SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Internet usage time among teenagers in South Korea has doubled since the pre-pandemic era, with the increase largely attributed to the spread of contactless modes of engagement, a report said Thursday. In the survey of 2,700 teenagers aged between 10 and 18 conducted by Gallup Korea, elementary and middle [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Only four out of 10 South Korean children and teenagers think the country is a good place to live, a survey showed Thursday. According to the online survey conducted with the participation of 1,000 Koreans between 10 to 18 years of age by the nongovernment organization Save the Children, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Abuse of opioid medications like painkillers, anorectics and anesthetics is spreading among South Korean teens and 20-somethings. Rep. Kang gi-yun of the People Power Party referred to a report from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety showing that there were 61,087 prescriptions for fentanyl patches issued to those [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of teenage drug offenders has almost doubled over the past three years, but drug education has been given to less than 4 percent of students during the same period, a lawmaker said Friday. Teenagers accused of using drugs totaled 309 last year, up from 164 in 2019, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teens are refusing to take the change when paying for public transportation because it is ‘too embarrassing’. A 15-year-old teenager surnamed Lee said she has almost never taken any change when paying for a bus ride. “A single pack of snacks at a convenience store costs over [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Teenagers regard one’s ability as the most important criterion for distributing rewards, a study indicated Thursday. The report published by the Korea Educational Development Institute surveyed about 500 students from a total of three middle and high schools about their perception of fair distribution. They were presented with various [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Teenagers bought more liquor and cigarettes from convenience stores last year, data showed Thursday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) collected statistical data from 60,000 middle and high school students, in which their level of access to cigarettes grew from 67 percent to 74.8 percent and liquor [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As an increasing number of teenagers are spending long hours playing video games in the pandemic era, the risk of addiction has doubled among them. The Korea Creative Content Agency reported Tuesday that the gaming population among all teenagers between 11 and 19 years of age grew from 77.1 [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teenagers spend about an hour and a half on average when they participate in a sports activity, a survey showed Thursday. The average monthly frequency of their participation in sports activities stood at 9.6 times, according to the survey conducted of 2,238 teenagers by the National Youth [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to 1 in 5 of South Korean teenagers have participated in open chats, a primary source of online grooming, or luring minors through the internet to sexually illicit businesses, a report said Thursday. An “open chat” is a KakaoTalk feature which allows you to join special interest groups with a [...]