SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Simmons has announced that its unique part-time job opportunity, the “Karrot Part-Time X Simmons Winter Sleep Job,” has reached an unprecedented application rate of 60,000 to 1. This distinctive job experience, located at Simmons Terrace in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, offers participants 3 million won for sleeping for one hour on a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to half of high school seniors in South Korea sleep less than six hours every day, a government report showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Education conducted a survey of health examinations taken by 93,970 students from 1,023 elementary, middle, and high schools, which showed that only 3.1 percent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — During the pandemic era, people worldwide have been sleeping slightly longer while the overall quality of sleep has deteriorated, the South Korean tech giant said Tuesday, citing its recent study. Samsung Electronics Co. conducted a survey of Galaxy Watch smartwatch users worldwide from January 2018 to June 2021, which [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that the risk of abdominal obesity is the lowest for those who sleep an average of eight hours every night. Severance Hospital and the National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital announced the results of an analysis of data from the 2016-2017 National Health and [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — High school students in South Korea spent more time at school but less time in bed last year than other students at other levels, a report showed Thursday. The report by Statistics Korea indicated that high school students faced harsher daily life conditions amid fierce competition for universities. According [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has shown that a lack of sleep can exacerbate the risk of disorders in the temporomandibular joint located in the jaw. A research team led by Prof. Shim Hye-young from the Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center analyzed the risk of a jaw joint disorder among [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a new study, women who sleep more than nine hours a day are three times more prone to strokes than those who sleep between seven and eight hours. The medical research team at Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine led by Dr. Kim Min-yeong revealed such results today [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Tempur Korea has commented that their rapid success in Korea is due to the high number of locals longing for a good night’s sleep. Ju Jong-gyu, the head of Tempur Korea, explained the new interest Koreans have on quality sleep. “Usually, people have a tendency to seek good quality sleep [...]