SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost half of the female residents of Seoul feel that they are exposed to constant fear living in South Korean society. They were particularly concerned about the dangers of falling victim to a crime. The Seoul Foundation of Women and Family released a report on Sunday comparing the statistical [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study conducted by South Korean researchers has revealed that visceral fat increases the risk of depression among women. Prof. Cho Sung-jun and his team at Seoul National University Hospital studied the relationship between visceral fat and depression by looking into 7,238 patients who received treatment at the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that 49.1 percent of female salaried employees living with a child under 18 years of age were paid less than 2 million won (US$1,773) per month. Compared to all salaried employees, 10.8 percent more working moms made less than 2 million won per month. [...]
VICTOR, N.Y., Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, announced today that Constellation Brands Ventures (CBV), the company’s corporate venture capital group, intends to invest $100 million in female-founded or female-led businesses in the beverage alcohol space and adjacent categories by 2028 through a new [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the prolonged international sanctions on North Korea, the health of the North’s infants and pregnant women is in a very vulnerable state, a South Korean government think tank said Tuesday. The Seoul-based Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs said in a report that North Korea’s maternal mortality [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A new survey has found that fewer South Koreans are clinging to the traditional notion that marriage is a necessity. According to statistics provided by a group of experts who advise the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy, the ratio of people who thought that “marriage was something that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of women suffering from postnatal depression more than doubled over the past two years, with less than half of those affected receiving treatment for the mood disorder, an opposition lawmaker said Friday, citing government data. Choi Do-ja, a lawmaker of the minor opposition Bareunmirae Party, said 68,972 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The period from the late 1990s to the early 2000s was the golden age of Korean football when it comes to its popularity among young women. Star players like Lee Dong-gook, Ahn Jung-hwan, Ko Jong-soo and Lee Chun-soo drew fans everywhere they went, most of them being females. Screams of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a new study, women who sleep more than nine hours a day are three times more prone to strokes than those who sleep between seven and eight hours. The medical research team at Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine led by Dr. Kim Min-yeong revealed such results today [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total fertility rate is likely to hit a record low this year, a presidential committee warned Thursday, prompting the government to take a series of steps to boost the country’s chronically low birthrate. The total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman bears in [...]