SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time, a majority of South Korea’s top 100 publicly listed non-financial companies are paying their employees an average annual salary of over ₩100 million, signaling a sharp rise in corporate pay and deepening the wage gap between large conglomerates and smaller businesses. A comprehensive review of [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of virtual asset investors in South Korea has surpassed 16 million, drawing close to overtaking the number of stock investors in the country, data showed Sunday. A total of 16.29 million people had accounts at the top five domestic virtual asset exchanges — Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of users of generative artificial intelligence (AI) services in South Korea nearly doubled from a year earlier in 2024, government data showed Sunday. In a survey on internet usage conducted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the rate of respondents who experienced generative AI services jumped [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The average monthly income of single-parent families stands at only about 60 percent of the average for all households, a government report showed Sunday. The average income of single-parent families with children under the age of 18 came to 2.94 million won (US$2,003) in 2024, according to the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A new government study has revealed that South Korean women born in the 1980s and later have achieved higher rates of tertiary education than their male counterparts, marking a significant shift in educational demographics. The research, released on March 27 by Statistics Korea’s Statistics Research Institute, examines educational attainment, [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The average debt held by wage workers in South Korea edged up in 2023 from the previous year, despite a rise in the benchmark interest rate, partly due to government-funded low-interest loan programs for low-income individuals, the statistics agency said Thursday. The average bank and non-bank loans extended to [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — While the compensation gap between top earners and average employees at major South Korean companies narrowed slightly last year, executives still earned more than 15 times their workers’ salaries, according to a new analysis by Leaders Index. The research firm’s study of 284 companies among Korea’s top 500 firms [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of imported vehicles registered in South Korea has exceeded 3.5 million for the first time, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s evolving automotive landscape. According to data released Wednesday by the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA), a total of 3,508,876 imported vehicles were registered as [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korea’s isolated and withdrawn youth are attempting to reenter daily life through study and hobbies, but nearly 40% ultimately fall back into isolation, according to the country’s first nationwide survey on the issue released Tuesday. The Korean Youth Policy Institute’s 2024 National Survey on Isolated [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — European companies operating in South Korea are increasingly dissatisfied with their business performance and the country’s regulatory environment, according to a new survey released Monday. The 2024/25 Korea Business Confidence Survey, conducted by the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK), the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KGCCI), [...]