SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are becoming depressed as they suffer from the effects of the so-called ‘corona blues,’ a depressive phenomenon caused by a lack of outdoor activities due to the coronavirus outbreak. The ‘corona blues’ refers to a depressive symptom for staying indoors for too long. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With more households raising pets as if they were children, the pet product market is expanding rapidly. Online shopping mall Gmarket said Monday that its sales of pet products rose 10 percent last year compared to three years ago. Not only did sales increase, but the variety of products [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean home appliance maker LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it will unveil a new type of its rollable TV highlighting flexible OLED display technologies and upgraded artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions at the upcoming tech expo here. Under the slogan “Innovation for better life,” LG Electronics will introduce [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co., said Sunday it will unveil upgraded 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT)-powered products at the upcoming tech expo here to highlight its vision of an “intelligently connected” world. The South Korean tech titan boasts the largest booth among [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Middle-age consumers in their 40s and 50s are increasingly buying products for one person as some of them opt to not marry and live alone, a local online shopping mall said Thursday. In the January-September period, sales of products designed for one-person households jumped 27 percent from the same [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The plight of female secretaries working for large corporations has come under the spotlight thanks to a study conducted by grad student Park Ji Yeon at Sookmyung Women’s University. Park crafted the study using in-depth interviews she carried out with 12 secretaries who had been on the job for [...]