OYSTER BAY, N.Y., May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – In the past year Apple’s tablet OEM competitors experienced a growth of 79%, while Apple experienced only 13% growth in tablet shipments. Despite growing challenges, as the tablet market reaches saturation in advanced world markets, ABI Research projects Apple to remain a strong force in the market if [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A 100-yuan counterfeit bill has been found in a bank in Cheongju. The instance of fake yuan bills has doubled in Korea within the past three years. According to the Cheongju Sangdang District Police Station on May 9, an officer at a downtown bank branch office found a forged [...]
![[Stats] Who Is Responsible For Caring Aged Parents?](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/부모부양-영문.png "[Stats] Who Is Responsible For Caring Aged Parents?")
[Related Article] Only 10% of Married Couples Believe Firstborn Male Child Must Take Care of Parents (Korea Bizwire, May 9) A survey said the conventional idea of the eldest son living with his old parents is almost disappearing. According to a recent survey by the Planned Population Federation of Korea on 1,466 married men and women, 44.6 percent [...]
![[Stats] Main Tourist Attractions by Foreigners](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/관광객주요방문지역-영문-가로-800x313.png "[Stats] Main Tourist Attractions by Foreigners")
[Related Article] Chinese Tourists Grumble Communication Difficulties While Shopping in Korea (Korea Bizwire, May 9) The number of foreign tourists from China has been rapidly increasing as entry and departure formalities were simplified for them; however, the number of Japanese tourists has been decreasing due to a weak yen… (see the full text of this news) Infographics Design Team [...]
![[Stats] Frequency of Simultaneous Media Usage While Watching TV](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tv시청중-타매체-사용-영문.png "[Stats] Frequency of Simultaneous Media Usage While Watching TV")
[Related Article] One out of Two Uses Smartphone While Watching TV(Korea Bizwire, May 1) A study shows that almost one out of two people use a smartphone and watch TV at the same time.According to a report “Simultaneous Media Use While TV Watching” by the Korea Information Society Development Institute, which surveyed 6,240 family members over age [...]
SEOUL, Korea, May 1, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A study shows that almost one out of two people use a smartphone and watch TV at the same time. According to a report “Simultaneous Media Use While TV Watching” by the Korea Information Society Development Institute, which surveyed 6,240 family members over age of 13 in [...]
![[Stats] Consumer Claims Associated with Wedding Hall Troubles](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/예식장-소비자피해-영문.png "[Stats] Consumer Claims Associated with Wedding Hall Troubles")
[Related Article] Excessive Cancellation Fee of Wedding Halls Now Ruled Illegal (Korea Bizwire, May 1) Wedding halls will now have to break away from the practice of forfeiting the deposit money even when couples cancel their bookings months before their wedding day. Furthermore, wedding halls are now banned from charging excessive cancellation fees when newlyweds call off [...]
![[Stats] Proportion of Paid Workers by Wage Level and Occupation](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/임금근로자-영문.png "[Stats] Proportion of Paid Workers by Wage Level and Occupation")
[Related Article] Korea’s Low-wage Fact: Half of Employees Earn Less than $2K a Month (Korea Bizwire, May 1) About a half of salaried workers in Korea is earning less than 2 million won (US$1,937) a month. Meanwhile, about 30 percent of those in financial services and science and technology professions earn monthly pay of more than 4 [...]
![[Stats] Borrowers in Delinquency on Student Loans](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/학자금대출-영문.png "[Stats] Borrowers in Delinquency on Student Loans")
[Related Article] Gov’t to Relieve Student Loan Burden to 558,000 Borrowers (Korea Bizwire, May 1) A bill that would relieve the burden of those who are unable to pay back student loans has passed the National Assembly. The qualifications will, however, be restricted to those whose loans have been in arrears for more than six months [...]
![[Stats] Number of Startup Companies](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/신설법인수-영문.png "[Stats] Number of Startup Companies")
[Related Article] Start-up Rises out of Necessity, not by Entrepreneurship (Korea Bizwire, May 1) First-quarter figures for new start-ups signal that the economy may be finally in full recovery pace. Given there are many “micro” businesses whose capital is below 10 million won headed by middle-aged entrepreneurs, however, it is too early to tell… (see the full [...]