SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Men waiting to join the military and women pursuing their studies had the highest level of perceived gender conflict, a government study has shown. Notably, the perception of gender conflict among women negatively affected their intention to have children. The joint study by the Ministry of Gender Equality and [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of female executives at South Korea’s major companies came to 7 percent in the first quarter of 2023 following last year’s implementation of a related law, a corporate tracker said Tuesday. The number of female executives at 349 out of the country’s top 500 firms by sales [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of infants born to mothers in their 40s has significantly increased compared to a decade ago, data showed Monday, indicating the growing prevalence of older-age childbirth in the present era characterized by low birth rates. According to data received by Rep. Shin Hyun-young of the Democratic Party [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of the victims of “romance scams” in South Korea are women under 30 years of age, a study showed Monday. Romance scams involve pretending to have romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining their affection, and then exploiting that goodwill for fraudulent purposes. Park Beom-jin, a student in [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant proportion of women with pregnancy plans are struggling to conceive due to miscarriages and being overweight, a study showed Tuesday. A research team from Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital analyzed 2,274 women between the ages of 20 and 45 who participated in the pregnancy preparation program hosted [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean male and female adults usually have sex for the first time between the ages of 20 and 24, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a nationwide survey of 3,193 adults between the ages of 19 and 59, with 65.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With Koreans getting married at older ages due to shifts in values and demographic circumstances, brides in their early 40s now outnumber those in their early 20s, data showed Monday. According to Statistics Korea’s Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS), 10,949 women between the ages of 40 and 44 got [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — While women working in the South Korean IT industry are paid more than in other fields, the wage gap between genders persists. According to corporate tracker Korea CXO Institute, women in the IT industry make around 89.3 million won (US$67,550) each year, the highest among all sectors. They were [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Money spent on one’s significant other for birthdays and anniversaries has jumped in the last 12 months, a survey showed Wednesday. Matchmaking agency Gayeon conducted a survey of 1,000 single men and women between 25-39 years of age, with respondents spending an average of 280,300 won (US$211) on their [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A spouse’s looks are important to divorced men and women, for different reasons, a poll showed Tuesday. Matchmaking agency Only You conducted a survey of 528 divorced men and women, in which 36.4 percent of male respondents cared about their spouse’s looks because it helped them “maintain the relationship.” [...]