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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The academic performance of a child became more reliant on the wealth of their parents in the last 10 years, a study showed Wednesday. Professor Kim Seong-sik from Seoul National University of Education reported during a forum at the National Assembly on Tuesday that according to the Korea Educational Development Institute, the inequality [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — About six out of 10 South Korean parents enjoy playing video games with their children, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey conducted last year by the Korea Creative Content Agency, 59.3 percent of the 1,028 respondents with school-age children said they play video games with their children [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of unmarried South Koreans in their 30s and 40s live with their parents, a recent study showed. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs reported that according to the 2021 National Survey on Fertility and Family Health and Welfare, 49.7 percent of unmarried men and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 in 10 South Koreans play video games, and more people are playing games with their children, a poll showed Thursday. The Korea Creative Content Agency conducted a survey of 6,000 people between the ages of 10 and 65, in which 74.4 percent had played video games [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant number of parents working in Seoul haven’t taken any parental leave in fear of lagging behind the competition at work or burdening others with their workload, a survey showed Wednesday. The Seoul Foundation and Women and Family conducted a survey of 2,005 Seoul residents (1,482 women, 523 [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of elementary school parents near the presidential office has filed a petition asking police to take steps to safeguard their children from noise and other hazards from constant rallies around the top office. A series of rallies have been held near the new presidential office in Yongsan, [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Three out of 10 adults under the age of 50 live with their parents, instead of living independently, a state-run think tank said Tuesday, casting light on the spreading phenomena of late marriage and non-marriage in Korean society. According to a research report issued by the Korea Institute for [...]