SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The majority of children come home after 6 p.m. on weekdays, and close to a half of them enjoy less than two hours of free time, a recent survey showed. The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union conducted an online survey of 1,841 children in 4th to 6th grades, [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea celebrates the centennial anniversary of Children’s Day, heightening concerns allude to stricter standards that are being forced upon children in the cultural sphere, including movie theaters and concert halls. Parents complain that it is too much to disallow children from making noise at movie theaters, especially [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant number of children believe that people are discriminated against based on their gender or wealth in South Korea, a survey showed Wednesday. The Korean Teachers and Educational Workers Union conducted a survey of 1,841 children from 4th to 6th grade, 64.7 percent of whom believed that there [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1 in 5 children in South Korea said they are unhappy, citing pressure to do well at school as the biggest reason, a survey showed Thursday, as the country marked Children’s Day. According to the poll conducted by the health ministry and the National Center for the Rights [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of children aged nine and below have been infected with COVID-19, health authorities said Saturday. The accumulated number of infected children in the age bracket had reached 1,887,337 as of Saturday, according to Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. That translates into nearly 50,190 out of every 100,000 [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The obesity rate among children and teenagers has increased following the spread of COVID-19, which has forced many to remain indoors. A research team from Nowon Eulji Medical Center compared the body mass index (BMI) data of children who visited the hospital before and during the pandemic. Of 113 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s drug safety agency on Wednesday authorized the use of global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 5 and 11. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety convened a panel of experts from both inside and outside to review the safety and efficacy of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Children experiencing disasters and abnormal weather caused by climate change are also being exposed to physical and mental problems, a charity group said. ChildFund Korea, a Seoul-based charity organization, conducted a focus group interview of 29 children between 11 and 16 years of age from Seoul, North Jeolla Province, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Wigs made with generous hair donations are giving hope to children suffering from cancer in South Korea. The country has been seeing approximately 1,600 children diagnosed with cancer each year, most of whom suffer from hair loss during the course of chemotherapy. Antibiotic wigs, which are readily available, are [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry is considering requiring kindergarten and elementary students to take rapid COVID-19 tests at home before going to school twice a week starting next month, officials said Monday. “We’re conducting discussions while leaving various possibilities open, including a measure to have students go to school after tests [...]