SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Individuals residing in the countryside consume more alcohol and tobacco compared to those in big cities, but they exhibit better mental health and lower stress levels, a government report showed Monday. The nationwide smoking rate stands at 19.3 percent. Furthermore, the monthly alcohol consumption rate is 57.7 percent, with [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will revise a city ordinance, enabling the designation of alcohol-free zones in riverside parks along the Han River. The city has recently proposed a bill to the Seoul Metropolitan Council, seeking to amend an ordinance promoting a healthy drinking culture. This initiative [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO) said Sunday it has developed technology that can detect both cocaine and alcohol properties simultaneously when cocaine is mixed in alcohol. The Forensic Genetics & Chemistry Division of the SPO’s Forensic Science Investigation Department plans to announce the newly-developed cocaine and alcohol metabolome simultaneous [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Single-person households tend to spend more on alcohol compared to larger households, a report said Sunday. A research team from the state-run Korea Rural Economic Institute analyzed data from Statistics Korea to identify the average amount of spending on processed foods and the share of each item among the [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year, each Korean adult consumed liquor on an average of 8.5 days per month, with beer the beverage of choice, data showed Sunday. The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. conducted a survey of 2,000 men and women between the ages of 19 and 59, which showed that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The pandemic has prompted many shoppers to make their purchases online, resulting in booming online sales across the retail landscape with the exception of a few regulated fields. The value of online shopping transactions stood at 46.9 trillion won (US$40.8 billion) in the April to June period of this [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that heavy drinking among family members increases the rate of alcohol use disorder (AUD) for university students. Researchers from the Gangneung Asan Hospital in the eastern city of Gangneung conducted a survey of 1,256 students from universities within the region, including 800 male students and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Output of domestic alcoholic beverages decreased by over 10 percent over the past five years, but imports of alcohol nearly doubled during the same period, government data showed Sunday. The total production of alcoholic beverages made in the country came to 337 million kiloliters in 2019, down 11.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s alcohol imports fell for the first time in 10 years in 2019 amid a boycott of Japanese beer due to a bilateral trade row, data showed Monday. South Korea’s liquor imports came to 466,000 kiloliters in 2019, down 6 percent from the previous year, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of Korean women undergoing medical treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), a condition that refers to excessive dependence or addiction to alcoholic beverages, is growing day by day. According to data revealed on Sunday by the National Health Insurance Service, the number of individuals who were diagnosed [...]