![[Kobiz Stats] Increasing Trend of “solo”households](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1인가구-영문차트-800x464.jpg "[Kobiz Stats] Increasing Trend of “solo”households")
(graphic:Kobizmedia/Korea Bizwire) [Related Article] Consumer Market Dynamics Changed by “Solo” Economy (Korea Bizwire, Mar 31) According to the National Statistical Office, single-person households accounted for only 9.0 percent of the whole population in 1990. In 1995, the ratio first surpassed a double–digit level, and it ultimately grew to 25.3 percent, last year. (see the full text [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 31, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) — According to the National Statistical Office, single-person households accounted for only 9.0 percent of the whole population in 1990. In 1995, the ratio first surpassed a double–digit level, and it ultimately grew to 25.3 percent, last year. In other words, one in every four household is now [...]
![[Kobiz Stats] Number of Lottery Shops Profiting More than 50M Won a Year](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/로또판매점추이-영문차트.jpg "[Kobiz Stats] Number of Lottery Shops Profiting More than 50M Won a Year")
[Related Article] The “Lotto Lucky Spot” Controversies (Korea Bizwire, Mar 28) In 2012, the sales at two lucky spots accounted for 1 percent of the total sales of 6,211 domestic lotto stores. The annual sales at the number one dealer located in Nowon District, Seoul, were 16.8 billion won and the annual sales at the [...]
![[Kobiz Stats] Korean Chicken Meat Exports](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/닭고기수출-영문차트-1.jpg "[Kobiz Stats] Korean Chicken Meat Exports")
[Related Article] Korean Chicken Soup Exports Obtains USDA Approval (Korea Bizwire, Mar 28) The Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs and the Korea Food and Drug Administration proudly announced that, as of March 26 (local time), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has officially approved Korea as an exporter of processed poultries which has [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 26 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the results of the “Survey of Internet Addiction 2013” conducted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the National Information Society Agency, one in every four Korean teenagers has a high risk of smartphone addiction. A total of 11.8 percent of the respondents [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 21 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent survey, job seekers in Korea show noticeable differences in their preferences by gender and education level in the size of companies in which they want to join. Korea Employment Information Service conducted the survey asking 3,000 job seekers aged from 15 to 33 on [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Domestic prices of imported toys for toddlers and children are much higher than those charged outside Korea, nearly by twice in some cases. Such price differential is way too extreme even when all the tariff duties on imported toys (0-8%), value-added taxes (10%) and distributors’ margins, which usually [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year, the number of those urban families relocating to the countryside has hit a record-high level. This is largely because the so-called “baby boomers” are beginning to retire and seek to enjoy their time in pastoral settings. But lately younger ones in their 40s or even 30s [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Among Korean households, there is an increasing number of those who are suffering from the lack of money to spend, not to mention for money to save. The economic burden to the households is not limited to the decline in income and increasing debt. The main cause of [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The sales of sunglasses have soared unseasonably “thanks to” the fine dust originating from China. According to Shinsegae Department Store, the sales of sunglasses in January and February this year have increased 29.1 percent over the same period in the previous year, which is a record high. When [...]