SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Women who work have a greater chance of miscarrying, with the annual rate at 23 percent, data showed Monday. According to a team of researchers led by Kim Eun-Ah from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, the miscarriage numbers for working women were 3.9 percentage points higher than [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – With more Korean women participating in the labor market, a recent study by the Ministry of Employment & Labor revealed that there is high demand for adjustable flextime systems among working women in their 30s. Adjustable flextime refers to a system that allows fulltime employees to switch over to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of female subscribers to South Korea’s state pension fund jumped remarkably in the past five years, data showed Thursday, indicating that more women are joining the workforce to guarantee they can financially support themselves in their later years. According to the data by the National Pension Service [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Couples in which the woman is older than the man are no longer rare. It has become a very common phenomenon. According to a report titled ‘Lives of Women in Seoul Seen through Statistics’ issued by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, among those in their first marriages, the portion of [...]