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Seoul City to Study Developmental State of Toddlers Born in Pandemic Era

Seoul City to Study Developmental State of Toddlers Born in Pandemic Era

SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it will begin studies to provide a healthy environment for rearing toddlers born during the pandemic era and growing up in the post-pandemic era. The city government first signed an agreement with the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to organize a [...]

S. Korea to Lift COVID-19 Social Distancing Rules After 2-year fight Against Virus

S. Korea to Lift COVID-19 Social Distancing Rules After 2-year fight Against Virus

SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — After battling the new coronavirus for two years, South Korea is moving closer to post-pandemic life with the planned lifting of almost all COVID-19 social distancing rules. The new “post-omicron” scheme marks the first sweeping change in the COVID-19 response system since South Korea reported the first outbreak of [...]

Sales of Hangover Drinks Soar Whenever Social Distancing Rules are Eased

Sales of Hangover Drinks Soar Whenever Social Distancing Rules are Eased

SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of hangover-cure drinks soar again as the operational hours of restaurants and bars are being extended and the number of private gatherings at night is increasing thanks to the government’s easing of social distancing rules, data showed Sunday. According to convenience store chain CU, sales of hangover drinks [...]

Koreans, Foreigners Pick Up New Habits of ‘Handwashing’ and ‘YouTube Watching’ in Pandemic Era

Koreans, Foreigners Pick Up New Habits of ‘Handwashing’ and ‘YouTube Watching’ in Pandemic Era

SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With the coronavirus pandemic continuing for more than two years, Koreans have learned a new habit of washing hands while foreigners are watching more YouTube content, a Seoul-based non-profit organization said Wednesday. The Corea Image Communication Institute conducted a survey of 214 Koreans and 203 foreigners, in which 71.5 [...]

S. Korean Companies Slowly Roll Back Remote Working amid Eased Pandemic Rules

S. Korean Companies Slowly Roll Back Remote Working amid Eased Pandemic Rules

SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean office workers are gradually returning to the office after more than two years of on-again, off-again remote working, as businesses are rolling back pandemic restrictions in tandem with those of the government. Steel giant POSCO on Monday ended its remote working policy in its Seoul office, believing [...]

Low-income Groups Bear Higher Inflation Burden than High-income Class in COVID-19 Era

Low-income Groups Bear Higher Inflation Burden than High-income Class in COVID-19 Era

SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Those in low-income groups are bearing a relatively higher inflation burden than those with higher incomes in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, a local research institute said. The Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) analyzed the change in prices felt by consumers for the periods of 2018-2019 and 2020-2021. [...]

Child Obesity Spreads in Pandemic Era: Study

Child Obesity Spreads in Pandemic Era: Study

SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The obesity rate among children and teenagers has increased following the spread of COVID-19, which has forced many to remain indoors. A research team from Nowon Eulji Medical Center compared the body mass index (BMI) data of children who visited the hospital before and during the pandemic. Of 113 [...]