SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found that the size and shape of people’s skulls in South Korea has changed over the years. Koreans who were born in the 1970s were found to have 6 percent larger skulls in terms of cranial cavity, which is the space within the skull, and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has found that due to the nation’s low birth rates since the early 1980s, the country’s overall population will continue to decline even if birth rates in the future increase. According to a new report released by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, South [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — About 40 percent of South Korean municipalities may be abolished in the future because of declining birthrates and an aging population, a survey by a state-run research institute showed Monday. Lee Sang-ho, a researcher at the Employment Information Service, released the study, conducted in June, which measured the sustainability [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a new survey, only 2 out of 10 children and young adults think that unification between South and North Korea is necessary. This is according to the National Youth Policy Institute, which surveyed 1,392 students in middle school grades 1 to 3 and high school students in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that people who live in areas with high fine dust levels have pulmonary functions that are significantly lower than normal. Seoulites were found to 3.48 percent lower lung capacity than their Jeju counterparts, who are exposed to less fine dust. This is according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Among single men and women, 6 out of 10 were found to have experienced holiday romance at their summer travel destinations. In a survey performed by the matchmaking company Duo, 58.8 percent of 379 respondents said that they had a romantic encounter with the opposite sex during the summer [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The results of a survey that asked South Koreans about their trust in others revealed that the level trust among Koreans has fallen significantly over the past 30 years. In addition, the level of “social capital” within society was found to be extremely low. Professor Kim Hui-sam at the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has found that 70 percent of the married population picked the toilet as their least-favorite thing to clean. In a survey by 3M Korea that collected data from 1,000 married men and women in their 20s to 40s, 70.3 percent of respondents said the toilet was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team at Asan Medical Center led by Professor Park Hye-soon has discovered a close correlation between an individual’s grip strength and quality of life. The team analyzed data from 4,620 Korean adults 20 years and older to conclude that weak grip strength is correlated to decreased quality [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Electromagnetic waves detected inside of subway trains operating in Seoul and the surrounding areas have been found to be extremely low, a study showed Thursday. According to the study released by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the average amount of electromagnetic fields emitted from long-term evolution (LTE) networks [...]