SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 Korean consumers who subscribed to the accounts of social media influencers turned out to buy products after watching them, a survey has showed. According to the recent survey by the Korea Federation of Textile Industries of 653 consumers who subscribed to influencer accounts on social [...]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly eight out of 10 South Koreans believe social media leads to more political division, with nearly as many people saying social media makes it easier for people to manipulate others, a survey showed Tuesday. However, more than 60 percent of those surveyed said social media is still a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Social media and online portal operators in South Korea urged users Sunday to refrain from spreading disturbing video footage or ungrounded information about the deadly stampede at Itaewon that killed over 150 people. Kakao, the operator of No. 1 online messenger KakaoTalk, made the call in a notice to [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The millennial generation’s social media usage rate turned out to be higher than those of older and younger generations in South Korea, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Information Society Development Institute analyzed the Korea Media panel survey that was conducted with the participation of 4,171 households and 10,154 [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Election day in South Korea was marked by a plethora of red voting stamps on social media. As soon as polls opened in the presidential election on Wednesday, voters shared photos on Instagram, Facebook and other online communities to show that they had voted. Many of them took photos [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Heads of large companies are going beyond tradition to post personal remarks on their personal social media accounts. One of Shinsegae Group Vice Chairman Chung Yong-jin’s social media accounts is currently followed by 736,000 people. Chung posts photos of his everyday life, playing golf, cooking or introducing new products [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that heavy snowfall is typically met with reactions of anxiety and frustration, rather than happiness and excitement, on social media. The National Disaster Management Research Institute conducted an analysis of 83.5 million tweets in the Korean language posted in January every year from 2013 [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – 89 percent of South Koreans use social media, with the country surpassing Taiwan to rank second in terms of social media usage around the world, data showed Wednesday. Market researcher DMC Media reported that according to a survey conducted by global consulting firm We Are Social Singapore, 89.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — On South Korean social media, public opinion about coronavirus vaccines appears to have changed from anticipation to anxiety, a recent study showed. The advertising agency KPR & Associates, Inc. analyzed about 720,000 cases of COVID-19-related social media big data for the period from February 2020 to January 2021. In [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Many people think of the trail surrounding Mount Jiri as a challenge that needs to be ‘completed’ while a trail that circles Seoul is perceived as a leisurely destination where people go out for a stroll and take photos on weekends. The National Institute of Forest Science announced Tuesday [...]