SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by Statistics Korea (Korea Social Trends 2016) showed that men had a higher level of satisfaction in their relationship with their spouse than women, for those in commuter marriages. Of the male respondents living apart from their partners, 64.5 percent said they were satisfied with their [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by the Ministry of Public Safety and Security (MPSS) revealed that Koreans have grown to feel less safe across all social areas in the first half of 2016, with the level of social safety reported by the general population scoring 2.79 out of 5. The ministry [...]
BUSAN, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean law enforcement agencies are investigating two male police officers who engaged in sexual relationships with high-school girls they were assigned to counsel and protect. The ‘school-assigned police officer system’ was implemented nationwide in 2012 following a tragic 2011 incident in which a middle school student committed suicide after [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government will tap into the ‘design for good’ concept in its attempt to bring about social change, in particular curbing increasingly pervasive school bullying. After research into the factors behind school bullying, the city decided to launch what it calls “The Preventive Design to Build Violence-free [...]
GWANGJU, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 800 junior high students and police officers conducted a flash mob, sending out a message to prevent school violence. The flash mob took place at Bia Middle School in Gwangju. Students from the middle school, students training to become police at Nambu University, and police from Gwangsan [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Just ahead of the beginning of a new school year on March 2, a survey revealed the biggest headache for parents with elementary schoolchildren was their children’s relationship with friends. According to WeekOn, a learning community, based on a survey conducted on 2,250 parents of school-age children between [...]
GOYANG, South Korea, Sept 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Lately a book titled “You Can Peek into Our Children’s Mind If You Watch Movies with Them” is gaining attention among parents. The book, written by an elementary school teacher, argues that movie watching can be an excellent tool for kids to learn as well as to [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sept 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In the year 2012 alone, as much as 12 percent of students in Korea were victims of school violence in one way or another. The percentage of those who have ever thought about killing themselves because of this was 44.7 percent in total. A child who was unable to [...]