SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Men are more likely to feel socially isolated, while women are more prone to loneliness, according to a recent study conducted by one of the leading mental health experts in the nation. Led by psychiatry professor Hong Jin-pyo at Samsung Medical Center, a research team looked into the mental [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Men have taken up more than 20 percent of admissions for nursing universities in South Korea for the first time this year, data showed Monday. According to Jongro Academy, one of the country’s leading educational institutions for college admissions, 2,249 male students entered nursing universities in 2021, accounting for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s female population is forecast to surpass that of males in nine years, a government report showed Sunday. The total number of women reached 25.86 million last year, accounting for 49.9 percent of the country’s entire population of 51.82 million, according to the report compiled by the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Male workers in listed firms in South Korea earned 1.6 times higher wages than their female colleagues last year, a government survey showed Thursday. Men were paid an average 79.8 million won (US$68,800) in 2020, while their women counterparts received 51.1 million won, according to the study on 2,149 [...]
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, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Men’s knitwear is gaining popularity despite the summer heat. Henry Cotton’s, a Kolon Industries FnC’s fashion brand for men, reported that five products among its top 10 bestsellers between July 1 and 27 were ‘Ripley Knits.’ Cambridge Members, another Kolon Industries FnC’s male fashion brand, reported a 150 percent [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Korean men are buying shorts to help cope with the summer heat, as they are both staying at home and working long hours there following the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Samsung C&T Corp.’s contemporary fashion brand ‘Theory’ reported an 86 percent increase in [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Luxury brands are scrambling to attract men in their 20s and 30s, who are rising as a major consumption power. Louis Vuitton is opening South Korea’s eighth ‘Mens’ store at Lotte Department Store in August. The fashion brand also set up a pop-up store for men in Seongsu-dong, eastern [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of men going on paternity leave jumped 23 percent last year from the previous year, reflecting cultural and policy changes, the labor ministry said Wednesday. The total number of private sector workers requesting paternity leave stood at 27,423 last year, more than double the number in 2017 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Middle-aged men are consuming too many calories, while women in their 20s typically consume less energy than they need. The Ministry of Health and Welfare published a report Wednesday on calorie consumption categorized by age and gender. The report, based on a study led by the Korean Nutrition Society, [...]