SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increase in the so-called ‘ten pocket’ phenomenon, where parents, grandparents, relatives, and other acquaintances, due to a low birthrate, open up their wallets to spend on a single child, expensive high-end toys are gaining popularity. Auction, a South Korean online shopping mall, conducted a one-month study on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Married couples in their 30s and 40s without any children are more satisfied with their marriage and happier after retirement, a recent study has revealed. Prof. Eun Seon-kyung from Korea Christian University conducted a survey of 1,000 women in their 30s and 40s who were married and were with [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Many adults think that the current education system offers a structure where parents’ jobs, academic credentials, and economic status can be passed on to their children. According to a poll released Monday by the World Without Worry About Shadow Education, 84.2 percent of the 1,115 adult respondents said they [...]
CHEONAN, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Special school bus cushions developed in South Korea that send the status of children entering and leaving school vehicles to smartphones in real time and sound a warning if children are left behind will be exported to Vietnam. According to the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) Tuesday, Vietnam’s [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of wealth gifted to children in South Korea exceeded 1 trillion won (US$836 million) in 2017, underscoring a rising trend of donating wealth to youngsters, data showed Wednesday. According to the data compiled by the National Tax Service, the value of money and property gifted to minors [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is spreading via social media on whether children can participate willingly in political or religious events or not. On the other side of the venue of the Incheon Queer Culture Festival in front of Bupyeong Station in Incheon in late August, rallies against sexual minorities were held simultaneously. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A year has passed since a revision to the Road Traffic Act was passed that requires children to be seated in a car seat. However, more than half of parents were found to be ignoring the directive. According to a survey by DAIICHI Co., a local car seat manufacturer, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — One in five middle and high school students in South Korea are exposed to a severe amount of stress, a recent study has revealed. The Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a survey on 2,510 students between 9 and 17 years of age, 16 percent of whom said they [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of sexual crimes committed against children jumped 17.9 percent in 2018 compared with two years earlier, police data showed Tuesday, highlighting the need to strengthen policies to protect children. Sexual assault cases in which children under the age of 13 were victims totaled 1,277 cases last year, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Just over 6 out of 10 South Korean parents see no need for corporal punishment of children, a poll showed Wednesday. According to the welfare ministry’s 2018 survey on 4,039 households with kids or teens, 60.7 percent of the respondents said spanking is “never or not” necessary to properly [...]