SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean teenagers receiving treatment for anxiety disorders has soared by more than 60% over the past four years, reflecting mounting mental health concerns among the nation’s youth. According to data released Friday by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), 41,611 individuals aged 10 [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A 14-year-old girl has fallen off an apartment building to her death in Seoul’s southern Gangnam Ward, fire authorities said Friday, marking the third such death involving teenagers reported in the district in a span of five days. Firefighters found her dead near the apartment building in Gangnam’s Apgujeong-dong [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teenagers spend two hours a day watching online broadcasts streamed by individual creators, a survey showed Sunday, with YouTube being the most popular platform. According to the survey compiled by the Korea Communications Standards Commission conducted on 1,058 respondents, South Korean teenagers spent 114.9 minutes every day [...]