SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Kangwon Land casino, located in Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, was found to be the most visited tourist destination for Kakao Corp.’s vehicle navigation users over the past year. According to a recent report released by Kakao, Kangwon Land was the number one destination for people going to restaurants and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 1,000 cases of workplace bullying were reported in the month after an anti-bullying law went into effect in mid-July, a civic group focusing on the issue said Wednesday. According to Workplace Gapjil 119, 1,073 cases were reported to it by bullied workers between July 16, when the act [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A government research indicated Wednesday a shorter workweek system introduced last year has reduced the daily work hours in Seoul’s central office district of Gwanghwamun by nearly 40 minutes. The labor ministry released the results of a big data analysis of workers’ hours in four major office districts in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite growing awareness of gender equality among Koreans, the equality gap between men and women during the traditional holidays remains wide, a recent report has shown. According to an online survey of 2,000 citizens conducted by the Seoul Foundation for Women and Family during this year’s Lunar New Year [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Chosun Ilbo, a major conservative newspaper, and TV Chosun, an affiliated cable network, rank near the top of the most distrustful media in Korea, a recent survey has shown. According to the 2019 Media Confidence survey of some 1,000 adult men and women conducted by weekly magazine SisaIN, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of teenagers placed under probation for committing crimes have been found to have committed crimes again within a year. A total of 4,163 teenagers committed crimes again despite being subjected to probation in 2017, according to crime analysis statistics jointly released Sunday by the Korea Youth Counseling [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that solitary seniors not engaging in any social activity are four times more likely to suffer from depression than those who do. A joint research team from Asan Medical Center and the Pyeongchang Public Health Center conducted a study of 408 senior citizens who [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The gap between men and women is significant in the opinion of ancestral rites, a major topic for the upcoming Chuseok holiday. According to a survey of 656 union members conducted by the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), 16.7 percent of men said they wanted their offspring to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Men who work at night are 3.3 times more likely to fail to quit smoking than daytime workers, a recent study has revealed. In particular, 9 out of 10 young men in their 20s and 30s who work at night were found to be unable to quit smoking. A [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Only 1 in 10 drivers stop and give way to pedestrians trying to cross a crosswalk without traffic lights, a recent report revealed. The results were based on a survey conducted by the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KOTSA) on the safety of pedestrians on four-lane roads in Cheongju and [...]