SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An ordinance has been proposed to support all female teenagers in Seoul with sanitary pads. The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG)’s campaign headquarters for the universal supply of sanitary pads for young women, which includes Kwon Soo-jung, a member of a legislative body of the Seoul Metropolitan Council, and 32 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Recently released data proves the hypothesis that teenagers are more easily addicted to gambling, such as online sports gambling, and that once they are addicted, it is hard for them to kick the habit. According to a recent report submitted to the National Assembly by the Korea Center on [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Teenagers responsible for ring and run pranks and damaging doors were caught by the police. Seoul’s Seongbuk Police Station apprehended 11 teenagers for damaging public property. Each of them were fined 200,000 won (US$169). The teenagers are responsible for damaging the security entrance to an apartment building in Seoul’s [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that teenagers in South Korea would prefer being celebrities or sports stars instead of traditionally sought-after jobs such as doctors and lawyers. A joint report from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and the Center for Social Welfare Research team of Seoul [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns are spreading that smoking among young people will increase as Juul, the No. 1 liquid tobacco brand in the U.S., is set to officially launch in South Korea on Thursday. The Juul, which was released in the U.S. in 2015 and sold in Canada, Britain, Spain, France and [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government reported on Tuesday that it had created a ‘classroom plant’ initiative at Jeonil Middle School in Dongdaemun District as a solution for teenagers who are continuously exposed to smartphones and the Internet. The city referred to the case of the Bronx County in New York, [...]
SEJONG, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Suicide remained the No. 1 cause of death among young people in South Korea in 2017, a report showed Wednesday, a chronic problem that has plagued the Asian country for more than a decade. The suicide rate per 100,000 people aged between 9 and 24 stood at 7.7 in [...]
CHUNCHEON, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Chuncheon in Gangwon Province has been making progress by fixing bicycles left unattended in public places and providing them as a means of transportation for young people. The city has been working on a project to donate its neglected bicycles since 2013. The project involves collecting bicycles left unattended [...]
GANGNEUNG, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Another loophole has been revealed in the lax vehicle rental method that allows people to make payments through mobile phone applications to take over vehicles without face-to-face interaction. The loophole was once again brought to light by an accident in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, where a car crashed into the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — On the occasion of the 4th annual ‘Headache Day’, the Korea Headache Society released the results of a survey of 500 parents of children and teenagers who experienced headaches on Wednesday. According to the survey, 57.2 percent of children who complained of headaches typically take painkillers ‘when a headache [...]