SUWON, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite declining birth rates in South Korea, the number of medical emergency calls involving accidents with infants and toddlers aged 0 to 6 has been increasing annually, according to data from fire authorities. The Gyeonggi Province Fire and Disaster Headquarters reported that incidents requiring paramedic dispatches for young children in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has a smaller infant and toddler population compared to other East Asian countries, a research institute said Sunday. According to a report from the Korea Insurance Research Institute, Asia’s fourth-largest economy had 1.65 million children aged 0 to 4 as of 2021. If we use Japan’s population as [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that 6 out of 10 South Korean children under the age of 6 use smartphones, and the age at which children start using smartphones is steadily decreasing. The Barun ICT Research Center at Yonsei University conducted a study on 602 participants with children between [...]