SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Parents are being exposed to the risk of depression as children are staying at home more due to school shutdowns following the coronavirus outbreak. Last June, a research team from Ajou University Medical School conducted a one-month survey of 217 parents and their children, who attended elementary schools in [...]
SEJONG, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The children being raised by a single parent lag behind in the capability of managing learning hours but have a high level of concentration, a state-run think tank said Tuesday. The ratio of single-parent households rose to 19.9 percent in 2018 from 15.9 percent in 2010, according to a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite all-out efforts made by the South Korean government and professionals to prevent suicide, the country’s suicide rate continues to top the list of member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with no sign of a decline. Against this backdrop, a recent study showed that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced that going forward, it will be able to access various statements on income, property taxes and real estate assets to estimate the value of assets held by those who fail to make child support payments. A new bill that amends legislation on child support payments [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of parents of children with developmental disabilities are being forced to quit their jobs to take care of their children due to the failing public daycare system following the coronavirus spread. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea conducted a survey of 1,174 parents of children with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of workers taking parental leave rose 4.5 percent in 2019 from a year earlier, data showed Tuesday, with women still accounting for the majority of such employees. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, the number of workers taking parental leave came to 159,153 in 2019, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Shameless parents who claim the wealth of late children they abandoned are angering the public. Such cases have been brought to light repeatedly but the National Assembly remains prudent when it comes to the revision of related laws. A total of five legislative bills designed to block such shameless [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Parents and children have different perceptions toward the child’s level of English at elementary, middle and high school, a recent study revealed. Yoon’s English School, a company that runs a chain of English language schools across the country, conducted a survey of 627 students from elementary, middle, and high [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The vast majority of twenty-somethings in South Korea are not fully independent from their parents, a recent study revealed. Alba Heaven, a part-job listings website, conducted a survey of 3,709 people in their twenties, 89.2 percent of whom said they were still dependent on their parents. At 96.1 percent, [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — While preparations to reopen schools this month are underway, worried parents are demanding the plan to be further postponed due to lingering concerns over the coronavirus that has infected more than 10,000 here. In an unprecedented move, elementary, middle and high schools, as well as kindergartens and childcare centers, [...]