SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — While men living alone cited “loneliness” as their biggest concern, women were more concerned about maintaining economic strength and safety. The KB Financial Group’s research institute said Sunday that men in their 30s to 50s cited loneliness as the biggest concern during a survey of 2,000 single-person households aged [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that the number of overseas stock investors in their 20s has been surging. Shinhan Investment Corp. said Wednesday that its survey of 30,000 customers investing in overseas stocks showed there were 17,340 investors in their 20s as of the end of May, accounting for [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping users value how fast a product is delivered when they choose a shopping mall, according to a recent survey. Market analysis agency DMC Media analyzed the Internet purchasing behavior of 1,000 men and women in their 20s to 50s who had Internet shopping experience for six months [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that 6 out of 10 unmarried men and women think negatively about dating online. According to a survey of 387 unmarried men and women (183 men and 204 women) by Duo, a matchmaking agency, 65.9 percent of the respondents said they had a negative [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A program requiring drivers aged 65 or older to voluntarily return their licenses is in place in Seoul and some other local governments. However, in rural areas, where public transportation infrastructure is poor and the elderly population is a more significant demographic, there are voices of concern. According to [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Men accounted for merely 17 percent of all parental leave takers in South Korea last year, a level seen as very low among the world’s major countries, a report said Friday. The report released by the Korean Committee for UNICEF said the utilization of paternity leave by employed South [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ likability for Japan has increased amid the deteriorating relations between South Korea and Japan over the past few years. On the contrary, Japan’s favorability towards South Korea has declined, according to a recent survey. The East Asia Institute (EAI), a private South Korean think tank, and Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese and Japanese tourists, who make up the biggest share among foreign tourists visiting the country, have differences in their preferences and behavior, a government survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey by the Korea National Tourism Organization, which is affiliated with the culture ministry, 79.1 percent of Chinese [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Men in managerial and specialized jobs in South Korea and Japan have a higher mortality rate than in Europe, a study found. A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo and Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands published the study in the online edition of the Journal of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Throughout elementary, middle, and high school, male students have better grades in mathematics than females. Taking out the environmental factor, however, gender differences disappear, according to a recent study. Lim Seul-ki, a PhD candidate at Sogang University and Asst. Prof. Lee Soo-hyung argued in a recent paper that South [...]