SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant portion of adults purchased lottery tickets in the past year, with 56.5 percent of South Koreans over 19 years of age purchased lottery tickets in the past 12 months, a government report has showed. Among those who purchased lottery tickets in the 12 months prior, 1 in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — One in 5 South Korean adults do not wish to seek help from others, even when they are in dire need, a study showed Thursday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs surveyed 8,185 South Korean adults between the ages of 19 and 60, dividing them into four [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Three out of 10 adults under the age of 50 live with their parents, instead of living independently, a state-run think tank said Tuesday, casting light on the spreading phenomena of late marriage and non-marriage in Korean society. According to a research report issued by the Korea Institute for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean adults and students both spent less time reading books last year, a survey showed Monday. The survey on the reading habits of South Koreans conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism showed that adults read an annual average of 4.5 books over the past year [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1 in 5 South Korean adults felt lonely last year, with lonelineless particular acute among socially isolated men. Statistics Korea reported last week that 22.3 percent of South Korean adults over 19 years of age felt lonely last year, which was 1.8 percentage points higher than the [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean adults are reading fewer books as video platforms such as YouTube and Netflix continue to replace them. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism reported on Wednesday that South Korean adults read an average of 7.5 books, both paper and electronic editions combined, every year. Compared to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Korean adults still dream of moving to a different country, despite their enormous efforts to stay abreast of the intensely competitive society. According to the results of an online survey of 4,229 adults conducted by job portal Saramin, 60.2 percent of the respondents said they [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that more than 70 percent of South Korean adults over 20 years of age have ‘kidult’ tendencies. Gmarket, a South Korean online shopping mall, conducted a survey of 710 customers, 73 percent of whom said they like products made for children. Among the respondents, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean adults have twice the level of harmful toxic chemicals in their bodies as youths, the Ministry of Environment said Wednesday, citing a state laboratory’s research. According to the National Institute of Environmental Research’s study on 6,167 South Korean people from 2015 to 2017, the blood lead level [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of newborn babies in South Korea dropped to a six-month low in June, government data showed Wednesday. About 28,900 babies were born in the month, down 12.2 percent, or 4,000, from 32,900 tallied a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It is the second-lowest [...]