SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of the recently married couples in South Korea had no children in 2021, data showed Monday, amid the country’s chronic low birthrate and changing social norms. Some 45.8 percent of the country’s 871,428 couples who were legally married in the five years up to November 2021 did [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of children aged nine and below have been infected with COVID-19, health authorities said Saturday. The accumulated number of infected children in the age bracket had reached 1,887,337 as of Saturday, according to Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. That translates into nearly 50,190 out of every 100,000 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of recently newlywed couples in South Korea had no children, data showed Thursday, amid the country’s chronic low birthrate and changing social norms. Some 44.5 percent of the country’s 1.18 million couples, who were legally married in the five years up to November 2020, did not have [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans in their 10s and 20s think it is not necessary to have kids after marriage, a report showed Thursday, adding to concerns about the country’s chronic low birth rate. As of 2020, 32 percent of Koreans aged 13 or older said it is [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 4 out of every 10 newlywed couples in South Korea had no children last year, data showed Thursday, amid the country’s chronic low birthrate and the trend of late marriages. Of 998,000 first-time and newly married couples — who had been legally married in the five years [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group plans to produce a kid’s version of the 45, a miniature-sized electric vehicle (EV) concept. Hyundai unveiled a video on Tuesday showing how the derived EV model for kids is being made and designed after the mini-sized EV. The mini-EV for kids comes with Hyundai’s Emotion [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than three out of every 10 South Koreans believe it is unnecessary to have kids even after marriage, while parents spend nearly US$300 a month on private education for each student in grades 12 or below, a report from the statistics office showed Thursday. According to the report, [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in offered a virtual tour of his office for kids Tuesday, as a replacement for an annual Children’s Day event on the Cheong Wa Dae lawn, due to the coronavirus. Moon and first lady Kim Jung-sook participated in the production of a special video clip using the [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The so-called “well-being fabrics” are in vogue. Extracted from natural materials such as organic cotton, milk, soybeans, bamboo, banana leaves, and even charcoal, the fabrics made from alternative sources are lighter and higher in air permeability. They are also excellent in soft touch when worn by children. Of all [...]