SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranked 59th among 146 countries in a U.N.-sponsored world happiness index. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network under the United Nations announced the 2022 World Happiness Report on Friday (local time). Finland topped the list for the fifth consecutive year, followed by Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland. South Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean’s happiness levels hit a new low last August, during the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, the latest survey showed. Last year, the Center for Happiness Studies at Seoul National University, in collaboration with Kakao Corp.’s charity foundation, conducted a survey of 1.4 million South Koreans over [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that most individuals living by themselves in Seoul intended to continue to live alone, but their sense of happiness showed a tendency to decline during their 40s. On Wednesday, the Seoul Metropolitan City Government unveiled the results of its analysis of the Statistics Korea [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of two residents of agricultural communities turned out to feel happy with their current life, with young farmers, among others, having the strongest feeling of happiness, a recent survey revealed. The Rural Development Administration revealed on Sunday the results of a survey it conducted from Sept. 1 [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Three in 10 South Korean adults believe that finding a good partner and creating a happy family can lead to greater happiness, a study revealed on Wednesday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a survey of 5,020 people between 19 and 80 years of age in [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The happiest South Koreans last year were men living in the administrative city of Sejong, a big data analysis has revealed. Seoul National University Center for Happiness Studies and Kakao Corp. conducted a joint survey in which Sejong City scored the highest (5.43/10) on a happiness index among 17 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Children and teenagers in South Korea are suffering from sleep deprivation, and their level of happiness is also the lowest among other developed countries. According to a report released Tuesday by Statistics Korea, the average daily sleep time for children and teenagers was 7.3 hours as of last year. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The biggest cause of the South Korean children’s declining happiness and sleep deprivation was “studying.” According to data released Tuesday by Sejong University professor Park Hyun-sun, students’ sense of happiness tended to decline as their grades went up, from 90.4 percent in elementary school to 84 percent in middle [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has found that the level of happiness among Korean elementary school students is low compared to their peers in other countries. According to a study conducted by Save the Children, a nongovernmental organization for international relief and development and Seoul National University, the subjective happiness of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 56 percent of young people aged between 15 and 34 consider themselves unhappy, a recent survey has showed. The study highlights the gloomy state of mind of young South Koreans just struggling to survive, stressed from the pressure of academic success and the daunting task of finding a [...]