SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Instagram is South Korea’s top social networking platform for garnering the most monthly users for the first time. Local market analysis firm IGA Works reported that Instagram topped the charts in the social networking sector with 18,912,201 users last month, combining the numbers provided by Google Play and Apple’s [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total fertility rate, or the number of children each woman is expected to give birth to during her lifetime, was the lowest in the world for the last three years. The Korea Population and Health Welfare Association and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly published a [...]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) - Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has announced the results of its 2021 Global Risk Management Survey for South Korea. The study gathers input from thousands of risk managers globally every two years to identify key risks and challenges their organisations are facing. The [...]
PHILADELPHIA, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — N2Growth, a global leadership consulting and executive search firm, announced today the firm’s expansion in Asia with the appointment of Gene W. Oh as Managing Partner and Country Head, who will be leading the firm’s newest location in South Korea and reporting directly to the firm’s CEO, Kelli Vukelic. N2Growth is pleased to welcome Gene, who [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — While foreigners living in South Korea think highly of the country’s medical system, their satisfaction with living here is low. The Expat Insider 2022, a report containing data from a survey of foreign residents conducted by international networking site InterNations, showed that Asia’s fourth-largest economy was the 40th country out [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranked second at this year’s youth international mathematics competition in Norway earlier this month, with China clinching the top spot, the event’s organizers said Friday. The six-member South Korean delegation earned a combined 208 points with three gold medals and as many silvers at the International Mathematical [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — As the U.S. Supreme Court reignites abortion debate following its decision to overturn its 1973 abortion ruling known as Roe v. Wade, South Korea has yet to introduce legislation that enforces abortion rights. In South Korea, one can easily find advertisements about pregnancy interruptions on social media and portal [...]
MIAMI, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s fight against money laundering will soon be bolstered by new recruits from the public and private sectors after lawmakers, academics, and other stakeholders gather at the National Assembly on June 8th for a seminar on the evolution of the nation’s anti-financial crime (AFC) regime. Hosted by the Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s presence in the Chinese import market has fallen significantly over the past five years, compared to other major countries, a South Korean business lobby said. The Federation of Korean Industries compared the market share of the Group of Five (G5) states, Taiwan, the six ASEAN states and South Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of hard-core vegetarians has turned out to be minimal in South Korea, a survey showed Monday. The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT) conducted a survey of 5,510 adults, in which only 7.6 percent (418 people) were vegetarians and the remaining 92.4 percent were non-vegetarians. The [...]