SEJONG, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – More than one-third of South Korean teenagers say that income is their foremost consideration when selecting a career. Over the last decade, the significance of income as a decisive factor in job selection has consistently risen, surpassing both aptitudes and interests. This shift has resulted in a pronounced inclination towards [...]
SUWON, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of a drug ring that targeted teenagers have been arrested and indicted, prosecutors said Monday. The Suwon District Prosecutors Office charged a 21-year-old as the main distributor and two 19-year-olds as middle managers for distributing synthetic cannabinoids. The prosecution also indicted three teenagers, aged 15 to 18, for [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of reports related to teenage suicide has surged after a teenage girl livestreamed her suicide through social media. The daily average number of reports received during the April 17-24 period marked a 30.1 percent increase compared to the period from April 1 to 16, according to the [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The prevalence of obesity among South Korean teenagers has doubled over a period of 15 years, with related socio-economic inequality deepening. A research team led by Kim Hyun-chang, a professor at Yonsei University College of Medicine, analyzed big data on 818,210 middle and high school students who participated in [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Drug offenders in their teens to 30s grew sharply in the past three years to represent 58.9 percent of those convicted of drug crimes last year, the chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday. The number of young drug offenders in those age brackets stood at 1,566 [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Over the past several years, cholesterol levels in South Korean children and teenagers have surged, with about one third suffering from dyslipidemia. A joint research team from the Gangnam Severance Hospital and the Yongin Severance Hospital analyzed cholesterol levels for 8,731 teenagers between the ages of 10 and 18, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 95 percent of South Korean teenagers own smartphones and they spend more than 2 hours on the devices per day, a report showed Sunday, According to the report from the state-run Korea Information Society Development Institute, the smartphone penetration rate for middle-school students stood at 95.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The national baseball community is reeling from a recent arrest of a former professional player for allegedly giving steroids and other banned substances to young students at his private academy. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Tuesday the ex-Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) player, surnamed Lee, was detained [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Job portal Alba (www.alba.co.kr) announced the results of a survey of 1,648 young people in their teens and 20s on self-esteem. The portal targets a mostly younger population seeking part-time jobs. According to the survey, nearly half of the respondents (47.9 percent) said that they had “low” or “very [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Yuhan-Kimberly, in response to the controversy around its plan to increase the price of sanitary pads, will be releasing a lower-priced sanitary pad product for low-income teens and females. The company revealed on June 3 that it will develop and release sanitary pads that maintain the company’s fundamental quality but [...]