SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean women in their 20s and 30s had sex less in 2014 compared with a decade ago, a survey showed Monday, amid high youth unemployment that has led to late marriage and less dating. South Korea’s overall unemployment rate stood at 3.8 percent in June, up 0.2 percentage [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Male infertility in South Korea rose dramatically in the past five years due to people getting married late, heavy workloads and stress, a local report said Tuesday. The number of male infertility cases surged 55 percent to 61,903 last year from 39,933 in 2011, according to the report by [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s premature birthrate has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a survey showed Tuesday, with a growing number of women getting married late and experiencing difficulties having babies. The rate of premature delivery within less than 37 weeks of pregnancy rose to 6.44 percent between 2013 and [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of endometriosis patients rose sharply in recent years due to late marriage and childbirths, stress and irregular lifestyles, with most of those affected in their 30s and 40s, data showed Tuesday. The number of those who were diagnosed as endometriosis patients by CHA Gangnam Medical Center in [...]