sunday. IPG Mediabrands, the media holding arm of the New York-based Interpublic Group, has created a new brand measure, called a “dynamic score,” [...]