SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of Koreans in their twenties disagree with the idea that hard work leads to a better life, according to a report by the LG Economic Research Institute (LGERI) based on the World Values Survey Association’s (WVSA) survey results from 1995 to 2014. The WVSA has been conducting [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – China is ahead of the game compared to Korea in 13 out of 85 main areas of scientific research and technology, according to a report published by Hyundai Research Institute on January 11. According to the report, competition between Korea, China, Japan and Germany in areas of scientific technology is [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The rate of women holding positions as CEOs and company board members in Korea is one of the lowest out of 126 countries, according to a report entitled “Women in Business and Management: Gaining Momentum” published by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The said rate was only 11 percent in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — One of five South Koreans start their career with temporary jobs with a contract period of less than a year, government data showed Wednesday, reflecting toughening job market conditions for fresh high school and college graduates. Some 761,000 workers between the ages of 15 and 29, or 19.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of five female university students in Korea is interested in getting plastic surgery in order to improve their chances of getting a job, a recent survey said. According to the survey conducted by the Youido Institute, 21.4 percent of female students surveyed replied “yes” when asked whether they [...]
Seoul, Korea, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) today announced that the company published a white paper on 5G to suggest new direction for technological evolution to 5G, the next generation mobile communications network. SK Telecom’s white paper on 5G is now available to the public at 5G Global Summit which is [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent poll suggested that Korea’s most favorite novelist is Bernard Werber. The creative and inspiring writer with his own unique style of storytelling who has been calling Korea his “second home” has once again proven to be one of the most-liked novelists of all time for Korean readers. YES24, Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An OECD report shows that the working hours of Korean employees is second-longest in last year among those of OECD member countries. The working hours for Koreans were 1.3 times longer than that of the OECD average, and 1.6 times longer than that of the Netherlands, where the employees worked for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Public Broadcasting DMB Commission announced on August 19 that, among video application net users, 1,764 used YouTube and 1,438 used DMB, based on a survey from January 2014 to July conducted by Nielsen KoreanClick. It means that Korea’s smartphone users mostly use YouTube and DMB video apps. Only [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced on August 18 that transferring flexible and scalable nanopillar arrays on a variety of unconventional substrates including fabric, paper and metals is achieved by a joint research team of Dr. Lee Seok-jae from the National Nanofab Center and Prof. Nicholas Kotov [...]