SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – J-hope, a member of popular K-pop band BTS, donated 100 million won (US$84,416) for children suffering economic hardship due to the new coronavirus pandemic, a charity group said Tuesday. According to ChildFund Korea, J-hope expressed hope that his donation will be delivered to children in crisis, especially to those [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Children from multicultural families feel stronger pride as South Koreans than those who are not, a recent study revealed. The charity group ChildFund Korea conducted a survey of 200 middle school students from Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, 78.2 percent of whom strongly agreed that they ‘want to be South [...]
DAEJEON, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a bracelet-shaped wearable device by using a sound augmented technology, a national research university said Wednesday. The device named ‘Sound Wear’ is a wearable device for play that allows children not only to detect and choose sounds but also make them and exchange them [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 30,000 cases of child abuse were reported in South Korea last year, marking an increase of over 20 percent from the previous year, a lawmaker said Thursday, citing government data. Authorities received 41,388 reports of child abuse in 2019 and tentatively confirmed acts of maltreatment in 30,070 [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — It turns out that what teenagers really want from their parents isn’t money, but compliments. According to an online survey of 396 teenagers conducted by School Jam, an educational content company, 23.7 percent said chose compliments when asked about which gifts they wanted to receive from their parents. Second [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Children who are not registered for long-term stay in South Korea should not be forced to leave the country unconditionally, recommending that the government come up with a system through which qualifications for residency could be assessed, a public human rights watchdog said Wednesday. The National Human Rights Commission [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean society is slowly putting behind the traditional responsibility of sons and daughters taking care of their aging parents due to rapid changes in society that have weakened the sense of family and replaced large families with smaller ones. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — “Should we not have birthday parties with friends?” “Do we have to have surgery if we get sick with the coronavirus?” Unlike the usual tension in the regular briefing room of the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), the mood at a special briefing on Wednesday at [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, said Sunday it has developed a radar-based in-cabin sensing system meant to prevent hot car deaths. The radar-based rear occupant alert (ROA) system alerts a driver to check the vehicle’s back seat in case the presence of a child is [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Parents are struggling to find the time and space to spend time with their children as authorities have delayed the new school year due to the coronavirus outbreak, and with cabin fever setting in. All kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools across the country will begin their school year [...]