SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent research suggests that overweight children and adolescents with severe food addiction symptoms struggle more with emotional regulation and behavior control. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced on March 4 that a research team led by Park Kyung-hee from Hallym University’s Department of Family Medicine recently published these [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea’s youth unemployment crisis deepens to levels worse than those seen during the IMF crisis and COVID-19 pandemic, local governments across the nation are stepping in with innovative support measures ranging from free interview suits to office rental subsidies. According to Statistics Korea, January saw the sharpest deterioration [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Medical Center reported on February 13 that over 46,000 people sought emergency care for suicide attempts or self-harm in South Korea in 2023, with nearly half of the cases involving individuals in their teens and twenties. According to data from the Central Emergency Medical Center, there were 46,359 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Tuesday to take measures to support the unemployed youth and to swiftly pass a bill aimed at assisting the “youth in crisis.” During their policy consultations, the two sides decided to support young people seeking employment by increasing work [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that young adults in South Korea are at the forefront of changing media consumption habits, with 20-somethings spending an average of 70 minutes daily on online video streaming services (OTT). The “2024 Target Report,” released on August 26 by MezzoMedia, a digital marketing firm under [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has uncovered concerning patterns in the health behaviors of South Korean youth, with flavored tobacco products playing a significant role in initiating smoking habits and alcohol consumption beginning as early as middle school. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) released statistics from its Youth Health [...]
WASHINGTON, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. special envoy for global youth issues will travel to Korea’s southeastern city of Busan this week to attend the first-ever trilateral youth leadership program involving people from South Korea, the United States and Japan, the State Department said Tuesday. Abby Finkenauer plans to visit Busan from Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The yearly number of drug offenders surpassed the 20,000 mark for the first time last year, driven by increases among young people and women, a report showed Wednesday. A record high of 27,611 people were apprehended for drug-related offenses last year, marking nearly a 50 percent increase from the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul, long hailed as a global metropolis, is rapidly shrinking, battered by low birth rates and an aging populace. Over the past two decades, the city has lost over 600,000 residents, with one in five people leaving the districts of Nowon, Dobong, and Gangbuk. As projections indicate that Seoul’s population [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The gender ministry is set to launch an official survey on isolated and reclusive teens for the first time starting Tuesday as part of efforts to identify such groups and come up with support measures. Isolated teenagers refer to those without someone to rely on in case of emergencies, [...]