SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw an increase in the average first-marriage age last year, with men marrying at an average age of 33.7 and women at 31.3, up from a year ago. The number of first marriages declined, while the number of single-person households increased. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Gender [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of South Korean men are single without having been married before, while 1 in 3 women are also single, data showed Tuesday. According to a report released by Statistics Korea, there were 192,000 marriages in South Korea last year, a drop of 103,000 cases since 1970. The crude [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Men waiting to join the military and women pursuing their studies had the highest level of perceived gender conflict, a government study has shown. Notably, the perception of gender conflict among women negatively affected their intention to have children. The joint study by the Ministry of Gender Equality and [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cosmetics industry is increasing its focus on products for men due to the growing number of men wearing makeup. B.READY, a men’s cosmetics brand under Amorepacific Corp., has consistently achieved double-digit growth since its establishment in 2019. Last month, the brand’s sales were 173 percent higher than [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean male and female adults usually have sex for the first time between the ages of 20 and 24, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a nationwide survey of 3,193 adults between the ages of 19 and 59, with 65.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Money spent on one’s significant other for birthdays and anniversaries has jumped in the last 12 months, a survey showed Wednesday. Matchmaking agency Gayeon conducted a survey of 1,000 single men and women between 25-39 years of age, with respondents spending an average of 280,300 won (US$211) on their [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A spouse’s looks are important to divorced men and women, for different reasons, a poll showed Tuesday. Matchmaking agency Only You conducted a survey of 528 divorced men and women, in which 36.4 percent of male respondents cared about their spouse’s looks because it helped them “maintain the relationship.” [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — There are many posts complaining about reverse discrimination against men on Blind, an anonymous community app for the workplace, a women’s think tank said Tuesday. The Korea Women’s Development Institute categorized and analyzed 2,672 organizational culture-related comments posted on the Blind app during the period from August 2021 to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean men have become more obese over the past 13 years due to drinking and lack of exercise, a government report showed Friday. The percentage of males aged 19 and over who have body mass indexes (BMIs) of 25 kilograms per square meter or over reached 44.8 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Depression has spread among men in their 30s and 40s following the pandemic, particularly among those with lower educational attainment, without a spouse and those who smoke, the public health agency said Tuesday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency analyzed the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which [...]