SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Soaring costs of international raw materials are expected to eat into South Korean exporters’ profitability and lead to rising product prices down the road, a poll showed Friday. The survey of 100 major exporters, taken by the Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI), showed 83 percent of the respondents saying [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranks low among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in terms of the employment rate for university graduates due mainly to a severe mismatch between their majors and job openings, a report showed Thursday. The employment rate for South Koreans aged 25-34 with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Six in 10 South Koreans believe they cannot move up the social ladder even though they have a chance for better education and jobs, a survey showed Wednesday. The biennial poll released by Statistics Korea showed that 60.6 percent of the surveyed think there is a low possibility that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the highest ratio of household debt to gross domestic product (GDP) among major economies in the world, a report showed Monday, indicating it could crimp consumption and weigh on the economy down the road. The country’s household debt stood at 104.2 percent of its GDP as [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 94 percent of South Koreans consider the climate crisis “serious,” but only half believe the issue is connected to human rights, a survey showed Sunday. According to the survey of 1,500 people commissioned by the National Human Rights Commission, 80.4 percent responded that they are interested in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The wage divide in South Korea widened in the first half of the year amid the prolonged pandemic, with salaries of internet service firms rising sharply and those of tour agencies plunging, a study showed Sunday. According to report by Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI), monthly pay of workers [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Three quarters of South Koreans agree with the need to shift to the “living with COVID-19″ scheme, a poll said Friday, as the government is moving to phase out coronavirus restrictions under the new policy next month. According to the survey conducted early this month on 1,083 people aged [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six out of every 10 American adults believe the United States should get involved when and if there is an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula, a survey showed Thursday. In an annual survey by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 63 percent of respondents said they would [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Only 44 percent of South Koreans think that reunification with North Korea is necessary, a survey showed Tuesday. According to the poll of 1,200 adults by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS) at Seoul National University, 44.6 percent replied that unification is necessary, recording the lowest percentage [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans agree on the need to declare a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War, as proposed by President Moon Jae-in, a survey showed Wednesday. According to survey of 1,000 adults by the National Unification Advisory Council on Sept. 24 and 25, 67.8 percent said [...]