SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Most divorced Vietnamese immigrant women in South Korea bring back their children whom they sent to their home country after divorce once they achieve economic self-reliance, an analysis of data showed Tuesday. Choi Soo-ahn, a doctorate student in the Department of Multicultural Studies & Education at Inha University, said [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has again been thrown into a debate over whether women should be drafted into the military alongside men, with political and social circles calling for its serious consideration amid chronically low birth rates. One of the recent triggers was an online petition demanding female conscription on Cheong [...]
LOS ANGELES, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — WITI (Women in Technology International), the leading advocate for innovation, inclusivity and STEAM, is announcing 210 scholarships for Asian-Pacific (APAC) students to attend WITI’s 27th Global Summit. To honor the 80th birthday of WITI’s founder and Chairwoman, the Carolyn Leighton Scholarships cover the cost of 210 Summit attendance fees, totalling $52,500. The conference provides attendees [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean women investing in stocks has doubled over the past four years amid an equity investment craze, data showed Thursday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy had 3.88 million female stock investors as of the end of December last year, compared with 1.94 million four years earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Many female job seekers are being subject to cases of gender discrimination by employers. Gabjil 119, an advocacy group for workplace bullying victims, reported that there have been 559 cases of illegal activities reported to the Ministry of Employment and Labor since the employment law was amended in July [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of discouraged female workers in South Korea hit an all-time high in January due to a tough employment situation amid the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Monday. The country had 359,000 discouraged female workers in January, up 65.5 percent, or 142,000, from a year earlier and setting [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of working women in Seoul have more than one job for economic reasons, a survey showed Wednesday. The Seoul Metropolitan City Government and the Seoul Women’s Development Institute jointly conducted a survey of 1,247 working women between 20 and 59 years of age who live in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national gender equality level improved for the fifth straight year in 2019, as more women were appointed to senior government posts and committees, a government report showed Thursday. The country’s gender equality index stood at 73.6 out of 100 in 2019, inching up 0.5 points from the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Women in Seoul spend nearly four times more hours on housework than men, a city government report showed Tuesday. According to the 2020 Seoul gender statistics report, girls and women aged 15 or older spent 2 hours and 26 minutes on household chores every day, which was about 3.6 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The average age when South Korean young women experience their first period has dropped by five months over the past 15 years, a recent study revealed. Researchers from Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital studied the average age of women who had experienced their first period among 351,006 women between [...]