SEJONG, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of discouraged female workers in South Korea hit an all-time high in January due to a tough employment situation amid the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Monday. The country had 359,000 discouraged female workers in January, up 65.5 percent, or 142,000, from a year earlier and setting [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A long-standing debate over South Korean women participating in mandatory military service has rekindled following anticipation that the military will face a lack of personnel in 10 years due to the decreasing national population. The country should consider enlisting women for the military, experts argue, if it intends to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 3 in 4 businesswomen are struggling to maintain a work-life balance, a recent study revealed. The Women Economic Research Lab conducted a study of 648 businesses owned or run by women, in which nearly 75.2 percent respondents agreed when asked if they were struggling with maintaining a [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The birthrate in South Korea, plunging at an unprecedented speed, is largely influenced by the popularity of remaining single and a growing number of married couples choosing not to have children. Last year, the country’s total fertility rate, the average number of births for each female, was 0.92, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of high-ranking female public servants in central government agencies surpassed 100 for the first time last year, government data showed Wednesday. The number of women in senior government roles reached 102 last year, accounting for 6.7 percent of the total ranking central government officials, according to the [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Many films worldwide continue to express womanhood in a stereotypical manner, a recent study has showed. A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Monday that 40 movies from Hollywood and South Korea screened between 2017 and 2018 depicted women to be [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As grocery shopping through major retailers’ mobile shopping platforms is becoming a normal practice among Koreans, women in their forties are increasingly using mobile devices to buy their groceries. According to the Ticket Monster social commerce site, 73 percent of the company’s female customers made purchases through the company’s [...]