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 [...]
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 [...]