SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The infection rate of the new coronavirus in closed environments is exceptionally high, data showed Wednesday, in an indication that virus infection may be prevented by avoiding contact in such spaces. As of Monday, 97 people working at a call center in Seoul had been diagnosed with the respiratory [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — About 15 percent of South Korean coronavirus patients said they lost their sense of smell or taste, a survey showed Wednesday, in a possible indication that loss of smell or taste may be an early sign of virus infection. According to the telephone survey by doctors in the virus-hit [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of time people spent on mobile applications on their digital devices increased last month in South Korea, data showed Thursday, amid the spread of the novel coronavirus. South Koreans spent an average daily time of 3.9 hours using their mobile apps in February, up 7 percent from [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 50 percent of South Koreans support a proposal to provide cash to citizens to help them tackle the economic fallout of the new coronavirus, a poll showed Monday. In the survey by Realmeter on 505 people, 48.6 percent of the respondents favored the idea that the government temporarily [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of 10 companies in South Korea are willing to allow their employees to work from home on hopes of containing the coronavirus outbreak, a poll showed Wednesday. The South Korean government has urged local communities to take part in social distancing, a series of tactics designed to [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans continued to reduce their use of cash last year, while their use of credit cards reached record highs both in terms of frequency and amount, a central bank survey showed Tuesday. The people had an average 53,000 won (US$44.20) in their wallet at any given time in [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than one in three employees at South Korea’s sports-related organizations have suffered workplace harassment, such as verbal abuse, the nation’s human rights watchdog said Saturday, citing its recent poll. According to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK), its poll of 1,378 employees at three major sports [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 8 out of 10 South Korean companies said they have difficulty maintaining proper staffing due to the high rate of early resignation of members of the millennial generation. According to a survey conducted by online job portal Saramin of 356 companies that hired new employees in the past [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Companies that have introduced blind recruitment policies generally seem to be satisfied with the results. According to a recent survey of 554 people in charge of human resources conducted by job search portal JobKorea, 42 percent of companies that introduced blind recruitment said they were satisfied with the hiring [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly two-thirds of foreign firms in South Korea expect their sales to drop due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, a poll showed Wednesday. The survey of 150 foreign-invested corporations showed 67.3 percent of the respondents anticipating a decline in their shipments due to the fast-spreading epidemic. The [...]