ULSAN, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — With a growing number of Koreans afflicted by heatstroke stemming from the scorching summer temperatures, a new study is gaining attention as it may provide a solution to the intense heat island effect that has been sweeping South Korean metropolitan areas recently. The Ulsan National Institute of Science and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a new survey, 8 out 10 Koreans think that South and North Korea will eventually become a unified nation in the long run. Most of the individuals surveyed said that the first thing that the South Korean government should do, in terms of its policy on North [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The monthly data usage by South Koreans subscribing to unlimited package plans came to nearly 20 gigabytes (GB), government findings showed Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Science and ICT, local smartphone users subscribing to unlimited data plans used an average of 19.8 GB of data in June, more [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans traveling abroad take local food, such as instant noodles and condiments, with them, a poll showed Thursday. According to the poll conducted by major online shopping mall Gmarket on 1,119 people, 58 percent of the respondents said they purchased Korean food to supplement [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 4 out of 10 South Koreans have plans to take time off this summer, a poll showed Tuesday. According to the survey of some 5,000 people by the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), 36.1 percent of the respondents said they are planning some vacation time, up 10.5 percentage points [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A majority of small business owners in South Korea are considering reducing staff after being having difficulty coping with the government’s recent minimum wage hikes, the latest of which is set to come into effect next year. According to a survey of 300 small business owners and vendors [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea was the fourth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2) among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2017 due to its high dependence on fossil fuels, a report showed Monday. According to the report by global oil and gas major BP, South Korea’s CO2 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of salaried employees in South Korea work on the weekend despite the country’s push to help workers strike a balance between work and their personal lives, a poll showed Friday. According to the survey of 2,004 office employees by job search portal operator JobKorea Corp., 53.8 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 90 percent of troops, including senior service members, favored the idea of military draftees being allowed to use mobile phones after work, a survey showed Thursday, In a poll of 596 troops that the defense ministry conducted earlier this month, 89.6 percent of the respondents said that they [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a new study, women who sleep more than nine hours a day are three times more prone to strokes than those who sleep between seven and eight hours. The medical research team at Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine led by Dr. Kim Min-yeong revealed such results today [...]