SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The month of May in Korea is sometimes referred to as ‘family month’. With approaching holidays and commemoration days like Children’s Day (May 5) and Parent’s Day (May 8), the average worker is expected to spend an average of 360,000 won on gifts. A recent survey conducted by Hunet, [...]
SEOUL, Feb.18 (Korea Bizwire) – Data shows that one out of ten disabled children experience violence at kindergarten or day care centers. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea announced that it conducted a survey of 1,215 teachers, managers working at special schools, day care centers and kindergartens for disabled children, and parents of disabled [...]
SEOUL, Feb.17 (Korea Bizwire) – Even as the economy is suffering, Koreans seem to be ready to open their wallets for their children. Due to the ‘eight-pocket’ phenomenon, which refers to eight people – parents (2), grandparents (4), uncle and aunt – spending money on one child, products and services related to children are showing [...]
Despite the sluggish economy, consumers are opening their wallets for their children, pushing the electronics industry to focus on ‘child marketing’. (Image : Yonhap) SEOUL, Feb.16 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite the sluggish economy, consumers are opening their wallets for their children, pushing the electronics industry to focus on ‘child marketing’. According to industry watchers, [...]
SEOUL, Jan.4 (Korea Bizwire) – Research has revealed that if parents listen to their kids and allow them to take care of themselves, their children will have a lower tendency to become addicted to smartphone use. According to a report entitled ‘Influence of Parenting on Adolescent Smartphone Addiction’ by Professors Mun Doo-sik and Choi Eun-sil [...]
SEJONG, Sept.17 (Korea Bizwire) – Research suggests that the younger the children are, the more environmental pollutants such as heavy metals are concentrated in their bodies. A study was conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Research over the past three years (from 2012 to 2014), on 2,397 children and youth aged between three and 18. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Research shows that Korean teenagers spend an average of an hour and half with their parents, while they wish they could spend more time with each other. Even the hour and half was often spent watching TV together. IKEA, a multinational furniture company from Sweden, conducted an online survey [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 11 (Korea Bizwire) - The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and Samsung C&T will sign on November 11 an agreement to work together in building apartments with community-based childcare facilities and smart offices for parents who must stay home to care for children. Under the terms of the pact, the construction contractor will build [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A study said the biggest headache for working moms who have to juggle work and family is character education for their children. According to a survey conducted by job portal career.com on 266 working moms, the respondents found instilling social and moral lessons to their children hardest to do [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Statistical Office said on October 30 it would hold a three-day academic camp “Love Sharing Classroom for Numbers” for 35 children from 12 elementary schools near Daejeon and surrounding area in the youth camp in Mt. Bohyeon. The camp was organized as part of the government agency’s [...]