SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey of married couples in South Korea revealed that the top demand from fathers is having sufficient time for child-rearing responsibilities. The Population and Health Welfare Association announced the results on May 8 of a poll titled “My Perception of Modern Fathers” conducted between April 15 and 28. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Children raised by parents with higher incomes will earn higher incomes themselves, indicating that socioeconomic status may be inherited, a study showed Sundy. Lee Ji-eun, a senior researcher at the Korea Labor Institute, and Jeong Se-eun, an economics professor at Chungnam National University analyzed the Korea Labor & Income [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 1 in 6 men who became fathers last year were 40 years or older. Statistics Korea reported that there were 45,974 men over 40 years of age who became fathers last year. A total of 272,337 babies were born last year, and among all 269,584 fathers–excluding 2,753 whose [...]
SEJONG, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean stay-at-home fathers reached an all-time high in March as fewer women took charge of bringing up kids, government data showed Monday. A total of 13,000 South Korean men outside the labor force were in charge of child care last month, up 6,000 from a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Sang-min, the father of a nine-month-old baby living in the southwestern city of Gwangju, was surprised when his boss recently just signed off without ado on papers he had submitted requesting parental leave. “It was not what I’d expected. Because I heard that when a male colleague applied [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of two fathers in their 20s to 40s have considered moving or resigning because they found it hard to find a balance between work and life, according to a recent survey. According to an online survey conducted by the Planned Population Federation of Korea of 1,000 men [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of fathers who took time off to take care of their children jumped 65.9 percent on-year in the first half, aided by the government’s increased support for parental leave, the labor ministry said Monday. The number of men who took paternity leave reached 8,463 in the January-June [...]