CHEONGJU, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — North Chungcheong Province is planning to offer pregnant women benefits equal to the likes of a national honoree. The provincial office said Monday it will come up with plans to provide special benefits for pregnant women like traffic benefits, discounts on outdoor/public activities, and providing exclusive booths at financial [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will grant pregnant women living in the city 700,000 won (US$540) each in transportation cost subsidies starting next month, officials said Wednesday. Pregnant women who have officially resided in the city more than six months can apply for the grant. The city government put its [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy has sparked over the new interior design for cars on Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway that features a light pink seat immediately next to the dark pink seats reserved for pregnant women. Some online communities stepped up in criticism as rumors spread that the light pink [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A website run by the Seoul city government has sparked outrage for advising pregnant women to make sure their husbands have enough clean underwear and food to eat while they are hospitalized for childbirth. The comments were recently discovered and shared on social media, even though they had been [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent data shows that roughly 50 percent of infertile couples and pregnant women before and after delivery turned out to have a higher risk of suffering from depression. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, among 3,835 individuals who underwent consultations at depression counseling centers operating under the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Debate continues over reserved seats for pregnant women on subway trains, seven years after they were first introduced. While some say that a culture that looks after pregnant women has taken root, others argue that such culture is based on fear that people who are not pregnant would be [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Pregnant women with disabilities bear a higher cost to deliver their children than those without disabilities. Rep. Jin Sun-mee of the ruling Democratic Party reported that a pregnant women with disabilities spent an average of 1.9 million won (US$1,600) for medical treatment, which is more than the cost borne [...]
BUSAN, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Transportation Corporation announced on Wednesday that it will expand its “Pink Light” service, a notification device for pregnant women, which is currently operating on the city subway lines No. 1 and 3, to all lines starting from the second half of this year. “Pink Light” is the [...]