SEJONG, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The smoking rate in South Korea has been on a steady decline for both men and women, but their alcohol consumption remains relatively high, a survey showed Friday. According to the survey by Statistics Korea, 38.1 percent of men aged 19 and above smoked in 2017, while about 6 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a prolonged boycott movement against Japanese products, most consumers are in fact refusing to purchase goods made in Japan. In a survey conducted by the Korea Rural Economic Institute on 1,519 households in South Korea, 81.5 percent of all consumers supported the boycott movement. The result comes as [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that jobs related to pet care are increasing in popularity among part-time workers. Albamon, a South Korean online job portal, conducted a survey of 725 part-time workers, 75 percent of whom said they prefer to work for pet care business. Among part-time workers who [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — While most job seekers think that “Companies should also notify those who failed the interview,” companies feel burdened about it. According to a survey of 498 companies conducted by online job portal Saramin, 61.2 percent of the companies said they felt burdened to notify those who failed their interview. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 9 out of 10 so-called “working mothers” who work and raise kids at the same time have considered quitting their job. According to an online survey conducted by KB Financial Group, of 2,000 women with children younger than high-school age, 95 percent of working mothers have considered [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Athletes, teachers and YouTube creators are among the jobs South Korean elementary school students most want to have when they grow up, a survey showed Tuesday. Athlete topped the chart for a second straight year, with 11.6 percent of the surveyed students picking it as their favorite job, according [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s labor force is projected to decline 17 pct by 2040, a report showed Monday, a development that could undermine the potential growth of Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The report of the World Trade Organization (WTO) showed that the decline of South Korea’s labor force would be the highest [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners chose ‘free Wi-Fi’ as Seoul’s best policy. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s survey of foreign residents in and out of the country on the city’s top policies from November 19 to 26, free public Wi-Fi across Seoul ranked first on a list of the top 12 policies. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to 20 percent of young South Koreans are among the so-called NEETs, a group of people not engaged in education, employment, or training. The National Youth Policy Institute reported that 16.6 percent of young South Koreans between 15 and 29 years of age were unemployed, and not in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that fetuses exposed to ultrafine dust (PM2.5) air pollutants, are more likely to have disabilities after birth. PM2.5 — particles in the air smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter — are Group 1 carcinogens that penetrate into peripheral blood and affect all organs in [...]