SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A staggering 24% of dual-income families in Seoul experience symptoms of depression, according to a new study by the Seoul Research Institute. Working mothers and fathers struggle with insufficient societal and institutional support for child-rearing and caregiving responsibilities. Alarmingly, 15.8% of unmarried youths in Seoul within the optimal marriage age [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A striking 8 out of 10 South Koreans in their 20s and 30s have yet to achieve financial independence from their parents, according to a recent survey by the job platform Jinhaksa Catch. The respondents cited a lack of stable income due to employment challenges as the primary reason for [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that 7 out of 10 young adults aged 25 to 39, residing with their parents in apartments, have no immediate plans to live independently until marriage. The study, titled ‘Trend Report: The Kangaroo Tribe,’ was released on March 14 by Focus Media Korea, the operator [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Efforts are underway to expand maternity protection policies aimed at addressing the low birthrate, including reducing working hours during the childcare period and introducing spousal maternity leave. The Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on Wednesday that proposed amendments to the Act on Equal Employment and Support for Work-Family Reconciliation, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Parents in Seoul will be required to make a reservation before meeting or talking by phone with teachers in an experimental project to prevent teacher harassment by parents in the wake of the suicide of a young teacher, the education chief said Monday. Teachers’ call for protection from abusive [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a recent case of suicide committed by a young homeroom teacher at an elementary school in Seoul’s Seocho Ward, rumors are spreading that excessive complaints from parents led the teacher to take such extreme measures. Teachers have increasingly faced verbal and physical assaults from students’ parents, according to [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — One in three parents with disabled children faced substantial financial struggles to take care of their children and fill the education vacuum caused by COVID-19 when schools were temporarily closed, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey of 4,785 parents with disabled children, 34 percent of them faced [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With a new school year underway, the number of parents buying audio recording devices for their children is increasing sharply as a way to punish offenders and collect evidence in cases of school violence. According to Naver DataLab, the monthly shopping click index for voice recorders hit a one-year [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The perception that children should look after their parents is quickly disappearing, a report showed Sunday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a survey of 7,865 households, in which only 21.4 percent believed that children should be responsible for looking after their parents. Another 29 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean workers who took time off to take care of their children rose 18.6 percent in 2022 from a year earlier on the back of more government support for parental leave, government data showed Monday. A total of 131,087 workers took parental leave to take [...]