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Study Shows Eating Dinner Alone Leads to Obesity

Study Shows Eating Dinner Alone Leads to Obesity

SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Eating alone can lead to higher chance of obesity than eating with family members, a recent study has revealed. A research team led by Prof. Jang Seong-in from Yonsei University Severance Hospital conducted a study on 13,303 participants to observe the correlation between a participant’s Body Mass Index (BMI) [...]

Study Shows Sharp Increase in Single-person Households

Study Shows Sharp Increase in Single-person Households

SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As more young people are putting off getting married or avoiding civil unions altogether, a survey has revealed that the number of single-person households is rising quickly, especially centered around those in their late 20s. In addition, new statistics show that despite a decreasing number of temporary workers and [...]

Delivery and Creativity Key for Dining Industry Next Year

Delivery and Creativity Key for Dining Industry Next Year

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Four keywords selected by the agriculture ministry and state-operated entity that sum up the major trends expected to influence the dining industry in 2018 are: “Feel-Good Value”, “Big Blur”, “Dining out at Home”, and “Evolution of Korean Meals”. Announced on December 19, the four phrases were chosen via a [...]

Korean Singles Appear to be Happy and Proud

Korean Singles Appear to be Happy and Proud

SEOUL, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Soft, a big data analysis business prospected that the social conditions of being ‘alone’ will continue into the year  2016, based on the analysis of 658,512,182 blog posts and 7,973,575,800 tweets. ‘Eating alone’ and ‘Drinking alone’ were phrases mentioned 15,485 times on social media this year. The phrases were [...]