SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 7 in 10 Korean men in their 30s are interested in getting married, while women are more interested in staying single. According to the Planned Population Federation of Korea’s survey of 1,000 single men and women in their 30s, 30 percent of women did not want to get [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 3 in 4 businesswomen are struggling to maintain a work-life balance, a recent study revealed. The Women Economic Research Lab conducted a study of 648 businesses owned or run by women, in which nearly 75.2 percent respondents agreed when asked if they were struggling with maintaining a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of young South Korean women who have yet to give birth have the intention to preserve their eggs through ‘egg freezing,’ a method used to save women’s ability to get pregnant in the future, regardless of whether or not they plan to get married in the future. [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that the level of leisure satisfaction among South Koreans was the highest among women who support the idea of traditional gender roles in which men are the breadwinners and women are the homemakers. A majority of South Koreans, however, oppose traditional gender roles. Statistics Korea [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has determined that the requirement of high duties and obligations is the primary cause of job stress that stimulates the suicide impulse among men. In contrast, women experience extreme stress primarily due to irrational organizational systems. A research team led by Jeon Sang-won, professor of psychiatry [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid growing concerns about the decline in fertility rate among South Korean women, the fertility rate of women who have low educational attainment or work in non-professional jobs is falling at a rapid pace, emphasizing the need to strengthen policy support for these individuals, a report showed Wednesday. The [...]
DAEGU, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that the outbreak of the coronavirus in the Daegu region that started in mid-February generated more negative repercussions for women than men in the entire spectrum of daily life. According to a survey titled “Impact of the Coronavirus on the Life of Daegu Citizens” [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Korea women are bulking up to stay healthy rather than striving to have a slim shape. Gmarket, an online shopping mall run by eBay Korea, announced on Thursday that sales of muscle-building equipment purchased by female customers in the one-month period starting on June [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that women in early adulthood between the ages of 20 and 27 have more negative self-perception and stronger suicide impulses than their male counterparts. This is primarily because South Korean society expects uniform value from women, resulting in an increase in the number of [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Reports of violence by dating partners rose last year from a year earlier, police said Sunday, vowing to step up efforts to prevent this type of crime and protect victims. The number of dating violence cases reported to police came to 19,940 in 2019, up from 18,671 a year [...]