SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on Tuesday that it will provide free breakfast to students participating in its “Running Again in the Morning Season 2.0″ exercise program. Launched in October last year, the morning exercise initiative aims to aid students’ physical and mental recovery in the post-COVID era. [...]
SEJONG, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent analysis by Statistics Korea has unveiled revealing insights into the nation’s breakfast habits and rice consumption patterns. The findings, published in the spring issue of “Statistics Plus,” indicate that nearly 30% of Koreans skip breakfast, while rice intake is higher at restaurants compared to home-cooked meals, with older [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) decided Friday to push for expanding the 1,000 won (US$0.77) breakfast project for college students with municipal funds, officials said. The DP’s top policymaker, Kim Min-seok, discussed the matter in a meeting with the heads of local governments and local assembly members who [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The agriculture ministry said Wednesday it will expand an initiative to offer breakfast at student cafeterias at universities for just 1,000 won (US$0.77) each. As part of the project, students can buy a breakfast for 1,000 won at a school cafeteria. The rest of the cost will be borne by [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of universities are offering breakfast at an affordable price as consumer prices continue to rise. Kyung Hee University has been selling breakfasts for 1,000 won (US$0.76) to 100 people on a first-come, first-serve basis, since Monday. Seoul National University, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University and Kangwon National University [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of hamburger chains are jumping into the breakfast market as the floating population in morning hours increased due to the loosening of pandemic restrictions. Burger King’s breakfast-only menu item King Morning, which recently returned after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, passed the 14,000 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Science has once again proved that eating breakfast raises the learning capacity of teenagers. The Rural Development Administration announced Thursday that in a joint study with the Korea Food Research Institute, breakfast better ensures stability, raises learning capacity, and promotes physical health among teenagers. The research team conducted a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — One third of South Koreans were found to skip breakfast, according to a recent study, as the ‘no-breakfast’ population has almost tripled over the last 20 years. According to data from the 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey released on Sunday, the proportion of South Koreans who skip breakfast [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The threshold for luxury hotels has been lowered, with the concept of ‘hocance’, a combination of “hotel + vacation” becoming one of the most common forms of travel. Even if guests do not stay overnight, hotels are turning into a place where guests can spend few hours together by [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — State-run Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said Sunday that South Koreans must improve their dining habits by consuming less salt and eating regularly. Based on its survey conducted on 15,954 people aged 19 and above, the center said South Koreans earned a grade of 63.3 out of [...]