SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of 10 South Korean adults read news on their smartphones, while the readership of physical newspapers sank to one-fifth of its size recorded in 1996, a survey showed Monday. According to the poll of 5,040 adults nationwide conducted by Gallup Korea, 80.8 percent said they read news [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An increase in the minimum wage has helped improve productivity at South Korean manufacturing firms in general, but its impact varied by sector and size of business, a report said Friday. South Korea’s minimum wage has gradually increased since the government first implemented the policy in 1988. Between 2011-2016, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that more than 3 in 10 South Koreans (33.3 percent) wanted to live on an island or in cities located near islands. This was particularly the case for those in their 50s (45.1 percent) or men (39.2 percent). The Island Development Research Committee at the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — YouTuber is now one of the 10 occupations most desired by South Korean elementary school students, while scientist has been pushed out of the top 10, a government survey showed Thursday. In the survey of thousands of young students by government agencies earlier this year, professional athlete replaced teacher [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been reported that if game addiction is classified as a disease, the decrease in sales in the domestic gaming industry will be in the billions of won. Whether game addiction should be classified as a disease under the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) will be discussed at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that sitting for long periods of time may increase the chance of a resistance towards insulin, with those sitting 10 hours per day up to 1.6 times more likely than those sitting for less than 5 hours to develop insulin resistance. Once cells begin [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Korean adults are in favor of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un making an address at the National Assembly if he comes to Seoul, a poll showed Monday. The survey of 503 South Koreans nationwide by local pollster Realmeter showed 46.7 percent of respondents consenting to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s per capita income is likely to surpass US$30,000 this year, though the economy is forecast to record its lowest growth rate in six years, observers said Sunday. Gross national income (GNI) is expected to reach $31,243 in 2018, up from last year’s $29,745, according to market observers, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — More than three-quarters of South Korean journalists are willing to report the news if it serves the public interest even at the risk of being sued, according to a poll released Tuesday. In the poll of 301 incumbent reporters conducted by the Korea Press Foundation (KPF) from Nov. 1-9, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 20 percent of South Koreans regard themselves as unhappy, according to a recent survey. The Korea Development Institute queried 2,000 participants in a survey, with 20.2 percent of the respondents saying that they felt unhappy in the past, as well as in the present, and don’t expect [...]