SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With school attendance halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, obesity-related indexes such as the body mass index (BMI) for children and teenagers have worsened, a recent study found. A research team from the Samsung Medical Center conducted a study of 90 obesity patients in childhood and adolescence from 6 [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Physical, verbal, and sexual abuse that teenagers are suffering online has doubled over the past two years, a survey showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Gender and Equality conducted a survey of 14,536 teenagers nationwide, 44.7 percent of whom said they had suffered from sexual harassment, attempts to engage in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that teenagers that have worked at a part-time job have a higher smoking experience rate than those who have not worked at a part-time job. A research team from the Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health analyzed 62,276 teenagers based on data from 2017 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation which took place at the 75th Session of United Nations General Assembly several months ago was the stage for 90-second statements by Korean teenagers. The Korea Youth Work Agency said Wednesday a 90-second video of Kuk Sae-bom, a 15-year old middle school student, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Online communities set up to stop self-harm and suicide are offering teenagers a place to share and relate to one another. There are some seven groups on Facebook dedicated to the prevention of self-harm in South Korea, many of which opened after February following the onset of the coronavirus [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Last week, the government announced plans to introduce a new amendment bill that allows abortion until the 14th week of pregnancy, while also retaining penalties for illegal abortions. Abortion-related discussions are also occurring among teens, who have been relatively sidelined from mainstream debate. The bill stipulates that minors over 16 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Fraud offenses committed by teenagers last year recorded the biggest jump in 10 years by rising 16 percent on-year, a judicial report showed Saturday. According to the 2020 juridical yearbook published recently by the National Court Administration, the number of fraud cases under the juvenile protection system was 3,695, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Along with an increase in the amount of time teenagers are staying at home due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the number of teenagers seeking consultations for various personal concerns is on a steep rise. According to data that the Korea Youth Counseling and Welfare Institute presented to Rep. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has showed that a large proportion of high school students from multicultural families are suffering in silence when they are bullied since many they have no one to turn to for help. The state-funded National Youth Policy Institute carried out a survey of 1,118 teenagers in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 17 percent of young students in South Korea are addicted to the internet and smartphones, a government survey suggested Tuesday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family released the result of its survey of teenagers’ internet and smartphone usage, conducted on 1,331,441 fourth graders of elementary schools and [...]