SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Slightly over 70 percent of South Koreans approve of toughened social distancing measures to stem the resurgence of COVID-19, a poll showed Monday. In the poll of 1,000 adults nationwide organized by multiple civic groups, 71.3 percent supported the government’s decision to halt the “living with COVID-19″ scheme this [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Most businesses that have adopted at-home remote work programs due to COVID-19 plan to continue the policy even after the end of the pandemic, a poll showed Thursday. In the recent labor ministry survey conducted on 620 businesses currently using remote work policies, 75.2 percent said they plan to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of all South Koreans believe that they should join the U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics, a survey showed Monday. The Korea Society Opinion Institute conducted a survey of 1,004 Koreans over 18 years of age, 50.9 percent of whom said the country should join [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the third-highest ratio of youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a report showed Monday. The average monthly number of NEET people aged 15-29 in the country is estimated at 1.56 million in the January-October [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Korea’s large companies have yet to come up with their investment plans for next year due mainly to high economic uncertainty, a poll showed Monday. The survey of 101 big firms out of the country’s top 500 companies showed 49.5 percent having no investment plans [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 South Koreans believe the government’s “living with COVID-19″ campaign has elevated the risk of virus transmission, according to a poll released Saturday. The survey — commissioned by a research team led by Prof. Yoo Myung-soon of Seoul National University’s graduate school of public health — [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of 10 families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War have yet to confirm the fate of their parents and siblings in North Korea, a government survey showed Thursday. According to the unification ministry’s poll on 5,354 separated family members living in South Korea and abroad, 82 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing percentage of South Koreans are negative about parental responsibility for their children’s wedding expenses and post-marriage livelihoods, a report said Wednesday. The report was jointly written by the University of Seoul and the Korean Women’s Development Institute on the basis of public surveys conducted in 2010, 2015 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Approximately one-fifth of Seoul youths have been exposed to digital sex crime risks, according to a Seoul city government survey Tuesday. In the survey on 4,012 students in Seoul aged between 12 and 19 conducted in July, 21.3 percent said they have been exposed to the risks of digital [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans believe an inter-Korean summit at the Beijing Winter Olympics, slated for February, will not be possible, a survey showed Friday. According to the survey on 1,000 adults by the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council on Nov. 20 and 21, 53.9 percent said an inter-Korean [...]