SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than seven out of 10 South Koreans believe young people in the country are unhappy, and six out of 10 think elderly people are also depressed, a poll showed Thursday. The survey conducted on 2,000 adults nationwide by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Self-reported happiness levels of young adults in their 20s have declined sharply by 10 percentage points in just six years, a survey has found. The survey also found that a higher percentage of high earners thought of themselves as happy, with 66 percent of those who earned more than [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Third-grade elementary school students in South Korea are the least happy despite being well-off compared to students in other countries, a recent survey has revealed. The survey conducted by the international NGO Save the Children and the Institute of Social Welfare at Seoul National University compared South Korean third-graders [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A tax on cigarettes is usually implemented to promote public health, but it’s also one of the more frequently employed implicit tax collection methods for governments. However, a recent study revealed that countries with cigarette tax revenue that took up a significant part of their overall tax revenue also [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean children and adolescents scored the lowest in their self-reported sense of happiness as measured by the ‘Better Life’ index from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). On May 2, Professor Yoo Shik Yum’s society improvement research laboratory at Yonsei University presented a report titled “2016 8th [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – It is a well known fact that Koreans are obsessed with chicken. As it is the most popular nighttime snack, and a sure hit that is always included when there is a gathering of a large number of people, chicken seems to bring up happy thoughts. Based on this [...]
SEOUL, Feb.15 (Korea Bizwire) – Research shows that graduates of universities that have a high social status are more satisfied with their lives. Apart from being able to land high-paying jobs, a recent study revealed that those who graduate from good schools have higher self-esteem and a better life at home, proving that happiness does [...]
ASAN, Jan.12 (Korea Bizwire) – New research indicates that even if you have more money, satisfaction with life doesn’t increase. At a time when the economy is slumping, leading to resignations, unemployment, and tight household finances, many people think that money and happiness are not related. A recent report entitled ‘Relationship Between Local Income and [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In a comparative survey on the happiness of children, Korean children were found to be the least happy among their peers in other countries. According to the survey jointly conducted by Save the Children and the Seoul National University (SNU) Social Welfare Research Center, the “subjective happiness score” of Korean [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – An executive at a construction company in his mid-50s has been unable to have dinner with his family for days. Last night he had dinner at the company cafeteria as he had to work until late, followed by a corporate party tonight. He thinks it would be hard to [...]