SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s parliament has passed a law banning the use of smartphones during class time in elementary, middle and high schools, in an effort to curb youth overdependence on digital devices — though critics argue the measure could prove largely symbolic and even restrictive of students’ rights. The amendment [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite progress in promoting safe driving habits, a significant portion of the South Korean population still use smartphones while driving or walking through crosswalks, a government data showed Thursday. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, last year’s traffic culture index reached 81.18 points, an increase of [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean children aged between three and eight spend nearly three hours per day on smartphones, televisions and personal computers, a survey showed Friday. They spent an average of 177 minutes every day on watching television or playing with smartphones and personal computers, according to the survey of mothers [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – On May 19, the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI) reported that according to a three-year “Korean Media Panel Survey” conducted between 2013 and 2015, the frequency of use of newspapers, magazines, and books dropped by more than 50 percent after admission into college among the 177 survey participants. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Smartphones have risen to be a new source of headaches for Seoul subway passengers and workers. While there are more than 40 million smartphone users in Korea, public inconveniences due to bad smartphone manners from some careless passengers are taking place underground. Recently, some subway train crews, on their own initiative, [...]