SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has discovered good news for women who like chocolate. A research team in Seoul, after weeks of scientific investigation, proved that chocolate is highly effective in improving skin elasticity and preventing wrinkles. Gi Won Yoon, a researcher at Seoul National University’s Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, stated [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent estimate showed that the gap in private education expenses between high-income and low-income households has widened even further. National Statistical Office of South Korea stated that during the first quarter of this year (from January to March), the average education expense at each household in the highest income bracket [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently published a report that identified South Korea as having the lowest percentage of jobs at risk of being replaced by robots. The report ‘The Risk of Automation for Jobs in OECD Countries’, released by the OECD on May 30, used the database [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Koera Bizwire) – A recent study has discovered that out of three best-selling smartphones in the market, Apple’s iPhone 6S emits the highest levels of radiation, followed by the LG G5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S7. The National Radio Research Agency (RRA) in Korea conducted a study on the specific absorption rate (SAR) [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The rate of increase in the number of temporary workers has been slowing across age groups except for those in their 60s and older, a study showed on Thursday. According to the study from the Korea Labor Institute, the number of non-permanent job holders had increased by 174,000 year-over-year by November [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A study conducted by a Chung-Ang University Hospital research team headed by Professor Sun Mi Kim (Psychology Department) and Professor Jae Woo Jung (Respiratory Allergy Department) has found that female smokers are four times more likely to be depressed than male smokers and three times more at risk of suicidal urges. [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Incruit’, a job search website, has reported that 45 percent of unemployed women who participated in an online study replied that they would enlist in the army if adding army experience to their resume would improve their chances of employment. The online study, conducted between May 17 and 19, surveyed [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey conducted in 10 Asian countries including South Korea, China, and Japan showed that half of the region’s young adults in their 20s shopped online more than once per week. In China and South Korea, the ratio rose to two-thirds of the young adult population. The survey was [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Domestic researchers successfully investigated the functioning process of a protein named Down Syndrome Critical Region 1 (DSCR1), one of the known causes of Down syndrome. The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) revealed on May 23 its discovery that protein DSCR1 advances the axis cylinder process of [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that the happiness level reported by middle school and high school students increased when their school day started an hour later than usual. Jae Jeong Lee, Gyeonggi Province’s Superintendent of Education, who took office in July 2014, has been promoting the ‘9 a.m. School Start [...]