SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Individuals residing in the countryside consume more alcohol and tobacco compared to those in big cities, but they exhibit better mental health and lower stress levels, a government report showed Monday. The nationwide smoking rate stands at 19.3 percent. Furthermore, the monthly alcohol consumption rate is 57.7 percent, with [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The dwindling number of public health doctors working in community health centers in counties or smaller administrative districts is expanding the medical vacuum in the countryside. The shortage is caused by a smaller number of new physicians acting as public health doctors in lieu of military service than those [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Rural Economic Institute reported Monday that 4 in 10 people living in cities wish to return to the countryside. The institute conducted a survey of 1,500 city residents, 41.4 percent of whom were willing to return to the countryside when appropriate, or after retirement, up by 6.8 [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Every industry will acclimate to a new normal due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Travel is no exception. According to a recent survey of 300 customers by the U.S. online travel company Expedia Group Inc., 77 percent of the respondents said they were planning to remain in South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 30 percent of South Koreans living in urban areas want to return to the countryside, but the numbers are slowly in decline, a recent study has revealed. The Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) conducted a survey of 1,521 farmers and 1,500 city residents, in which 34.6 percent of [...]
SEJONG, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, more than half of urban residents returning to the countryside for farming went back to their hometown to start a farming business, and recent data shows that in as little as five years, their household income surpassed the average income in the country’s farming industry. The [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – People living in rural parts of the country have a higher stress level than those in cities, and the level rises as the size of the neighborhood becomes smaller, study results indicated Monday. The rate of obesity and illnesses were also higher in rural regions, according to the study [...]