SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) in South Korea recently reported a significant rise in the number of individuals seeking treatment for depression, surpassing one million in 2022. Looking back over the past five years, there has been a consistent increase in these numbers. Starting from 753,011 in [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In Busan, South Korea, individuals over the age of 50 are approaching half of the city’s total population. According to statistics released by Busan Metropolitan City on January 10, as of 2022, this age group comprised 1.53 million people, or 46.5% of the city’s population. The breakdown of this demographic [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s elderly population aged 70 and older outnumbered those in their 20s for the first time last year, government statistics showed Wednesday, as the society is rapidly aging amid record low birth rates. According to the resident registration data compiled by the interior ministry, the number of people [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of the chief executives of the leading 500 firms in South Korea are in their 60s, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey conducted by CEO Lab, a corporate research organization, on the age of CEOs of the top 500 companies, the average age of a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s on-year employment grew at a slower pace in 2023 as the number of newly employed fell in the manufacturing sector and among young people, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people rose 327,000 in 2023 from a year earlier, or 1.2 percent, to come to 28.41 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has found that users of electronic cigarettes, particularly those using liquid-type e-cigarettes, exhibit weaker intentions to quit smoking compared to traditional cigarette users. The study, conducted by a research team led by Professor Kim Dae-hyun of the Department of Family Medicine at Keimyung University College of Medicine, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) –A recent survey has revealed that nearly half of South Koreans are open to purchasing autonomous vehicles in the future, with younger generations showing less resistance to self-driving technology. The survey, conducted by the Korea Automobile and Mobility Association (KAMA) using the Embrain platform, involved 3,000 individuals aged 14 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korean Food Promotion Institution has revealed that Korean-style chicken, ramen, and kimchi are the most favored Korean dishes among foreigners. The survey, targeting residents of major cities like Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, and New York, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent data from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reveal a significant decrease in the daily smoking rates among South Koreans aged 15 and above in the past decade. As of 2021, the daily smoking rate – the percentage of people [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – BMW Korea overtook Mercedes-Benz Korea to become the leading foreign automobile company in South Korea last year in terms of sales, industry data showed Thursday. According to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA), the number of newly registered BMW models last year reached 77,395 units out of the [...]