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Soldiers Plan to Save Over 10 Million Won During Military Service for Post-Discharge Travel

Soldiers Plan to Save Over 10 Million Won During Military Service for Post-Discharge Travel

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that soldiers are aiming to save over 10 million won during their military service, with plans to spend the money on travel after their discharge. The survey, conducted by the Ministry of National Defense’s Kookbang Ilbo through the app ‘The Camp’ from January 13 to [...]

Young Single-person Households Focus More on Savings than Consumption

Young Single-person Households Focus More on Savings than Consumption

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s young, single-person households are focusing on their savings, contrary to previous expectations that they would focus on consumption, influenced by the YOLO — You Only Live Once — culture, a report showed Monday. KB Financial Group Research Institute conducted a nationwide survey of 2,000 male and female [...]

Pension Savings Grow 5 pct in 2021 amid Youngsters’ Keen Interest in Retirement Preparations

Pension Savings Grow 5 pct in 2021 amid Youngsters’ Keen Interest in Retirement Preparations

SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s personal pension savings grew 5 percent in 2021 as younger people have keen interest in making preparations for post-retirement life, data showed Monday. The country’s personal pension savings reserves came to 160.1 trillion won (US$130.2 billion) last year, up from the previous year’s 152.5 trillion won, according [...]

S. Korean Wealth Creators Accumulate 1.57 bln Won Until Retirement

S. Korean Wealth Creators Accumulate 1.57 bln Won Until Retirement

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean wealth creators accumulate an average of 1.57 billion won (US$1.4 million) through savings and investment, a recent study revealed. Standard Chartered Bank Korea Ltd., the local unit of Britain-based banking giant Standard Chartered PLC., joinly conducted a survey of 1,000 wealth creators in Seoul and Busan. They [...]

S. Koreans Bear Financial Burden to Support Their Children, Even After Retirement

S. Koreans Bear Financial Burden to Support Their Children, Even After Retirement

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Six out of ten South Koreans in their forties and fifties continue to bear the financial burden of supporting their children, even after having retired. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Insurance Development Institute on South Korean citizens living in six major cities, 56.6 percent of those [...]

Young South Koreans Save For House, While Chinese Save to Start a Business

Young South Koreans Save For House, While Chinese Save to Start a Business

SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Most middle-class young South Koreans are saving in an effort to work up the property ladder, while young Chinese people are saving with the hope of opening a new business, a recent study revealed. According to the report released yesterday by Standard Charted Group on middle-class income earners in Asia [...]