SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Increasing numbers of South Korean women and senior citizens are participating in sports activities, a poll showed Wednesday. The poll of 9,000 people older than 10 nationwide by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism found that 62.2 percent regularly took part in more than one sports activity per [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A report analyzing the circumstances of South Korean married women using data from a survey conducted in 2018 was published by the Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs on Friday. The survey was conducted to investigate the conditions surrounding birth rate, family health and welfare. According to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of single women are open-minded about living together with a partner before getting married, but only when the parties are committed to eventually tying the knot, a survey said Thursday. The result is part of a poll by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team led by Prof. Cho Chang-soo and Prof. Han Kyu-man from Korea University College of Medicine announced on Monday that it had classified 1,003 people out of 9,217 married couples who had no symptoms of depression at the time of the survey but showed signs of depression [...]
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 [...]