SEOUL, Sept.17 (Korea Bizwire) – With South Koreans reuniting with family members for the Chuseok holiday, a growing number of individuals are finding themselves grappling with an intensifying sense of isolation. Far from being a mere emotional inconvenience, loneliness has been recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an “urgent global health threat,” while the [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A single-person household is the most common type of living arrangement in South Korea, data showed Wednesday. Data released by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety showed 8.77 million single-person residence registrations, accounting for 39 percent of the total number of 22.7 million. The second most common type [...]
SEJONG, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of one-person families continued to rise in South Korea last year amid the fast-spreading trend of people remaining single, government data showed Wednesday. Households consisting of a single member totaled 5.28 million in 2016, up 3.3 percent, or 169,000, from the previous year, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Almost half of Seoulites in their 30s live in rented housing, leaving them with the heaviest rent burden among all age groups in the city. The surprising findings of the 2017 Seoul Survey – an urban planning indicator survey – revealed the growing number of single and two-person households [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Individuals who live alone are a lot less happy than those who live with others, a new survey has found. Using data gathered from a local social survey, the Gwangju Welfare Foundation found the average level of happiness among single households was 6.29 out of 10, over 0.5 points [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Due to long working hours and an increase in the number of single-person households, sharing dinner as a family is becoming less frequent. A recent study has shown that a man who has dinner alone is 2.4 times more likely to suffer from depression than a person who eats dinner [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – On May 5, online shopping site Gmarket reported that sales of ‘stay-at-home’ products, such as instant food and hobby products, rose significantly among consumers in their 20’s after May 6 was confirmed to be a temporary holiday, forming a ‘golden break’ of four days. Gmarket reported that sales of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea has increasingly become a single-household nation. It can be seen from TV reality shows and dramas that are likely to show the life of sing-person households. With the number of households headed by a single person increasing around the world, Korea is ranked No. 1 among OECD countries [...]
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[Related Article] Most Pets Imported from Overseas (Korea Bizwire, April 15) As the number of single households rises, more people tend to adopt pets. Of the cats, dogs, and other pet animals, a dominant share of them was imported from overseas. According to the Korean Customs Service, 85.5 percent of imported dogs came from China, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 15, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – As the number of single households rises, more people tend to adopt pets. Of the cats, dogs, and other pet animals, a dominant share of them was imported from overseas. According to the Korean Customs Service, 85.5 percent of imported dogs came from China, followed by the [...]