SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Among recipients of medical subsidies provided by the government, the number of men diagnosed with mental illnesses was more than double the number of women. The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service carried out assessments of 389 medical institutions that charged hospitalization fees for psychiatric treatment to subsidy recipients [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of individuals suffering from anorexia or other eating disorders are women, a recent study has revealed. The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) reported Tuesday that 32,498 women visited hospitals due to eating disorders over the last five years, comprising 81.8 percent of the total number of patients [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of Korean women undergoing medical treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), a condition that refers to excessive dependence or addiction to alcoholic beverages, is growing day by day. According to data revealed on Sunday by the National Health Insurance Service, the number of individuals who were diagnosed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — State-run Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) plans to introduce QR code-based public toilets for women as part of efforts to prevent digital sexual crimes such as illegal photographing or filming in public restrooms. LH announced on Sunday that it will develop a new entry management system for women’s [...]
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 [...]