SEJONG, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the lowest rate of out-of-wedlock births among advanced countries, primarily because of ingrained conservative social values, a report said Monday. The report published in the latest quarterly by the Statistical Research Institute put the country’s unmarried childbearing rate at 1.9 percent in 2014, the lowest among [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The results of a survey that asked South Koreans about their trust in others revealed that the level trust among Koreans has fallen significantly over the past 30 years. In addition, the level of “social capital” within society was found to be extremely low. Professor Kim Hui-sam at the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – An online posting claiming that a mother and her daughter verbally abused three parking attendants and made them kneel is brewing controversy in Korean society. The incident took place at Hyundai Department Store’s underground parking lot in Jungdong, Bucheon. On January 3, the story was posted online by an individual [...]
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SEOUL, Nov.20 (Korea Bizwire) – On November 1 this year, a single man in his late 60s was found dead in his room with a note and some money left to pay for his funeral and overdue bills. It turned out he had lived with recently deceased mother and he killed himself a few months after sending [...]
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