SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea still had the largest wage inequality between genders among all 39 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member states last year, a report showed Sunday. The most recent OECD report on the gender wage gap showed that South Korea had the largest gender wage gap at [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent poll showed that men and female have different perceptions about the seriousness of the low birthrate in South Korea. Gallup Korea conducted a nationwide survey of 1,002 people between 19 and 29 years of age, among which 66 percent believed the low birthrate was a ‘very serious [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled for the first time that gender can be corrected without surgery to remove reproductive organs or to modify external genitals. Tthe Suwon District Court said it recently allowed the correction of gender in a case filed by a transgender individual in his 20s. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — University students have a substantial difference in favorite foods by gender — female students showed more preference for dairy products and sugary foods, while male students ate seaweed and greasy foods more frequently, a survey said Thursday. A research team led by Song Kyung-hee, a food and nutrition professor [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Male workers in listed firms in South Korea earned 1.6 times higher wages than their female colleagues last year, a government survey showed Thursday. Men were paid an average 79.8 million won (US$68,800) in 2020, while their women counterparts received 51.1 million won, according to the study on 2,149 [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Women take up the absolute majority among families in dealing with homemaking and child rearing, according to recent data. The Ministry of Gender and Equality conducted a survey of 10,997 households throughout the country, in which 70.5 percent said that the mother was in charge of groceries, cooking, and [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Female immigrants working in South Korea tend to have higher educational attainment than their male counterparts, but they are typically paid lower wages, a study showed Monday. The number of economically active female immigrants stood at 3,284,000, compared to 2,805,000 economically non-active female immigrants, according to a report from [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Single men and women have different reasons for putting off marriage or not getting married at all. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a survey of 947 singles between the ages of 19 and 49, 31 percent of whom said housing was the main reason for [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is heating up on university campuses over a transgender student who was accepted to Sookmyung Women’s University (SWU) after undergoing sex-change surgery from male to female. There are claims that gender changes threaten women’s rights and safety, while signatures “welcoming” the transgender student are continuing among the alumni [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a recent survey, male and female smokers differ in their preferences for designated smoking areas. It turns out that men usually smoke outside, while women tend to prefer smoking inside. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a national survey of 3,200 smokers. Based on [...]