SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In major advanced countries, the more women engage in economic activities, the more children they have. According to a report from the Korea Association of Public Finance, based on 1990-2016 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country panel data, the number of childbirths increased significantly as women’s participation [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major mobile carriers are rolling out various marketing programs targeting children, industry insiders said Sunday, as they aim to secure their future customers ahead of the new academic year. The mobile carriers unveiled new promotions and mobile phone products for kids this month, hoping they can win [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that the level of digital literacy was the highest when computers and other digital devices were first used between the ages of five and seven. Digital literacy refers to “the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea unveiled a set of measures to enhance road safety for children in school zones Tuesday in the follow-ups to the parliamentary passages of related bills. The measures, approved at a Cabinet meeting earlier in the day, call for lowering the speed limit in school zones to 30 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will soon be obliged to protect the rights of children whose parents have been incarcerated for various reasons. The National Police Agency (NPA), the Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Justice were found to have accepted the recommendations sent in May of last year by the National [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Young people in Seoul recognize that the better off their parents are, the higher their children’s average salary is. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s survey of 10,000 young people between 19 and 39 years of age, there are differences in their salaries depending on the economic background of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is rising over ‘high heels for children’ and other fashion goods aimed at children as the children’s beauty market is expanding. 11st, an online shopping mall, reported that sales of cosmetics for children have surged by 360 percent since last year. Following the success of Walt Disney’s sensational [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40 percent of newlywed couples had no children last year, reflecting the country’s chronically low birthrate and late marriage trend, data showed Thursday. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, 1.32 million couples got married in the five years up to November 2018, down 4.2 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Birth Credit Program offered by the National Pension Service (NPS) is benefitting an increasing number of people. The program offers a larger pension after retirement if a member gives birth to two or more children by adding extra hours to the duration of membership. The amount of pension [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent studies have shown that Bisphenol A (BPA), an environmentally harmful substance, is related to emotional behavior problems such as excessive behavior, anxiety, and depression during childhood, and lack of attention. BPA is a common material used in receipt papers, plastic containers, and canned goods, and is known to [...]