TAIWAN, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A new survey conducted by Booking.com revealed Busan was the most popular destination on a list of gourmet cities among Taiwanese travelers. The findings from the survey published yesterday prior to the city’s dragon boat festival also revealed Shanghai and Kobe, Japan as the second and third most popular destinations [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite the South Korean elderly (60 and above) spending fewer hours on their smartphones compared to other age groups, they turned out to be the biggest readers of mobile news. In a study conducted by the Barun ICT Research Center (Yonsei University), older Koreans spent an average of 18.8 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Six in 10 South Koreans have a negative viewpoint of China’s influence on their country, according to a poll released Wednesday. In the poll of 758 adult South Koreans organized jointly by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies and several foreign institutions early this year, 60 percent negatively evaluated [...]
GWANGJU, Jun. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean scientists successfully created an artificial brain-like three-dimensional neural structure, a local university said Wednesday, a finding that may contribute to studies in various brain diseases including Alzheimer’s. The team led by Yoon Myung-han at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) in collaboration [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A report released Monday by the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training has revealed that 29 percent of employees in South Korea have experienced sexual harassment at work in the past six months. According to the report, based on a survey of 3,000 employees from 15 industry [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting a new business in South Korea requires an average 200 million won (US$178,491) in starting money, and it takes about four years to break even, a stage that more than 60 percent of the startups don’t reach because they are forced to close before then, a report said [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – One out of 7 temporary workers have experienced depression, almost twice as high as those holding regular positions, a study showed Tuesday. The prevalence for depression was 13.1 percent among irregular workers, whose job conditions are far less favorable than for permanent workers and have to constantly worry about [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Fathers are far less committed than mothers to everyday parenting, such as taking part in a child’s school events, a local study showed Monday, raising calls for the adoption of a more parents-friendly work system in the country. According to the latest research by the Korea Institute of Child [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The majority of South Korean women no longer see marriage as a necessity, but rather a choice, a new report from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) has found. The same report also revealed that in recent years, divorce has moved from something forbidden to an ‘option [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly seven in ten companies in South Korea are not prepared for the fourth industrial revolution, which is reshaping many economies and industries with a range of new technologies, a new report revealed. According to the report released yesterday by the Hyundai Research Institute on the perception of the fourth [...]