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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team at Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital in Seoul has conducted a study to analyze the drinking and smoking habits of 1,821 teenagers, with the results reported on Monday. The study showed that teenagers who smoke and drink are more stressed and depressed than those who do not. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean teenager recently tweeted about her shocking experience at a beach where she planned to watch the sunrise on New Year’s Day. In the tweet, she said she was kicked out of two jimjilbangs, or Korean saunas, even though she submitted letters of permission from her parents, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of medical experts led by Professor Kim Byung-nyun of Seoul National University Hospital has revealed that a psychological treatment program for violent students at 400 schools nationwide launched in 2014 has resulted in improved behaviors and emotions among teenage offenders. The treatment program, which was initially conducted [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Although KakaoTalk still maintains its position as pretty much everyone’s favorite app for messaging in South Korea, a survey has found that an increasing number of teenagers are using messaging services provided by Facebook. According to Wiseapp, an app analytics company, the market share of Facebook’s messenger in terms [...]