WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly nine out of every 10 South Koreans hold a favorable view of the United States, the second highest rating among 17 countries surveyed, a poll showed Monday. It also showed more than 80 percent of South Koreans think the U.S. is a reliable partner. In the poll conducted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Teenagers regard one’s ability as the most important criterion for distributing rewards, a study indicated Thursday. The report published by the Korea Educational Development Institute surveyed about 500 students from a total of three middle and high schools about their perception of fair distribution. They were presented with various [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — About one out of eight mid-aged people in South Korea has borrowed money due to economic challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a survey showed Sunday. According to the survey of 3,923 people by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 12.5 percent of people in their 40s [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 70 percent of South Korean senior citizens said they want to continue to work until the age of 73, a survey showed Tuesday, amid rapid aging and a rise in life expectancy. The poll by Statistics Korea showed 10.35 million, or 68.5 percent, of the 15.1 million people [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1 out of 10 workers have experienced layoffs since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the rate of those who lost jobs reaching nearly 30 percent among non-regular workers, a poll showed Sunday. The survey of 1,000 employees — 600 regular workers and 400 temporary workers [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of five multilevel marketing salespeople in South Korea earned no sponsor allowance at all last year, the country’s antitrust regulator said Thursday. The nation’s multilevel marketing sales totaled 5.18 trillion won (US$3.96 billion) last year, up almost 4 percent from a year ago, with the total amount [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The vast majority of South Koreans believe that the country has already entered the era of a multicultural society, while the younger generation believes that they can marry anyone regardless of ethnicity, a poll showed Wednesday. Market researcher Embrain Trend Monitor conducted a survey of 1,000 men and women [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of the South Korean households with infants had experienced a career interruption for childbirth and child-rearing, a poll showed Wednesday. The Korea Institute of Child Care and Education conducted a survey of 2,500 households with children under 6 years of age across the country. Half of the [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Three in 10 South Korean adults have invested in stock funds, with an average investment of close to 40 million won (US$30,480), a poll showed Tuesday. The Korea Financial Investors Protection Foundation conducted a survey of 2,500 adults between 25 and 64 years of age, 28 percent of whom [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Drug offenders in their teens to 30s grew sharply in the past three years to represent 58.9 percent of those convicted of drug crimes last year, the chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday. The number of young drug offenders in those age brackets stood at 1,566 [...]